{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "antigravity-cli", "name": "Antigravity CLI", "vendor": "Google", "vendorUrl": "https://antigravity.google", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "Google's terminal agent for coding tasks, distributed as a closed-source binary and installed as agy. It replaces Gemini CLI for consumer accounts.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/antigravity-cli", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/antigravity-cli.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/antigravity-cli.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/antigravity-cli.json", "repo": "https://github.com/google-antigravity/antigravity-cli", "license": "Proprietary. The repository holds the README, changelog and examples, with no source and no licence file. Use is under the Google Antigravity Additional Terms of Service, the Google Terms of Service and the Privacy Policy", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Sign in with a Google account in the browser, which uses the operating system keyring, or pick the Business account option for Gemini Enterprise through Google Cloud sign-in, workforce identity federation or Application Default Credentials. Alternatively set modelProvider to gemini in ~/.gemini/antigravity-cli/settings.json and export GEMINI_API_KEY. The terms treat access through third-party software with Antigravity OAuth as a breach.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free to install. A $0 individual plan needs no subscription and has a weekly quota, with Gemini Flash and other models. Google AI Pro costs $20 a month and Ultra $100 or $200 a month (announced 19 May 2026). Enterprise Standard or Plus seats start at $30 a seat a month, or pay-as-you-go with no seat fee at consumption rates. Checked 10 October 2026.", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs pages, the pricing page, the plans page, the README or the changelog (checked 2026-10-10).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-10" }, "docsUrl": "https://antigravity.google/docs/cli/overview", "llmsTxt": "https://antigravity.google/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.mcp-client", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "official", "harness", "coding-agent", "cli", "closed-source", "mcp", "llms-txt", "sandbox-default", "telemetry-opt-out", "subagents", "hooks", "plugins", "paid-plans", "gemini-models", "third-party-models" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-08", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 57.7, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 599, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 954, "categoryRank": 15, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 78, "maintenance": 68, "payments": 30, "reliability": 43, "schema": 78, "security": 53, "transparency": 54 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-10" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Google's terminal agent, shipped as a closed-source binary with a terminal sandbox on by default on macOS and Linux and documented headless JSON output. Interactions are used to improve Google products unless users opt out, and a headless run exits 0 when a tool is denied.", "bestFor": "Developers on Google AI plans or Gemini Enterprise who want a terminal agent with a sandbox on by default and access to several model families, depending on plan.", "strengths": [ "The sandbox is on under the Default preset on macOS and Linux, hides ~/.ssh and .env, and limits network access to approved domains", "Headless `agy -p` runs with `--output-format json` or `stream-json`, a status field with SUCCESS, ERROR and other terminal states, and token usage in the result event", "MCP clients for stdio, Streamable HTTP, SSE and WebSocket servers, with unconfigured MCP tools set to ask first and allow rules by server and tool", "Skills, subagents, PreToolUse and PostToolUse hooks, and plugins from an official marketplace that `/plugin` manages", "The installer verifies a SHA-512 checksum against a manifest on Google's release server before it installs" ], "weaknesses": [ "Closed source. The repository holds the README, changelog and examples, with no source and no licence file", "Interactions are used to improve Google and Alphabet products and models, and Google staff and contractors may review them, unless the user opts out", "The sandbox is labelled preview in the permissions docs, and Windows still uses the older permission model that the docs describe separately", "A headless run exits 0 when a tool that needs approval is refused, and the only sign is a notice on stderr", "The plans page gives no request counts for the weekly quota, which Google sets by available capacity" ], "agentNotes": [ "Read the `status` field from `--output-format json` and read stderr too. A tool refused for lack of approval still exits 0", "Pre-approve each shell command and tool a headless run needs with `action(target)` rules under `permissions.allow` in ~/.gemini/antigravity-cli/settings.json, because headless runs cannot ask", "Export `GEMINI_API_KEY` after setting modelProvider to gemini. The CLI won't start when the key is missing, and setting the variable alone has no effect", "Turn off Enable Telemetry in the Account settings before running on private repositories if Interactions should not be used for product improvement", "Set `--print-timeout` explicitly. The docs give a five-minute default, while `agy --help` shows 0s" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 57.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 78, "maintenance": 68, "payments": 30, "reliability": 43, "schema": 78, "security": 53, "transparency": 52 }, "provenanceScore": 56 }, "connect": { "install": "curl -fsSL https://antigravity.google/cli/install.sh | bash", "headless": { "run": "agy -p \"fix the failing test\" --output-format json" } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/antigravity-cli" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Google LLC", "domain": "antigravity.google", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://antigravity.google/terms", "privacy": "https://policies.google.com/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://antigravity.google/docs/changelog/", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-10", "notes": [ "The legal entity is taken from the google.com check on the Gemini CLI listing. The Antigravity terms name Google without an entity.", "antigravity.google serves no security.txt (both /.well-known/security.txt and /security.txt answered 404 on 10 October 2026). google.com has a valid one, with reports to g.co/vulnz.", "No status page for the CLI was found in the docs, and the domain's registration date was not read." ], "score": 56 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/antigravity-cli.json" }, "answer": "Cline scores 60.4 (C) on agent readiness against Antigravity CLI's 57.7 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Antigravity CLI leads on agent ergonomics.", "b": { "slug": "cline", "name": "Cline", "vendor": "Cline Bot Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://cline.bot", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "Open-source coding agent that runs as a VS Code extension, a JetBrains plugin, a CLI and a desktop app, all on one TypeScript SDK since extension 4.0.0 (26 June 2026).", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cline", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cline.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cline.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cline.json", "repo": "https://github.com/cline/cline", "license": "Apache-2.0", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "cline" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Your own provider keys (kept in ~/.cline/data/settings/providers.json for the CLI), a local model, or a Cline account (Google, GitHub or email sign-in) for the Cline provider and ClinePass. The CLI's default provider is Cline's own, so it needs `-P` and a key, or `cline auth`, to use anything else.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The extension, CLI and SDK are free and Apache-2.0. You pay your model provider, or buy Cline credits for pay-as-you-go access to 100+ models through the Cline provider, or ClinePass at $9.99 a month for higher limits on selected open models. Free models rotate for signed-in users. Enterprise (SSO, role-based access, audit logs, SLA) is priced by sales. We found no public per-token price list for Cline credits.", "priceSummary": "$9.99 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the pricing page or the source (checked 2026-10-01).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 67600, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-01" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.cline.bot", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.cline.bot/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.mcp-client", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "local", "freemium", "typescript", "llms-txt", "telemetry-default-on", "enterprise", "no-card" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-01", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 60.4, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 513, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 954, "categoryRank": 11, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 50, "reliability": 80, "schema": 77, "security": 57, "transparency": 61 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": -8, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-02-17. GHSA-9ppg-jx86-fqw7. An attacker used a compromised npm publish token to release cline@2.3.0 with a postinstall script that ran `npm install -g openclaw@latest`. It was live for about eight hours before 2.4.0 and a deprecation, the token was revoked and publishing moved to OIDC. A supply-chain incident that reached users, fixed and documented and seven months old, -4. https://github.com/cline/cline/security/advisories/GHSA-9ppg-jx86-fqw7", "2026-05-08. GHSA-5c57-rqjx-35g2 (CVE-2026-44211, 9.6). The kanban server the CLI uses accepted WebSocket connections on 127.0.0.1:3484 without checking Origin, so any website could read workspace data and inject commands. Affects kanban before 2.13.0. Inside six months, -2. https://github.com/cline/cline/security/advisories/GHSA-5c57-rqjx-35g2", "2026-06-23. GHSA-3cj3-hqcr-g934 (CVE-2026-59723, 8.8). The Cline Hub dashboard's `/browser` WebSocket accepted cross-origin connections when ROOM_SECRET was unset, the local default, letting a website add MCP servers to the settings file and run commands. NVD lists versions before 3.0.30 as affected. Inside six months, -2. https://github.com/cline/cline/security/advisories/GHSA-3cj3-hqcr-g934" ], "verdict": "Approval before edits and commands in the IDE, with command auto-approval off by default since 4.0.0. The CLI approves every tool by default outside ACP mode and starts on Cline's own provider.", "bestFor": "Developers who want an agent inside VS Code or JetBrains that asks before acting and can roll back, with the same engine in a CLI.", "strengths": [ "Approval before edits and commands in the IDE, with command auto-approval off by default since 4.0.0", "Checkpoints that restore files and task state, and sessions that resume by ID", "`CLINE_COMMAND_PERMISSIONS` allow and deny globs for shell commands, with deny taking precedence and redirects blocked", "Your own key for about 200 providers, or a local model, with no Cline account", "29 extension and 34 CLI releases since 3 July 2026, with tests passing on main" ], "weaknesses": [ "The CLI approves every tool by default outside ACP mode and starts on Cline's own provider", "Extension telemetry on by default, and the CLI's telemetry undocumented", "A compromised npm token shipped cline@2.3.0 with an unwanted global install in February 2026", "Two cross-origin WebSocket flaws in its local servers in May and June 2026", "About 700 open issues and 525 open pull requests" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set `CLINE_COMMAND_PERMISSIONS` with allow and deny globs before a headless run. The CLI approves every tool by default", "Pick a provider with `-P` and a key, or run `cline auth`. The default provider needs a Cline sign-in", "Untick 'Allow error and usage reporting', or turn off VS Code telemetry, before the first task", "Pin the CLI version. 2.3.0 was a malicious publish", "Keep the hub on 127.0.0.1 or set ROOM_SECRET, and run 3.0.30 or later" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 60.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 50, "reliability": 80, "schema": 77, "security": 57, "transparency": 60 }, "provenanceScore": 61 }, "connect": { "install": "npm i -g cline # Node 22+; or the VS Code extension saoudrizwan.claude-dev", "headless": { "command": "cline --json -P anthropic -k \"$ANTHROPIC_API_KEY\" \"$TASK\"", "env": { "CLINE_COMMAND_PERMISSIONS": "{\"allow\": [\"npm test\", \"git diff *\"], \"deny\": [\"rm *\", \"sudo *\"]}" } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/cline" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "ClinePass", "unit": "month", "usd": 9.99, "note": "higher limits on selected open coding models" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Cline Bot Inc.", "domain": "cline.bot", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://cline.bot/tos", "privacy": "https://cline.bot/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/cline/cline/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "The pricing page and the CLI's package.json name Cline Bot Inc.", "cline.bot/.well-known/security.txt lists security@cline.bot and the Bugcrowd programme, and expires on 2027-12-31.", "The privacy and terms pages render only with JavaScript, so we couldn't read them." ], "score": 61 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cline.json", "live": { "slug": "cline", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "cline/cline", "version": "desktop-v0.0.45", "released": "2026-10-08", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T16:45:50.61433239Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "cline", "version": "3.0.70", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T16:45:49.712164971Z" } ], "githubStars": 70074, "npmWeekly": 74522, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://cline.bot/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-12-31T23:59:00z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:39:37.93386391Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.cline.bot/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T14:01:36.53658707Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "cline.bot", "registered": "2024-09-30", "source": "https://rdap.nominet.uk/bot/domain/cline.bot", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:10:22.024872209Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cline/cline/main/CHANGELOG.md", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:45:03.157321769Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-07T18:09:02.66614484Z", "fingerprint": "afe1a35c4bbd" }, { "url": "https://cline.bot/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:33:48.468675228Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:11.11005196Z", "fingerprint": "7c5e50c585e0" }, { "url": "https://cline.bot/tos", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:33:50.658891829Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:13.372700135Z", "fingerprint": "9f6fe5247cb8" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T18:45:03.157321769Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Google", "b": "Cline Bot Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary. The repository holds the README, changelog and examples, with no source and no licence file. Use is under the Google Antigravity Additional Terms of Service, the Google Terms of Service and the Privacy Policy", "b": "Apache-2.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-08", "b": "2026-10-01", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "", "b": "2025-09-25", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-10-01", "b": "2025-09-24", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "none", "b": "68k stars", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "2/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Cline scores 60.4 (C) on agent readiness against Antigravity CLI's 57.7 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Antigravity CLI leads on agent ergonomics.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Antigravity CLI or Cline?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Antigravity CLI. Cline is open source (Apache-2.0).", "question": "Are Antigravity CLI and Cline open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Agent ergonomics, 78 against 67" ], "also": [ "No incidents deducted, where Cline loses 8 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Developers on Google AI plans or Gemini Enterprise who want a terminal agent with a sandbox on by default and access to several model families, depending on plan.", "slug": "antigravity-cli", "watchFor": "Closed source. The repository holds the README, changelog and examples, with no source and no licence file" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 80 against 43", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 30", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 68", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 61 against 54" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card", "Open source" ], "goodFor": "Developers who want an agent inside VS Code or JetBrains that asks before acting and can roll back, with the same engine in a CLI.", "slug": "cline", "watchFor": "The CLI approves every tool by default outside ACP mode and starts on Cline's own provider" } ], "job": { "capability": "agent.harness", "name": "Agent harnesses" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-antigravity-cli.json", "title": "Aider vs Antigravity CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-antigravity-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-cline.json", "title": "Aider vs Cline", "url": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-opencode" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-openhands.json", "title": "Antigravity CLI vs OpenHands", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-openhands" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-prime-agent.json", "title": "Antigravity CLI vs Prime Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-prime-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-qwen-code.json", "title": "Antigravity CLI vs Qwen Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-qwen-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-cline.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Cline", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-cline" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-cursor-cli.json", "title": "Cline vs Cursor CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-cursor-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-devin.json", "title": "Cline vs Devin", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-devin" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-droid-cli.json", "title": "Cline vs Droid CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-droid-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-earendil-pi.json", "title": "Cline vs Pi", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-earendil-pi" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-gemini-cli.json", "title": "Cline vs Gemini CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-gemini-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-github-copilot-cli.json", "title": "Cline vs GitHub Copilot CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-github-copilot-cli" }, { "json": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-openhands" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-prime-agent.json", "title": "Cline vs Prime Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-prime-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-qwen-code.json", "title": "Cline vs Qwen Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-qwen-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-paperclip.json", "title": "Antigravity CLI vs Paperclip", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-paperclip" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-paperclip.json", "title": "Cline vs Paperclip", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-paperclip" } ], "scores": [ { "antigravity-cli": 43, "by": 37, "cline": 80, "edge": "cline", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "antigravity-cli": 78, "by": 1, "cline": 77, "edge": "antigravity-cli", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "antigravity-cli": 78, "by": 11, "cline": 67, "edge": "antigravity-cli", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "antigravity-cli": 53, "by": 4, "cline": 57, "edge": "cline", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "antigravity-cli": 30, "by": 20, "cline": 50, "edge": "cline", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "antigravity-cli": 68, "by": 17, "cline": 85, "edge": "cline", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "antigravity-cli": 54, "by": 7, "cline": 61, "edge": "cline", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Cline scores 60.4 (C) on agent readiness against Antigravity CLI's 57.7 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Antigravity CLI leads on agent ergonomics. Both do agent harnesses.", "verdicts": { "antigravity-cli": "Google's terminal agent, shipped as a closed-source binary with a terminal sandbox on by default on macOS and Linux and documented headless JSON output. Interactions are used to improve Google products unless users opt out, and a headless run exits 0 when a tool is denied.", "cline": "Approval before edits and commands in the IDE, with command auto-approval off by default since 4.0.0. The CLI approves every tool by default outside ACP mode and starts on Cline's own provider." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-cline", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-cline.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-cline.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-cline.min.md" }, "markdown": "Cline scores 60.4 (C) on agent readiness against Antigravity CLI's 57.7 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Antigravity CLI leads on agent ergonomics. Both do agent harnesses.\n\n- Antigravity CLI: grade C, 57.7/100, rank #599 of 954. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/antigravity-cli.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/antigravity-cli.json\n- Cline: grade C, 60.4/100, rank #513 of 954. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cline.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cline.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 186 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Antigravity CLI (C)\n\nGood for: Developers on Google AI plans or Gemini Enterprise who want a terminal agent with a sandbox on by default and access to several model families, depending on plan.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 78 against 67\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where Cline loses 8 points for them\n\nWatch for: Closed source. The repository holds the README, changelog and examples, with no source and no licence file\n\n### Cline (C)\n\nGood for: Developers who want an agent inside VS Code or JetBrains that asks before acting and can roll back, with the same engine in a CLI.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 80 against 43\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 68\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 61 against 54\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: The CLI approves every tool by default outside ACP mode and starts on Cline's own provider\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Antigravity CLI | Cline | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 43 | 80 | Cline +37 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 78 | 77 | Antigravity CLI +1 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 78 | 67 | Antigravity CLI +11 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 53 | 57 | Cline +4 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 50 | Cline +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 68 | 85 | Cline +17 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 54 | 61 | Cline +7 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -8 | |\n| **Total** | | **57.7 · C** | **60.4 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Antigravity CLI | Cline |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Google | Cline Bot Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary. The repository holds the README, changelog and examples, with no source and no licence file. Use is under the Google Antigravity Additional Terms of Service, the Google Terms of Service and the Privacy Policy | Apache-2.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-01 |\n| Terms last updated | | 2025-09-25 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2025-09-24 |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | yes |\n| Popularity | none | 68k stars |\n| Agent reviews | none | 2/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Antigravity CLI.** Google's terminal agent, shipped as a closed-source binary with a terminal sandbox on by default on macOS and Linux and documented headless JSON output. Interactions are used to improve Google products unless users opt out, and a headless run exits 0 when a tool is denied.\n\n**Cline.** Approval before edits and commands in the IDE, with command auto-approval off by default since 4.0.0. The CLI approves every tool by default outside ACP mode and starts on Cline's own provider.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Antigravity CLI\n\n1. Read the `status` field from `--output-format json` and read stderr too. A tool refused for lack of approval still exits 0\n2. Pre-approve each shell command and tool a headless run needs with `action(target)` rules under `permissions.allow` in ~/.gemini/antigravity-cli/settings.json, because headless runs cannot ask\n3. Export `GEMINI_API_KEY` after setting modelProvider to gemini. The CLI won't start when the key is missing, and setting the variable alone has no effect\n4. Turn off Enable Telemetry in the Account settings before running on private repositories if Interactions should not be used for product improvement\n5. Set `--print-timeout` explicitly. The docs give a five-minute default, while `agy --help` shows 0s\n\n### Cline\n\n1. Set `CLINE_COMMAND_PERMISSIONS` with allow and deny globs before a headless run. The CLI approves every tool by default\n2. Pick a provider with `-P` and a key, or run `cline auth`. The default provider needs a Cline sign-in\n3. Untick 'Allow error and usage reporting', or turn off VS Code telemetry, before the first task\n4. Pin the CLI version. 2.3.0 was a malicious publish\n5. Keep the hub on 127.0.0.1 or set ROOM_SECRET, and run 3.0.30 or later\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Antigravity CLI or Cline?\n\nCline scores 60.4 (C) on agent readiness against Antigravity CLI's 57.7 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Antigravity CLI leads on agent ergonomics.\n\n### Are Antigravity CLI and Cline open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Antigravity CLI. Cline is open source (Apache-2.0).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-cline.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-cline.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"antigravity-cli\", \"b\": \"cline\"}`. 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