# Cline vs Crush (slim)

> Cline scores 60.4 (C) to Crush's 56.5 (C) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Cline scores 60.4 (C) on agent readiness against Crush's 56.5 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Crush leads on payments & pricing. Both do agent harnesses.

- Cline: C 60.4, rank #568 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cline.min.md
- Crush: C 56.5, rank #705 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crush.min.md
- Cline, good 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. Ahead on Reliability, 80 against 54; Schema & documentation, 77 against 65; Agent ergonomics, 67 against 52; Security & auth, 57 against 44; Transparency & trust, 61 against 56. Also Open source.
- Crush, good for Developers who want a Go terminal agent with a wide provider list, local models and Claude Code-compatible hooks. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 55 against 50. Also No incidents deducted, where Cline loses 8 points for them.

| Category | Cline | Crush |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 80 | 54 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 77 | 65 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 52 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 44 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 50 | 55 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 85 | 82 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 56 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Cline | Crush |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Cline Bot Inc. | Charm |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | FSL-1.1-MIT (source-available, each release converts to MIT two years after it is made available) |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-09 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-09-25 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-09-24 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Popularity | 68k stars | 29k stars, 5.6k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | 2.3/5 (4) |