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      "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"
      ],
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        "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": 568,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1146,
        "categoryRank": 15,
        "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.",
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          "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": [
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              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 60.4
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        ],
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          "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-v0.0.48",
            "released": "2026-10-17",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-18T02:39:05.211386182Z"
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          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "cline",
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            "seenAt": "2026-10-18T02:39:05.179700647Z"
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        "npmWeekly": 44260,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://cline.bot/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "valid",
          "expires": "2027-12-31T23:59:00z",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T15:53:56.902134193Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://docs.cline.bot/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T14:24:30.799204139Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "cline.bot",
          "registered": "2024-09-30",
          "source": "https://rdap.nominet.uk/bot/domain/cline.bot",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T13:28:20.817596002Z"
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        "pages": [
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            "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cline/cline/main/CHANGELOG.md",
            "kind": "deprecations",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:37:19.693803621Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-16T22:30:37.717253978Z",
            "fingerprint": "5e5d7447c5e8"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://cline.bot/privacy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:24:56.791377991Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-18T23:24:56.791377991Z",
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          {
            "url": "https://cline.bot/tos",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:24:59.063586709Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-18T23:24:59.063586709Z",
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        "updatedAt": "2026-10-18T23:37:19.693803621Z"
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    },
    "answer": "Cline scores 60.4 (C) on agent readiness against Junie CLI's 53.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Junie CLI leads on transparency \u0026 trust.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "junie",
      "name": "Junie CLI",
      "vendor": "JetBrains",
      "vendorUrl": "https://junie.jetbrains.com",
      "kind": "harness",
      "category": "agent-harnesses",
      "summary": "JetBrains' coding agent for the terminal, run as `junie`. It plans, edits files, runs commands and calls MCP servers, with an action allowlist, one-shot headless runs with JSON output for CI and an ACP mode for editors.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/junie",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/junie.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/junie.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/junie.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/JetBrains/junie",
      "license": "Proprietary, JetBrains s.r.o., all rights reserved, under the JetBrains AI Terms of Service. The GitHub repository holds the README, release binaries and the issue tracker, not source",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@jetbrains/junie"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "A JetBrains Account through a browser, a Junie API key (`JUNIE_API_KEY` or `--auth`) created at junie.jetbrains.com/cli for headless runs, or BYOK provider keys and custom endpoints, which need no JetBrains AI subscription.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Junie Lite is free with any JetBrains account, needs no card and has no published quota. JetBrains AI Pro is $10 a month ($100 a year) with 10 AI Credits and AI Ultimate $30 a month ($300 a year) with 35, where one credit is US$1. BYOK use is billed by the provider with no JetBrains markup. Per-model credit rates weren't found (checked 2026-10-18).",
      "priceSummary": "$10 / mo",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Junie docs, the JetBrains AI terms or the pricing on junie.jetbrains.com (checked 2026-10-18).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 487,
        "npmWeekly": 3153,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-18"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://junie.jetbrains.com/docs/junie-cli.html",
      "llmsTxt": "https://junie.jetbrains.com/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "agent.harness",
        "agent.mcp-client",
        "agent.multi-agent"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "official",
        "harness",
        "coding-agent",
        "cli",
        "closed-source",
        "mcp",
        "acp",
        "llms-txt",
        "free-tier",
        "no-card",
        "hooks",
        "subagents"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-16",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 53.2,
        "grade": "D",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 804,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1146,
        "categoryRank": 31,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 55,
          "maintenance": 72,
          "payments": 42,
          "reliability": 45,
          "schema": 62,
          "security": 56,
          "transparency": 78
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-18"
        },
        "negative": -3,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-10-15. CVE-2026-111091, high (CVSS 7.8, CWE-829). Code execution was possible through an untrusted project's MCP server configuration in Junie CLI before 26.8.3. Fixed and published through NVD and JetBrains' fixed-issues page, inside six months (https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?keywordSearch=Junie). -2",
          "2026-04-17. CVE-2026-41153, medium (CVSS 5.8 from JetBrains). Command execution through a malicious project file in JetBrains Junie before 252.549.29, a plugin build number. Judgement call, 1 point, since the IDE plugin and the CLI run the same agent per JetBrains' 17 June 2026 post. Fixed and published (https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?keywordSearch=Junie). -1"
        ],
        "verdict": "Runs headless with JSON output, speaks ACP, and works with JetBrains AI plans, a free Junie Lite tier, the owner's own provider keys or a local endpoint. Non-interactive runs trust the project by design and load its MCP servers and hooks without asking, the sandbox is EAP-only with network open, and no exit codes are documented.",
        "bestFor": "Teams on JetBrains IDEs who want the same agent in a terminal, CI and ACP editors, and people who want a free tier or their own model keys and local endpoints.",
        "strengths": [
          "An action allowlist that asks before terminal commands, MCP tools, outside edits and secret-file reads, and checks each part of chained and nested commands",
          "Headless runs with text, json or json-stream output, piped JSON input, `--session-id` and `--resume`",
          "ACP mode (`junie --acp true`) for editors, plus a GitHub Action and GitLab CI integration",
          "Junie Lite is a free model tier with no card, and BYOK keys or a local endpoint avoid JetBrains billing",
          "Install scripts check SHA-256 sums from a published release feed, and releases ship weekly"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "One-shot, piped, ACP and Gateway runs trust the project by design and load its MCP servers, hooks, agents and skills without a prompt",
          "Sandbox mode is EAP-only, off by default, absent on Windows, and leaves network access open by default",
          "No documented exit codes, output schema or turn and spend cap for headless runs",
          "CVE-2026-111091 (published 15 October 2026, high) allowed code execution through an untrusted project's MCP configuration before 26.8.3",
          "Closed source, and the CLI's default for anonymous usage statistics isn't stated"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Run headless only in repositories you trust. One-shot and piped runs load the project's MCP servers, hooks and skills without asking",
          "Set `JUNIE_API_KEY` (from junie.jetbrains.com/cli) or a provider key such as `JUNIE_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` in CI. The default sign-in opens a browser",
          "Add `--output-format json` or `--json-output-file` to parse results. Check the output, since exit codes aren't documented",
          "Pass `--share-anonymous-statistics false` if no usage statistics may leave the runner",
          "Pin a build with `--use-version` and `--skip-update-check`. The CLI updates itself on start by default"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 4,
        "avgRating": 2.8,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "D",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 53.2
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 55,
          "maintenance": 72,
          "payments": 42,
          "reliability": 45,
          "schema": 62,
          "security": 56,
          "transparency": 57
        },
        "provenanceScore": 99
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "curl -fsSL https://junie.jetbrains.com/install.sh | bash",
        "headless": {
          "acp": "junie --acp true",
          "review": "junie --auth=\"$JUNIE_API_KEY\" --review",
          "run": "junie --auth=\"$JUNIE_API_KEY\" \"Fix any failing tests\""
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/junie"
      },
      "sameCompany": [
        "youtrack"
      ],
      "area": "frameworks",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "JetBrains AI Pro",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 10,
          "note": "per user, 10 AI Credits every 30 days, $100 a year"
        },
        {
          "item": "JetBrains AI Ultimate",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 30,
          "note": "per user, 35 AI Credits every 30 days, $300 a year"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "JetBrains s.r.o.",
        "domain": "jetbrains.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2001-11-09",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "https://www.jetbrains.com/legal/docs/terms/jetbrains-ai-service/",
        "privacy": "https://www.jetbrains.com/legal/docs/privacy/privacy/",
        "statusPage": "https://status.jetbrains.cloud",
        "changelog": "https://junie.jetbrains.com/whats-new",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-10-18",
        "notes": [
          "The README says JetBrains s.r.o., all rights reserved, with use under the JetBrains AI Terms of Service (version 2.1, effective 30 September 2025, titled for AI Assistant and Junie).",
          "RDAP (Verisign) gives jetbrains.com a registration date of 2001-11-09. Junie's site is junie.jetbrains.com.",
          "www.jetbrains.com/.well-known/security.txt has a Contact and a Policy line and no Expires line, which RFC 9116 requires. The site's tracker reads a file with a Contact and no Expires as valid. junie.jetbrains.com/.well-known/security.txt answers 404.",
          "status.jetbrains.cloud (incident.io) covers JetBrains AI and its model providers, with no Junie component.",
          "The CLI runs on the owner's machine. Model calls go to JetBrains AI, the owner's provider or a local endpoint, so there is no single vendor endpoint."
        ],
        "score": 99
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/junie.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "junie",
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.jetbrains.cloud",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T00:05:24.10584297Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://junie.jetbrains.com/whats-new",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:32:12.838843498Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "e7ffd0aa598d"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.jetbrains.com/legal/docs/privacy/privacy/",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:44:49.759359206Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "7d6c9c28b6d6"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.jetbrains.com/legal/docs/terms/jetbrains-ai-service/",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:44:51.742181669Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "c56282bd3350"
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        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-19T00:05:24.10584297Z"
      }
    },
    "facts": [
      {
        "a": "Agent harness",
        "b": "Agent harness",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "Cline Bot Inc.",
        "b": "JetBrains",
        "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": "Apache-2.0",
        "b": "Proprietary, JetBrains s.r.o., all rights reserved, under the JetBrains AI Terms of Service. The GitHub repository holds the README, release binaries and the issue tracker, not source",
        "name": "Licence"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-10-01",
        "b": "2026-10-16",
        "name": "Last release"
      },
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        "a": "2025-09-25",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "2025-09-24",
        "b": "2026-06-12",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-openai-codex.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-opencode.json",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/junie.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/junie.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 713 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\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 45\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 77 against 62\n- Agent ergonomics, 67 against 55\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 42\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 72\n\nAlso in its favour:\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### Junie CLI (D)\n\nGood for: Teams on JetBrains IDEs who want the same agent in a terminal, CI and ACP editors, and people who want a free tier or their own model keys and local endpoints.\n\nAhead on:\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 78 against 61\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.8 against 2.0 out of 5\n\nWatch for: One-shot, piped, ACP and Gateway runs trust the project by design and load its MCP servers, hooks, agents and skills without a prompt\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Cline | Junie CLI | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 80 | 45 | Cline +35 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 77 | 62 | Cline +15 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 55 | Cline +12 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 57 | 56 | Cline +1 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 50 | 42 | Cline +8 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 85 | 72 | Cline +13 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 61 | 78 | Junie CLI +17 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -8 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **60.4 · C** | **53.2 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Cline | Junie CLI |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Cline Bot Inc. | JetBrains |\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 | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary, JetBrains s.r.o., all rights reserved, under the JetBrains AI Terms of Service. The GitHub repository holds the README, release binaries and the issue tracker, not source |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-16 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-09-25 |  |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-09-24 | 2026-06-12 |\n| Customer content may train models | 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 | 68k stars | 487 stars, 3.2k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | 2.8/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\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**Junie CLI.** Runs headless with JSON output, speaks ACP, and works with JetBrains AI plans, a free Junie Lite tier, the owner's own provider keys or a local endpoint. Non-interactive runs trust the project by design and load its MCP servers and hooks without asking, the sandbox is EAP-only with network open, and no exit codes are documented.\n\n## Before you call either\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### Junie CLI\n\n1. Run headless only in repositories you trust. One-shot and piped runs load the project's MCP servers, hooks and skills without asking\n2. Set `JUNIE_API_KEY` (from junie.jetbrains.com/cli) or a provider key such as `JUNIE_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` in CI. The default sign-in opens a browser\n3. Add `--output-format json` or `--json-output-file` to parse results. Check the output, since exit codes aren't documented\n4. Pass `--share-anonymous-statistics false` if no usage statistics may leave the runner\n5. Pin a build with `--use-version` and `--skip-update-check`. The CLI updates itself on start by default\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Cline or Junie CLI?\n\nCline scores 60.4 (C) on agent readiness against Junie CLI's 53.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Junie CLI leads on transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Are Cline and Junie CLI open source?\n\nCline is open source (Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for Junie CLI.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-junie.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-junie.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"cline\", \"b\": \"junie\"}`. 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