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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": 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 It was live for about eight hours before 2.4.0 and a deprecation, the token was revoked and publishing moved to OIDC.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.", "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-v0.0.48", "released": "2026-10-17", "seenAt": "2026-10-19T03:41:06.213803909Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "cline", "version": "3.0.73", "seenAt": "2026-10-19T03:41:05.529440949Z" } ], "githubStars": 70526, "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" }, "pages": [ { "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", "fingerprint": "829127d0d63f" }, { "url": "https://cline.bot/tos", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:24:59.063586709Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-18T23:24:59.063586709Z", "fingerprint": "9c6ddec53cb5" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-19T03:41:06.213803909Z" } }, "answer": "Mistral Vibe CLI scores 62.9 (B) on agent readiness against Cline's 60.4 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Cline leads on reliability and maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "mistral-vibe-cli", "name": "Mistral Vibe CLI", "vendor": "Mistral AI", "vendorUrl": "https://docs.mistral.ai/vibe/code/cli/install-setup", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "Mistral AI's open-source terminal coding agent. It runs Mistral's hosted models or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, headless with `vibe -p` and in editors through `vibe-acp`. This listing covers the CLI, not Mistral's Vibe chat app.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mistral-vibe-cli", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mistral-vibe-cli.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mistral-vibe-cli.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mistral-vibe-cli.json", "repo": "https://github.com/mistralai/mistral-vibe", "license": "Apache-2.0", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "mistral-vibe" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Browser sign-in with a Mistral account, or a Mistral API key in `MISTRAL_API_KEY` or `~/.vibe/.env`, created under Code, Vibe CLI in the Mistral console. The same key works on the Free plan, a paid plan or pay-as-you-go. A local OpenAI-compatible server needs no Mistral account. MCP servers take static headers or OAuth.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The CLI is free under Apache-2.0. Hosted models come with a Mistral plan or an API key. Free has limited coding sessions, Pro is $14.99 a month and Team $24.99 a user a month, Enterprise by quote, with pay-as-you-go at API rates past a plan's limit. The default model, Mistral Medium 3.5, is $1.5 per million input tokens and $7.5 per million output tokens on the API. A local model costs nothing (checked 2026-10-18).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the README, the CLI docs or the source (checked 2026-10-18).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 5100, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": 331757, "asOf": "2026-10-18" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.mistral.ai/vibe/code/cli/install-setup", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.mistral.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.mcp-client", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "official", "harness", "coding-agent", "cli", "open-source", "python", "mcp", "acp", "llms-txt", "telemetry-default-on", "no-sandbox", "subagents", "hooks", "freemium", "no-card", "local" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-09", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 62.9, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 457, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1146, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 84, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 60, "reliability": 69, "schema": 76, "security": 58, "transparency": 79 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-18" }, "negative": -8, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-09-12. CVE-2026-87983 to CVE-2026-87988 (advisory MAI-2026-003, severity High, published 14 September 2026). Crafted shell commands could run without the approval prompt, reading or writing files outside the workspace or running code, and injected instructions could trigger them. HiddenLayer published the CVEs on 11 September and Mistral released 2.25.4 the next day. Fixed and published inside six months, so 2 points for each high, as nanobot's and zeroclaw's fixed advisories were weighed. Six highs come to 12, held at the -6 cap for fixed and published advisories that claude-code and the Claude Agent SDK listing use (research/new/NOTES-harnesses-H1.md, negative events). Paperclip's -10 adds -5 for its group of ten fixed advisories and separate lines for advisories with no patched version, which doesn't apply here (https://docs.mistral.ai/resources/security-advisories/MAI-2026-003). -6", "2026-10-18. The offline guide says that with `enable_telemetry = false` and `enable_auto_update = false` the CLI contacts no external service, and the configuration reference describes `enable_auto_update` as installing releases in the background. The 2.26.1 source has no such key. It reads `enable_update_checks`, which stays on, and the README says interactive sessions then query PyPI or uv once a day. We followed ironclaw's precedent, not zeroclaw's, because this is the vendor's documentation contradicting the shipped release on what leaves the machine, where zeroclaw's was a site-versus-docs mismatch. The safety page's line that `-p` falls back to `auto-approve` is also wrong, but it errs towards caution, so it stays a weakness with no deduction. A misleading claim, at the minimum, -2 (https://docs.mistral.ai/vibe/code/cli/offline-models; https://docs.mistral.ai/vibe/code/cli/configuration-reference; https://github.com/mistralai/mistral-vibe#update-settings). -2" ], "verdict": "Apache-2.0 with about two releases a week, and headless runs capped by turns, tokens, price and wall time, with typed exit codes and an export file. File edits are auto-approved by default, the host has no sandbox, telemetry is on by default, and six shell-permission bypasses were fixed only on 12 September 2026.", "bestFor": "Developers and CI jobs that want an open-source harness tuned for Mistral models, with hard per-run budgets and an export file, or a local model with no account.", "strengths": [ "Apache-2.0, on PyPI and Homebrew at 2.26.1, with 20 PyPI releases in the 90 days to 18 October 2026", "`vibe -p` stops on `--max-turns`, `--max-tokens`, `--max-price` or `--time-limit`, with exit codes 0 to 4 and an `export.json` naming the outcome", "Runs against any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, with a llama.cpp provider on 127.0.0.1:8080 in the defaults and a documented offline set-up", "Project `.vibe/` config, hooks, MCP servers and `AGENTS.md` load only from trusted folders, and `-p` runs never trust a folder without `--trust`", "`vibe-acp` is in the ACP registry at 2.26.1, with prebuilt binaries for macOS and Linux" ], "weaknesses": [ "The default agent auto-approves file edits, and there's no sandbox on the host. Isolation needs the experimental `--agent-socket` server or a container", "Six high-severity shell-permission bypasses (CVE-2026-87983 to CVE-2026-87988) were fixed in 2.25.4 on 12 September 2026, a day after HiddenLayer published them", "Telemetry is on by default, and the server-side experiments it enables can switch the default agent to the `smart-approve` classifier", "The docs disagree with the code. The safety page says `-p` falls back to auto-approve, and the offline guide names an `enable_auto_update` key the source doesn't define", "The repository takes no outside contributions, and its history is squashed release commits" ], "agentNotes": [ "Pass `--agent` on every `-p` run (`plan` is read-only). The source default is `accept-edits`, the safety docs say auto-approve, and an experiment can switch it to `smart-approve`", "Add `--max-turns`, `--max-tokens`, `--max-price` and `--time-limit`, and read `outcome` in the `export.json` that `--output-dir` writes. Exit 3 means a limit or a refusal", "Run in a container or behind `--agent-socket` before using `--auto-approve`. Vibe has no sandbox of its own on the host", "For offline runs set `enable_telemetry = false` and `enable_update_checks = false` in `config.toml`. The docs' `enable_auto_update` isn't the key the code reads", "Use 2.25.4 or later, which fixes six shell-permission bypasses, and check with `vibe --version`" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3.3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 62.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 84, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 60, "reliability": 69, "schema": 76, "security": 58, "transparency": 68 }, "provenanceScore": 90 }, "connect": { "install": "uv tool install mistral-vibe # or: curl -LsSf https://mistral.ai/vibe/install.sh | bash", "headless": { "command": "vibe --prompt-file task.md --agent accept-edits --output json --max-turns 30 --max-price 1.0 --time-limit 1800 --output-dir out/", "env": { "MISTRAL_API_KEY": "\u003ckey\u003e" } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/mistral-vibe-cli" }, "sameCompany": [ "mistral-api", "mistral-embeddings", "mistral-moderation", "mistral-voxtral-transcribe", "mistral-ocr" ], "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Mistral AI (RCS Paris 952 418 325)", "domain": "mistral.ai", "domainRegistered": "2019-05-15", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://legal.mistral.ai/terms/commercial-terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://legal.mistral.ai/terms/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.mistral.ai", "changelog": "https://github.com/mistralai/mistral-vibe/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-18", "notes": [ "security.txt read on 2026-10-18, a Mistral security contact, Expires 2027-05-05, Policy a HackerOne submission form. SECURITY.md in the repository points to the same contact and programme", "Privacy policy effective 3 September 2026 and commercial terms effective 25 September 2026, both read on 2026-10-18. Both name Vibe among the Mistral AI products they cover", "The legal entity and domain date are carried from the mistral-api listing's 17 October check", "status.mistral.ai covers the hosted API, answered with a bot check on 17 October per the mistral-api listing and wasn't read again. It doesn't cover the local CLI" ], "score": 90 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mistral-vibe-cli.json", "live": { "slug": "mistral-vibe-cli", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "mistralai/mistral-vibe", "version": "v2.26.1", "released": "2026-10-09", "seenAt": "2026-10-19T04:04:46.716774439Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "mistral-vibe", "version": "2.26.1", "released": "2026-10-09", "seenAt": "2026-10-19T04:04:46.523190428Z" } ], "githubStars": 5148, "pypiWeekly": 368368, "pages": [ { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mistralai/mistral-vibe/main/CHANGELOG.md", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:38:01.660508599Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "719b8d0af267" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-19T04:04:46.716774439Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Cline Bot Inc.", "b": "Mistral AI", "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": "Apache-2.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-01", "b": "2026-10-09", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2025-09-25", "b": "2026-09-25", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2025-09-24", "b": "2026-09-03", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes, with an opt-out", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "68k stars", "b": "5.1k stars, 332k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "2/5 (2)", "b": "3.3/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Mistral Vibe CLI scores 62.9 (B) on agent readiness against Cline's 60.4 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Cline leads on reliability and maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Cline or Mistral Vibe CLI?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Cline is open source (Apache-2.0). Mistral Vibe CLI is open source (Apache-2.0).", "question": "Are Cline and Mistral Vibe CLI open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 80 against 69", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 75" ], "also": null, "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" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Agent ergonomics, 84 against 67", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 50", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 79 against 61" ], "also": [ "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.3 against 2.0 out of 5" ], "goodFor": "Developers and CI jobs that want an open-source harness tuned for Mistral models, with hard per-run budgets and an export file, or a local model with no account.", "slug": "mistral-vibe-cli", "watchFor": "The default agent auto-approves file edits, and there's no sandbox on the host. Isolation needs the experimental `--agent-socket` server or a container" } ], "job": { "capability": "agent.harness", "name": "Agent harnesses" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-cline.json", "title": "Agent Zero vs Cline", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-cline" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "Agent Zero vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-cline.json", "title": "Aider vs Cline", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-cline" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "Aider vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-cline.json", "title": "Amp vs Cline", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-cline" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "Amp vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-cline.json", "title": "Antigravity CLI vs Cline", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-cline" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "Antigravity CLI vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-cline.json", "title": "Auggie CLI vs Cline", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-cline" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "Auggie CLI vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "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/claude-code-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-crush.json", "title": "Cline vs Crush", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-crush" }, { "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-deepseek-harness.json", "title": "Cline vs DeepSeek Harness (dsh)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-deepseek-harness" }, { "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": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-goose.json", "title": "Cline vs goose", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-goose" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-harness2.json", "title": "Cline vs Harness²", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-harness2" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-harnessrouter.json", "title": "Cline vs HarnessRouter", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-harnessrouter" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-jules.json", "title": "Cline vs Jules", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-jules" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-junie.json", "title": "Cline vs Junie CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-junie" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-kilo-code-cli.json", "title": "Cline vs Kilo Code CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-kilo-code-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-kimi-code-cli.json", "title": "Cline vs Kimi Code CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-kimi-code-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-kiro-cli.json", "title": "Cline vs Kiro CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-kiro-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Cline vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-muse-code.json", "title": "Cline vs Muse Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-muse-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-openai-codex.json", "title": "Cline vs OpenAI Codex", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-openai-codex" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-opencode.json", "title": "Cline vs OpenCode", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-opencode" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-openhands.json", "title": "Cline vs OpenHands", "url": "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-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Cline vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "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/cline-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "Cline vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-rovo-dev-cli.json", "title": "Cline vs Rovo Dev CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-rovo-dev-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-warp.json", "title": "Cline vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-warp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crush-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "Crush vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crush-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "Cursor CLI vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "DeepSeek Harness (dsh) vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/devin-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "Devin vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/devin-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/droid-cli-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "Droid CLI vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/droid-cli-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/earendil-pi-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "Pi vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/earendil-pi-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "Gemini CLI vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "GitHub Copilot CLI vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "goose vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness2-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "Harness² vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness2-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "HarnessRouter vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jules-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "Jules vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jules-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "Junie CLI vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kilo-code-cli-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "Kilo Code CLI vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kilo-code-cli-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "Kimi Code CLI vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiro-cli-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "Kiro CLI vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiro-cli-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-muse-code.json", "title": "Mistral Vibe CLI vs Muse Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-muse-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-openai-codex.json", "title": "Mistral Vibe CLI vs OpenAI Codex", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-openai-codex" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-opencode.json", "title": "Mistral Vibe CLI vs OpenCode", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-opencode" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-openhands.json", "title": "Mistral Vibe CLI vs OpenHands", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-openhands" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-prime-agent.json", "title": "Mistral Vibe CLI vs Prime Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-prime-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Mistral Vibe CLI vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-qwen-code.json", "title": "Mistral Vibe CLI vs Qwen Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-qwen-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "Mistral Vibe CLI vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-rovo-dev-cli.json", "title": "Mistral Vibe CLI vs Rovo Dev CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-rovo-dev-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-warp.json", "title": "Mistral Vibe CLI vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-warp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-cline.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Cline", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-cline" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-harness-autonomous.json", "title": "Cline vs Harness", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-harness-autonomous" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-paperclip.json", "title": "Cline vs Paperclip", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-paperclip" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "Cline vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "Harness vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-paperclip.json", "title": "Mistral Vibe CLI vs Paperclip", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-paperclip" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "Mistral Vibe CLI vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-parallax-agents" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 11, "cline": 80, "edge": "cline", "key": "reliability", "mistral-vibe-cli": 69, "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 1, "cline": 77, "edge": "cline", "key": "schema", "mistral-vibe-cli": 76, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 17, "cline": 67, "edge": "mistral-vibe-cli", "key": "ergonomics", "mistral-vibe-cli": 84, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 1, "cline": 57, "edge": "mistral-vibe-cli", "key": "security", "mistral-vibe-cli": 58, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 10, "cline": 50, "edge": "mistral-vibe-cli", "key": "payments", "mistral-vibe-cli": 60, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 10, "cline": 85, "edge": "cline", "key": "maintenance", "mistral-vibe-cli": 75, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 18, "cline": 61, "edge": "mistral-vibe-cli", "key": "transparency", "mistral-vibe-cli": 79, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Mistral Vibe CLI scores 62.9 (B) on agent readiness against Cline's 60.4 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Cline leads on reliability and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do agent harnesses.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "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.", "mistral-vibe-cli": "Apache-2.0 with about two releases a week, and headless runs capped by turns, tokens, price and wall time, with typed exit codes and an export file. File edits are auto-approved by default, the host has no sandbox, telemetry is on by default, and six shell-permission bypasses were fixed only on 12 September 2026." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-mistral-vibe-cli", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.min.md" }, "markdown": "Mistral Vibe CLI scores 62.9 (B) on agent readiness against Cline's 60.4 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Cline leads on reliability and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do agent harnesses.\n\n- Cline: grade C, 60.4/100, rank #568 of 1146. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cline.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cline.json\n- Mistral Vibe CLI: grade B, 62.9/100, rank #457 of 1146. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mistral-vibe-cli.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mistral-vibe-cli.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 69\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 75\n\nWatch for: The CLI approves every tool by default outside ACP mode and starts on Cline's own provider\n\n### Mistral Vibe CLI (B)\n\nGood for: Developers and CI jobs that want an open-source harness tuned for Mistral models, with hard per-run budgets and an export file, or a local model with no account.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 84 against 67\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 50\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 79 against 61\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.3 against 2.0 out of 5\n\nWatch for: The default agent auto-approves file edits, and there's no sandbox on the host. Isolation needs the experimental `--agent-socket` server or a container\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Cline | Mistral Vibe CLI | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 80 | 69 | Cline +11 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 77 | 76 | Cline +1 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 84 | Mistral Vibe CLI +17 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 57 | 58 | Mistral Vibe CLI +1 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 50 | 60 | Mistral Vibe CLI +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 85 | 75 | Cline +10 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 61 | 79 | Mistral Vibe CLI +18 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -8 | -8 | |\n| **Total** | | **60.4 · C** | **62.9 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Cline | Mistral Vibe CLI |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Cline Bot Inc. | Mistral AI |\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 | Apache-2.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-09 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-09-25 | 2026-09-25 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-09-24 | 2026-09-03 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes, with an opt-out |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 68k stars | 5.1k stars, 332k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | 3.3/5 (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**Mistral Vibe CLI.** Apache-2.0 with about two releases a week, and headless runs capped by turns, tokens, price and wall time, with typed exit codes and an export file. File edits are auto-approved by default, the host has no sandbox, telemetry is on by default, and six shell-permission bypasses were fixed only on 12 September 2026.\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### Mistral Vibe CLI\n\n1. Pass `--agent` on every `-p` run (`plan` is read-only). The source default is `accept-edits`, the safety docs say auto-approve, and an experiment can switch it to `smart-approve`\n2. Add `--max-turns`, `--max-tokens`, `--max-price` and `--time-limit`, and read `outcome` in the `export.json` that `--output-dir` writes. Exit 3 means a limit or a refusal\n3. Run in a container or behind `--agent-socket` before using `--auto-approve`. Vibe has no sandbox of its own on the host\n4. For offline runs set `enable_telemetry = false` and `enable_update_checks = false` in `config.toml`. The docs' `enable_auto_update` isn't the key the code reads\n5. Use 2.25.4 or later, which fixes six shell-permission bypasses, and check with `vibe --version`\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Cline or Mistral Vibe CLI?\n\nMistral Vibe CLI scores 62.9 (B) on agent readiness against Cline's 60.4 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Cline leads on reliability and maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Are Cline and Mistral Vibe CLI open source?\n\nYes. Cline is open source (Apache-2.0). Mistral Vibe CLI is open source (Apache-2.0).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"cline\", \"b\": \"mistral-vibe-cli\"}`. 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