{ "data": { "a": { "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": 527, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 993, "categoryRank": 12, "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": "2026-10-12T21:54:03.456363183Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "cline", "version": "3.0.70", "seenAt": "2026-10-12T21:54:02.659426852Z" } ], "githubStars": 70233, "npmWeekly": 65829, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://cline.bot/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-12-31T23:59:00z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-12T15:43:44.501058238Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.cline.bot/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-12T14:08:38.102037926Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "cline.bot", "registered": "2024-09-30", "source": "https://rdap.nominet.uk/bot/domain/cline.bot", "checkedAt": "2026-10-11T13:15:16.00554513Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cline/cline/main/CHANGELOG.md", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-12T19:58:03.932852245Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-07T18:09:02.66614484Z", "fingerprint": "afe1a35c4bbd" }, { "url": "https://cline.bot/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-12T19:46:40.670947754Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:11.11005196Z", "fingerprint": "7c5e50c585e0" }, { "url": "https://cline.bot/tos", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-12T19:46:42.860775805Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:13.372700135Z", "fingerprint": "9f6fe5247cb8" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-12T21:54:03.456363183Z" } }, "answer": "Muse Code and Cline score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61.3 (C) and 60.4 (C). Cline leads on reliability, payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "muse-code", "name": "Muse Code", "vendor": "Meta", "vendorUrl": "https://dev.meta.ai/products/muse-code", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "Muse Code is Meta's coding agent for the terminal and CI, built for its Muse models. It plans, edits files and runs commands under approvals and an OS sandbox, interactively, headless through `muse exec` or from an SDK.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/muse-code", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/muse-code.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/muse-code.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/muse-code.json", "repo": "https://github.com/meta-models/muse-code-sdk", "license": "Proprietary binary, used under the Meta Model API Terms of Service, which cover Meta's coding harness. Subscriptions are also under the Meta Subscription Terms of Service. The TypeScript and Python SDKs in the linked repository are MIT.", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@muse-code/sdk" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "muse-code-sdk" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "A browser sign-in to a Meta Model API account on first run, or a Meta Model API key in `META_API_KEY` or stored with `muse auth set`. A key takes priority over a browser session. CI runs and Meta Managed Accounts must use a key.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Pay-as-you-go at Meta Model API token prices, or a monthly plan at $5 (Everyday Usage), $15 (High Usage), $50 (Power Usage) or $200 (Maximum Usage), checked 2026-10-12. Muse Wonder Full needs Power Usage or Maximum Usage. No free plan or trial was found.", "priceSummary": "$5 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Muse Code docs, the subscription pages or dev.meta.ai/llms.txt, checked 12 October 2026. Plans are paid through Meta Accounts Centre and pay-as-you-go through Model API billing.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 63119, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-12" }, "docsUrl": "https://dev.meta.ai/docs/muse-code", "llmsTxt": "https://dev.meta.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.mcp-client", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "official", "harness", "coding-agent", "cli", "closed-source", "mcp", "llms-txt", "sandbox", "approvals", "card-required" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-11", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 61.3, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 487, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 993, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 79, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 20, "reliability": 45, "schema": 84, "security": 67, "transparency": 57 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-12" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Muse Code runs with approvals and an OS sandbox on by default, per-host network approval, an append-only event log and a headless mode with documented exit codes. It is the only route to Muse Wonder Full. It is closed source with undated release notes and no free route, and subscriptions allow training on code unless Contributor mode is turned off.", "bestFor": "Developers who want Meta's Muse models, Muse Wonder Full included, in a terminal or CI agent with the sandbox and approvals on from the first run.", "strengths": [ "Sandbox on by default (Seatbelt on macOS, bubblewrap on Linux), with `.git`, `.muse` and `.agents` read-only and shell commands refused if containment can't be confirmed", "Network access is proxy-only by default, and the first connection to each new host, port or protocol stops for review", "`muse exec --json` streams JSONL events, with exit codes 0, 1, 2, 130 and 143 documented and `--max-model-steps` to cap a run", "A versioned session protocol (`muse serve`, `muse schema`) with MIT-licensed TypeScript and Python SDKs released in step with the CLI", "MCP over stdio and streamable HTTP with OAuth 2.1 sign-in, and named toolsets that select MCP tools by name or prefix" ], "weaknesses": [ "Closed source, with no public CI or issue tracker for the CLI found and release notes that carry no dates", "Subscriptions default to Contributor mode, which lets Meta train on prompts, code and responses until it's turned off", "No free route. Plans run from $5 to $200 a month, and pay-as-you-go billing needs a card", "New sessions start in Auto-review, where an automated judge clears eligible approvals rather than a person", "MCP tools run outside the sandbox, and settings list telemetry options without documenting what is sent or the defaults" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set `META_API_KEY` for headless runs. Browser sign-in isn't available in CI or for Meta Managed Accounts", "Gate on your own test command, not the exit code. `muse exec` returns 0 when the turn completes even if tests still fail", "Pass `--max-model-steps` on unattended runs so a stuck task can't loop", "Prefer `--disable-approval` to `--yolo` in CI so the sandbox stays on. On Linux the runner needs a working bubblewrap and a non-musl build", "Turn Contributor mode off in `/settings` before a subscription session touches private code" ], "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": 61.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 79, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 20, "reliability": 45, "schema": 84, "security": 67, "transparency": 46 }, "provenanceScore": 68 }, "connect": { "install": "curl -fsSL https://dev.meta.ai/install.sh | sh # Windows: irm https://dev.meta.ai/install.ps1 | iex", "headless": { "env": { "META_API_KEY": "\u003cyour-key\u003e" }, "run": "muse exec --json \"Refactor the auth module and run the tests.\"" } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/muse-code" }, "sameCompany": [ "meta-model-api" ], "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Everyday Usage plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 5, "note": "10 to 50 prompts every 5 hours." }, { "item": "High Usage plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 15, "note": "5x the Everyday Usage plan." }, { "item": "Power Usage plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 50, "note": "20x the Everyday Usage plan, with Muse Wonder Full." }, { "item": "Maximum Usage plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 200, "note": "80x the Everyday Usage plan, with Muse Wonder Full." } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Meta Platforms, Inc.", "domain": "meta.ai", "domainRegistered": "2017-12-16", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://dev.meta.ai/legal/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://dev.meta.ai/docs/muse-code/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-12", "notes": [ "The Meta Model API Terms of Service (last updated 9 October 2026) cover an artificial intelligence coding harness and name Meta Platforms, Inc., or Meta Platforms Ireland Limited in the European Region. The subscription page adds the Meta Subscription Terms of Service.", "The privacy field is the Meta Privacy Policy, which the terms link. www.facebook.com's robots.txt asks readers like ours not to fetch it, as the 8 October policy reading records, so it wasn't read.", "RDAP for meta.ai gives a registration date of 16 December 2017. The model calls go to api.meta.ai, and the binaries download from lookaside.facebook.com.", "No status page for Meta Model API was found. dev.meta.ai/status redirects to the home page.", "dev.meta.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. The SDK repository's SECURITY.md sends vulnerability reports to bugbounty.meta.com.", "dev.meta.ai/code and developer.meta.com/ai/products/muse-code redirect to dev.meta.ai/products/muse-code." ], "score": 68 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/muse-code.json", "live": { "slug": "muse-code", "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@muse-code/sdk", "version": "1.4.6", "seenAt": "2026-10-12T22:16:21.710476766Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "muse-code-sdk", "version": "1.4.6", "released": "2026-10-11", "seenAt": "2026-10-12T22:16:21.971934495Z" } ], "githubStars": 57, "npmWeekly": 63119, "pypiWeekly": 198, "updatedAt": "2026-10-12T22:16:22.08500268Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Cline Bot Inc.", "b": "Meta", "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": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Apache-2.0", "b": "Proprietary binary, used under the Meta Model API Terms of Service, which cover Meta's coding harness. Subscriptions are also under the Meta Subscription Terms of Service. The TypeScript and Python SDKs in the linked repository are MIT.", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-01", "b": "2026-10-11", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2025-09-25", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2025-09-24", "b": "couldn't be read", "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" }, { "a": "68k stars", "b": "63k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "2/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Muse Code and Cline score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61.3 (C) and 60.4 (C). Cline leads on reliability, payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Cline or Muse Code?" }, { "answer": "Cline is open source (Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for Muse Code.", "question": "Are Cline and Muse Code open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 80 against 45", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 20", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 75" ], "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" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 84 against 77", "Agent ergonomics, 79 against 67", "Security \u0026 auth, 67 against 57" ], "also": [ "No incidents deducted, where Cline loses 8 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Developers who want Meta's Muse models, Muse Wonder Full included, in a terminal or CI agent with the sandbox and approvals on from the first run.", "slug": "muse-code", "watchFor": "Closed source, with no public CI or issue tracker for the CLI found and release notes that carry no dates" } ], "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-muse-code.json", "title": "Agent Zero vs Muse Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-muse-code" }, { "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-muse-code.json", "title": "Aider vs Muse Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-muse-code" }, { "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-muse-code.json", "title": "Amp vs Muse Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-muse-code" }, { "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-muse-code.json", "title": "Antigravity CLI vs Muse Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-muse-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/claude-code-vs-muse-code.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Muse Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-muse-code" }, { "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": "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-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-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-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 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"key": "schema", "muse-code": 84, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 12, "cline": 67, "edge": "muse-code", "key": "ergonomics", "muse-code": 79, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 10, "cline": 57, "edge": "muse-code", "key": "security", "muse-code": 67, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 30, "cline": 50, "edge": "cline", "key": "payments", "muse-code": 20, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 10, "cline": 85, "edge": "cline", "key": "maintenance", "muse-code": 75, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 4, "cline": 61, "edge": "cline", "key": "transparency", "muse-code": 57, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Muse Code and Cline score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61.3 (C) and 60.4 (C). Cline leads on reliability, payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do agent harnesses.", "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.", "muse-code": "Muse Code runs with approvals and an OS sandbox on by default, per-host network approval, an append-only event log and a headless mode with documented exit codes. It is the only route to Muse Wonder Full. It is closed source with undated release notes and no free route, and subscriptions allow training on code unless Contributor mode is turned off." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-muse-code", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-muse-code.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-muse-code.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-muse-code.min.md" }, "markdown": "Muse Code and Cline score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61.3 (C) and 60.4 (C). Cline leads on reliability, payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do agent harnesses.\n\n- Cline: grade C, 60.4/100, rank #527 of 993. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cline.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cline.json\n- Muse Code: grade C, 61.3/100, rank #487 of 993. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/muse-code.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/muse-code.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 226 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- Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 75\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### Muse Code (C)\n\nGood for: Developers who want Meta's Muse models, Muse Wonder Full included, in a terminal or CI agent with the sandbox and approvals on from the first run.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 84 against 77\n- Agent ergonomics, 79 against 67\n- Security \u0026 auth, 67 against 57\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where Cline loses 8 points for them\n\nWatch for: Closed source, with no public CI or issue tracker for the CLI found and release notes that carry no dates\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Cline | Muse Code | 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 | 84 | Muse Code +7 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 79 | Muse Code +12 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 57 | 67 | Muse Code +10 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 50 | 20 | Cline +30 |\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 | 57 | Cline +4 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -8 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **60.4 · C** | **61.3 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Cline | Muse Code |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Cline Bot Inc. | Meta |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary binary, used under the Meta Model API Terms of Service, which cover Meta's coding harness. Subscriptions are also under the Meta Subscription Terms of Service. The TypeScript and Python SDKs in the linked repository are MIT. |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-11 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-09-25 | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-09-24 | couldn't be read |\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 | 63k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | none |\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**Muse Code.** Muse Code runs with approvals and an OS sandbox on by default, per-host network approval, an append-only event log and a headless mode with documented exit codes. It is the only route to Muse Wonder Full. It is closed source with undated release notes and no free route, and subscriptions allow training on code unless Contributor mode is turned off.\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### Muse Code\n\n1. Set `META_API_KEY` for headless runs. Browser sign-in isn't available in CI or for Meta Managed Accounts\n2. Gate on your own test command, not the exit code. `muse exec` returns 0 when the turn completes even if tests still fail\n3. Pass `--max-model-steps` on unattended runs so a stuck task can't loop\n4. Prefer `--disable-approval` to `--yolo` in CI so the sandbox stays on. On Linux the runner needs a working bubblewrap and a non-musl build\n5. Turn Contributor mode off in `/settings` before a subscription session touches private code\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Cline or Muse Code?\n\nMuse Code and Cline score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61.3 (C) and 60.4 (C). Cline leads on reliability, payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Are Cline and Muse Code open source?\n\nCline is open source (Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for Muse Code.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-muse-code.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-muse-code.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"cline\", \"b\": \"muse-code\"}`. 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