{ "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", "dns": "cline.grade.anchorterminal.com", "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": "2026-10-25", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 52.8, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 975, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1510, "categoryRank": 38, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 50, "reliability": 70, "schema": 77, "security": 57, "transparency": 65 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-04" }, "negative": -14, "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 eight months old, -4. https://github.com/cline/cline/security/advisories/GHSA-9ppg-jx86-fqw7", "2026-05-08. GHSA-5c57-rqjx-35g2 (CVE-2026-44211, Critical, 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. OSV lists 2.13.0 as the last affected version. A fixed Critical over two months old, -1 (as strapi, twenty, crewai and pydantic-ai). https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-5c57-rqjx-35g2", "2026-06-23. GHSA-3cj3-hqcr-g934 (CVE-2026-59723, High, 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. Fixed in 3.0.30 per OSV. A fixed High over two months old, -1. https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-3cj3-hqcr-g934", "2026-09-21. CLI 3.0.63 (and the extension and hub processes, commit 1738373) stopped Windows running a program planted in the workspace in place of `rg`, `git` or `powershell`, which the changelog says ran during file indexing before any approval. CLI 3.0.66 (29 September) fixed the same path for nested PowerShell wrappers. No advisory found in OSV for either. A released fix of a described flaw with no advisory, -3 (as spree-commerce and terraform-mcp). https://github.com/cline/cline/blob/main/apps/cli/CHANGELOG.md", "2026-10-07. CLI 3.0.70, a patch release, removed `cline history --page` and the `cline schedule create` and `update` options `--autonomous`, `--no-autonomous`, `--idle-timeout`, `--poll-interval` and `--delivery-channel`. Scripts that passed them used to succeed and now fail with \"unknown option\". The change was posted only in that release's changelog entry, with no earlier notice found, -3. https://github.com/cline/cline/blob/main/apps/cli/CHANGELOG.md", "Until 2026-10-07. The telemetry docs called Cline's telemetry opt-in and anonymous while it was on by default in the CLI and the extensions and included prompts for the Cline and ClinePass providers. The 1 October check found no CLI telemetry setting documented. Corrected on 7 October (commit e6a3b1c), -2 (as supermemory and prismic). https://github.com/cline/cline/blob/main/docs/enterprise-solutions/monitoring/telemetry.mdx" ], "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", "16 extension and 19 CLI releases between 20 August and 25 October 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "The CLI approves every tool by default outside ACP mode and starts on Cline's own provider", "Telemetry on by default in every product, and the docs called it opt-in and anonymous until 7 October 2026", "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, and a Windows planted-program fix in September with no advisory", "CLI 3.0.70, a patch release, removed command options without notice, so scripts using them now fail" ], "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", "Turn telemetry off before the first task. In the CLI set `telemetryOptOut` to true in `~/.cline/data/settings/global-settings.json`, then run `cline hub stop`", "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", "Pin the CLI version in scripts. Patch releases have removed options that now fail with \"unknown option\"" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 52.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 50, "reliability": 70, "schema": 77, "security": 57, "transparency": 66 }, "provenanceScore": 64, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-04", "maintenance": "2026-11-04", "payments": "2026-11-04", "reliability": "2026-11-04", "schema": "2026-11-04", "security": "2026-11-04", "transparency": "2026-11-04" }, "last": "2026-11-04", "lastMoved": "2026-11-04", "oldest": "2026-11-04", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "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": 64 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cline.json", "live": { "slug": "cline", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "cline/cline", "version": "v4.1.26", "released": "2026-10-26", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:15:23.266284213Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "cline", "version": "3.0.74", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:15:23.227731689Z" } ], "githubStars": 71405, "npmWeekly": 94720, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://cline.bot/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-12-31T23:59:00z", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:01:04.000127689Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.cline.bot/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:31:50.938342246Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "cline.bot", "registered": "2024-09-30", "source": "https://rdap.nominet.uk/bot/domain/cline.bot", "checkedAt": "2026-11-01T14:11:39.600739914Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cline/cline/main/CHANGELOG.md", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:20:15.917279264Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-27T03:54:17.595484542Z", "fingerprint": "cbcce68268ee" }, { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cline/cline/main/apps/cli/CHANGELOG.md", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:20:17.928227965Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c710601f37e2" }, { "url": "https://cline.bot/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:01:08.380182324Z", "changedAt": "2026-11-04T08:16:32.609263948Z", "fingerprint": "f9284c659791" }, { "url": "https://cline.bot/tos", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:01:10.602278977Z", "changedAt": "2026-11-04T08:16:35.16933539Z", "fingerprint": "93c685865ce1" } ], "github": { "repo": "cline/cline", "checkedAt": "2026-11-02T08:39:26.316438934Z", "stars": 71195, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-11-02T07:29:59Z", "openIssues": 949, "openPRs": 796, "issuesOpened90d": 741, "issuesClosed90d": 402, "prsMerged90d": 836, "ci": { "branch": "main", "runs": 50, "success": 45, "failure": 3, "other": 2, "latest": "success", "latestAt": "2026-10-30T21:30:19Z" }, "advisories": [ { "ghsa": "GHSA-3cj3-hqcr-g934", "cve": "CVE-2026-59723", "severity": "high", "published": "2026-06-23T18:59:04Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-5c57-rqjx-35g2", "cve": "CVE-2026-44211", "severity": "critical", "published": "2026-05-08T16:20:54Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-9ppg-jx86-fqw7", "severity": "low", "published": "2026-02-17T22:18:19Z" } ], "replies": { "sampled": 25, "unanswered": 21, "medianDays": 0.1 } }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T16:01:04.000127689Z" } }, "answer": "Orca scores 57.4 (C) on agent readiness against Cline's 52.8 (D), and leads in 1 of 7 scored categories. Cline leads on reliability, schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth, payments \u0026 pricing, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "orca", "name": "Orca", "vendor": "Lovecast Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.onorca.dev", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "Orca is an open-source app that runs Claude Code, Codex and other coding agents in parallel, each in its own worktree, in chat or terminal, on a laptop or in the cloud, with an orchestrator that splits tasks across workers.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orca", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orca.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orca.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orca.json", "dns": "orca.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/stablyai/orca", "license": "MIT", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "none", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and open source. You pay for the coding agents it runs, through your own subscriptions or API keys (checked 2026-11-07).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No payment protocol in the repository or README (checked 2026-11-07).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-07" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.onorca.dev/docs", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "mit", "desktop-app", "mobile", "cli", "telemetry", "new" ], "lastRelease": "2026-11-06", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 57.4, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 795, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1510, "categoryRank": 25, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 40, "reliability": 58, "schema": 65, "security": 43, "transparency": 54 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-11-07" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "An open-source orchestrator for coding agents with worker agents in their own worktrees, chat and terminal views, a browser and a CLI, on desktop and mobile, with heavy test automation. It collects anonymous usage data by default, and the cloud option's pricing wasn't found.", "bestFor": "Developers who want an orchestrator agent to split work across parallel coding agents, on desktop or mobile.", "strengths": [ "An orchestrator agent splits a task across worker agents in their own workspaces", "Chat UI or the raw CLI, switching without losing context", "Desktop and mobile apps and a CLI", "MIT, with extensive unit and end-to-end CI" ], "weaknesses": [ "Anonymous usage data collected by default, with an opt-out", "Cloud pricing not found on the pages read", "No changelog file" ], "agentNotes": [ "See the telemetry docs on onorca.dev to opt out of anonymous usage data", "Use the orchestration CLI to hand a large task to one agent that starts workers" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 57.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 40, "reliability": 58, "schema": 65, "security": 43, "transparency": 68 }, "provenanceScore": 40, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-07", "maintenance": "2026-11-07", "payments": "2026-11-07", "reliability": "2026-11-07", "schema": "2026-11-07", "security": "2026-11-07", "transparency": "2026-11-07" }, "last": "2026-11-07", "oldest": "2026-11-07", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "Download from the releases page or Homebrew (Casks in the repository)" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/orca" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Lovecast Inc.", "domain": "onorca.dev", "domainRegistered": "", "domainNote": "Not looked up: RDAP isn't requested under the 1 November 2026 rules.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-07", "notes": [ "The licence names Lovecast Inc.. The repository is github.com/stablyai/orca." ], "score": 40 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orca.json", "live": { "slug": "orca", "securityTxt": { "url": "https://onorca.dev/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:01:18.358018303Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T16:01:18.358018303Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 14, "category": "security", "leads": "cline", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "reasons": { "a": "Harness reading of the framework checklist, used for all five harnesses in the 1 October batch. 30 for what leaves the machine by default, 20 for approvals and sandboxing, 15 for prompt-injection posture, 15 for audit and 20 for the security programme. Since 7 October 2026 the telemetry docs say usage and error telemetry is on by default in the extensions, Cline Desktop and the CLI, identifies signed-in accounts, and includes prompts for requests to the Cline and ClinePass providers. Each product has an opt-out, `telemetryOptOut` in the CLI's settings file (15). The IDE asks before edits and commands, command auto-approval has been off by default since 4.0.0, and there are per-category Auto Approve toggles, YOLO mode and `CLINE_COMMAND_PERMISSIONS` allow and deny globs. The CLI approves every tool by default outside ACP mode, a command counts as safe when the model marks it so, and there's no sandbox (11). No prompt-injection guidance found in the docs (4). Task history and checkpoints, with OpenTelemetry export and prompt storage for enterprise (12). A valid security.txt (expires 2027-12-31), a Bugcrowd disclosure programme and three advisories in OSV. GHSA-3cj3-hqcr-g934 now lists 3.0.30 as patched, and GHSA-5c57-rqjx-35g2 lists 2.13.0 as the last affected version (15).", "b": "Harness reading. Anonymous usage data with an opt-out, per the README's link to its telemetry docs (15 of 30). Worktrees per agent and a sandboxed Linux build (12 of 20). No prompt-injection guidance (5). No audit log (5). A dependency-security workflow (6 of 20). 15 + 12 + 5 + 5 + 6 = 43." }, "scores": { "a": 57, "b": 43 } }, { "by": 12, "category": "reliability", "leads": "cline", "name": "Reliability", "reasons": { "a": "Read as a local package. The `cline` CLI on npm (Node 22 or later), the VS Code extension (VS Code 1.101 or later), a JetBrains plugin and desktop builds (20). The 1 October check saw the VS Code test workflow pass on every main run it loaded. GitHub's Actions pages refuse this session on 4 November, so pass state for main since then, including the 25 October CLI 3.0.74 and extension 4.1.26 releases, is unread (15, as node-red). 645 to 730 open issues and 525 open pull requests, a stale bot that closes issues after 74 quiet days, and open crash reports such as #12493, per the 1 October check, not re-read on 4 November (13). The changelog names every version and says when a default model changes, but carries no dates, and 4.0.0 listed its removals under Changed rather than a breaking section. CLI 3.0.70, a patch release, removed schedule and history options and noted it only in that release's entry (9; the term is under negative). Extension 4.1.26 and CLI 3.0.74 are past 1.0, while the SDK (0.2.0) and desktop app (0.0.49) aren't (13).", "b": "Local software. Desktop and mobile builds and a Homebrew cask (20). Unit, end-to-end and platform test workflows; pass state not read (15). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). Tags to v1.4.251, no changelog file (8). Version 1.4 (15). 20 + 15 + 0 + 8 + 15 = 58." }, "scores": { "a": 70, "b": 58 } }, { "by": 12, "category": "schema", "leads": "cline", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "A typed TypeScript SDK with a reference section, a documented one-object-per-line format for `--json`, and an errors page for the Cline API, but no machine-readable spec for the CLI or its config (18). llms.txt at docs.cline.bot, listing a Markdown version of every page (10). Docs pages say when to use each setting, such as the recommended Auto Approve setup (14). `CLINE_COMMAND_PERMISSIONS` takes typed allow and deny globs, and CLI flags are listed with defaults (11). CLI samples, SDK examples and the API errors page (13). A versioned changelog without dates, with dated tags on GitHub (11).", "b": "Harness reading. A docs site with CLI orchestration and native chat pages (65)." }, "scores": { "a": 77, "b": 65 } }, { "by": 11, "category": "transparency", "leads": "cline", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "reasons": { "a": "Apache-2.0 (30). The privacy policy at cline.bot/privacy renders only with JavaScript and we couldn't read it. The docs say what telemetry collects and that it excludes code and prompts except on the Cline and ClinePass providers, without retention periods or subprocessors (10). Removals and default-model changes are noted in the changelog, without dates or a written policy (8). Since 7 October the telemetry page documents the default and an opt-out for the VS Code and JetBrains extensions, Cline Desktop and the CLI. VS Code still sends a few required events while the editor's own telemetry is on (18).", "b": "MIT (30). Privacy and telemetry docs on the site (not read) (18 of 30). No deprecation policy (5). Disclosed with an opt-out (15 of 20). 30 + 18 + 5 + 15 = 68." }, "scores": { "a": 65, "b": 54 } }, { "by": 10, "category": "payments", "leads": "cline", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "reasons": { "a": "No payment protocol (0). Scored on Cline's paid options. ClinePass is $9.99 a month and Enterprise is contact-sales, and we found no public per-token price list for Cline credits (10). The open-source extension and CLI need no card (20). Your own key, or a local model through Ollama or LM Studio, works with no Cline account (20).", "b": "Scored on the cloud option. No protocol (0). The cloud price wasn't found on the pages read (0). The desktop app is free and MIT with no card (20). The local app needs no sign-up that we found (20). 0 + 0 + 20 + 20 = 40." }, "scores": { "a": 50, "b": 40 } }, { "by": 10, "category": "maintenance", "leads": "cline", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "reasons": { "a": "CLI 3.0.74 and extension 4.1.26 on 2026-10-25, 10 days before this check (30). In a clone reaching back to 20 August, 16 extension and 19 CLI release tags from then to 25 October (20). Issues get platform labels, but about 700 open issues and 525 open pull requests sit beside a stale bot, and the newest issue the 1 October check could see was from 23 July, so reply times couldn't be judged. GitHub's issue pages refuse this session on 4 November (13). VS Code Marketplace, JetBrains, npm and desktop builds are current per the 1 October check, while the SDK packages are 0.2.0 (26 October) (13). Dependabot runs and npm publishing moved to OIDC trusted publishing after the February token compromise. CI pass state per the 1 October check (9).", "b": "Tags to v1.4.251 and commits on 6 November 2026 (30). Many releases in 90 days (20). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). Current builds (15). Extensive CI (10). 30 + 20 + 0 + 15 + 10 = 75." }, "scores": { "a": 85, "b": 75 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Cline Bot Inc.", "b": "Lovecast Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "None", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Apache-2.0", "b": "MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-25", "b": "2026-11-06", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2025-09-25", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2025-09-24", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "68k stars", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "2/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Orca scores 57.4 (C) on agent readiness against Cline's 52.8 (D), and leads in 1 of 7 scored categories. Cline leads on reliability, schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth, payments \u0026 pricing, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Cline or Orca?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Cline is open source (Apache-2.0). Orca is open source (MIT).", "question": "Are Cline and Orca open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 70 against 58", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 77 against 65", "Security \u0026 auth, 57 against 43", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 40", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 75", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 65 against 54" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card" ], "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": null, "also": [ "No key needed to call it", "No incidents deducted, where Cline loses 14 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Developers who want an orchestrator agent to split work across parallel coding agents, on desktop or mobile.", "slug": "orca", "watchFor": "Anonymous usage data collected by default, with an opt-out" } ], "history": { "cline": [ { "causes": [ "product", "evidence", "event" ], "date": "2026-11-04", "delta": -7.7, "from": 60.5, "fromGrade": "C", "to": 52.8, "toGrade": "D" }, { "causes": [ "method" ], "date": "2026-10-27", "delta": 0.1, "from": 60.4, "fromGrade": "C", "to": 60.5, "toGrade": "C" }, { "causes": [ "method" ], "date": "2026-10-08", "delta": -0.4, "from": 60.8, "fromGrade": "C", "to": 60.4, "toGrade": "C" } ], "orca": null }, "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-orca.json", "title": "Agent Zero vs Orca", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-orca" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-cline.json", "title": "Aider vs Cline", "url": 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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-orca.json", "title": "Harness vs Orca", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-orca" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-orca.json", "title": "OpenMausBot vs Orca", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-orca" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orca-vs-paperclip.json", "title": "Orca vs Paperclip", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orca-vs-paperclip" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orca-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "Orca vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orca-vs-parallax-agents" } ], "panel": null, "scores": [ { "by": 12, "cline": 70, "edge": "cline", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "orca": 58, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 12, "cline": 77, "edge": "cline", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "orca": 65, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 3, "cline": 67, "edge": "orca", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "orca": 70, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 14, "cline": 57, "edge": "cline", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "orca": 43, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 10, "cline": 50, "edge": "cline", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "orca": 40, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 10, "cline": 85, "edge": "cline", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "orca": 75, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 11, "cline": 65, "edge": "cline", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "orca": 54, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Orca scores 57.4 (C) on agent readiness against Cline's 52.8 (D), and leads in 1 of 7 scored categories. Cline leads on reliability, schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth, payments \u0026 pricing, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do agent harnesses.", "tasks": null, "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.", "orca": "An open-source orchestrator for coding agents with worker agents in their own worktrees, chat and terminal views, a browser and a CLI, on desktop and mobile, with heavy test automation. It collects anonymous usage data by default, and the cloud option's pricing wasn't found." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-orca", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-orca.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-orca.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-orca.min.md" }, "markdown": "Orca scores 57.4 (C) on agent readiness against Cline's 52.8 (D), and leads in 1 of 7 scored categories. Cline leads on reliability, schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth, payments \u0026 pricing, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do agent harnesses.\n\n- Cline: grade D, 52.8/100, rank #975 of 1510. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cline.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cline.json\n- Orca: grade C, 57.4/100, rank #795 of 1510. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orca.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orca.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 1500 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Cline (D)\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, 70 against 58\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 77 against 65\n- Security \u0026 auth, 57 against 43\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 40\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 75\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 65 against 54\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: The CLI approves every tool by default outside ACP mode and starts on Cline's own provider\n\n### Orca (C)\n\nGood for: Developers who want an orchestrator agent to split work across parallel coding agents, on desktop or mobile.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- No incidents deducted, where Cline loses 14 points for them\n\nWatch for: Anonymous usage data collected by default, with an opt-out\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: Cline +14\n\n- Cline (57): Harness reading of the framework checklist, used for all five harnesses in the 1 October batch. 30 for what leaves the machine by default, 20 for approvals and sandboxing, 15 for prompt-injection posture, 15 for audit and 20 for the security programme. Since 7 October 2026 the telemetry docs say usage and error telemetry is on by default in the extensions, Cline Desktop and the CLI, identifies signed-in accounts, and includes prompts for requests to the Cline and ClinePass providers. Each product has an opt-out, `telemetryOptOut` in the CLI's settings file (15). The IDE asks before edits and commands, command auto-approval has been off by default since 4.0.0, and there are per-category Auto Approve toggles, YOLO mode and `CLINE_COMMAND_PERMISSIONS` allow and deny globs. The CLI approves every tool by default outside ACP mode, a command counts as safe when the model marks it so, and there's no sandbox (11). No prompt-injection guidance found in the docs (4). Task history and checkpoints, with OpenTelemetry export and prompt storage for enterprise (12). A valid security.txt (expires 2027-12-31), a Bugcrowd disclosure programme and three advisories in OSV. GHSA-3cj3-hqcr-g934 now lists 3.0.30 as patched, and GHSA-5c57-rqjx-35g2 lists 2.13.0 as the last affected version (15).\n- Orca (43): Harness reading. Anonymous usage data with an opt-out, per the README's link to its telemetry docs (15 of 30). Worktrees per agent and a sandboxed Linux build (12 of 20). No prompt-injection guidance (5). No audit log (5). A dependency-security workflow (6 of 20). 15 + 12 + 5 + 5 + 6 = 43.\n\n### Reliability: Cline +12\n\n- Cline (70): Read as a local package. The `cline` CLI on npm (Node 22 or later), the VS Code extension (VS Code 1.101 or later), a JetBrains plugin and desktop builds (20). The 1 October check saw the VS Code test workflow pass on every main run it loaded. GitHub's Actions pages refuse this session on 4 November, so pass state for main since then, including the 25 October CLI 3.0.74 and extension 4.1.26 releases, is unread (15, as node-red). 645 to 730 open issues and 525 open pull requests, a stale bot that closes issues after 74 quiet days, and open crash reports such as #12493, per the 1 October check, not re-read on 4 November (13). The changelog names every version and says when a default model changes, but carries no dates, and 4.0.0 listed its removals under Changed rather than a breaking section. CLI 3.0.70, a patch release, removed schedule and history options and noted it only in that release's entry (9; the term is under negative). Extension 4.1.26 and CLI 3.0.74 are past 1.0, while the SDK (0.2.0) and desktop app (0.0.49) aren't (13).\n- Orca (58): Local software. Desktop and mobile builds and a Homebrew cask (20). Unit, end-to-end and platform test workflows; pass state not read (15). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). Tags to v1.4.251, no changelog file (8). Version 1.4 (15). 20 + 15 + 0 + 8 + 15 = 58.\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: Cline +12\n\n- Cline (77): A typed TypeScript SDK with a reference section, a documented one-object-per-line format for `--json`, and an errors page for the Cline API, but no machine-readable spec for the CLI or its config (18). llms.txt at docs.cline.bot, listing a Markdown version of every page (10). Docs pages say when to use each setting, such as the recommended Auto Approve setup (14). `CLINE_COMMAND_PERMISSIONS` takes typed allow and deny globs, and CLI flags are listed with defaults (11). CLI samples, SDK examples and the API errors page (13). A versioned changelog without dates, with dated tags on GitHub (11).\n- Orca (65): Harness reading. A docs site with CLI orchestration and native chat pages (65).\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: Cline +11\n\n- Cline (65): Apache-2.0 (30). The privacy policy at cline.bot/privacy renders only with JavaScript and we couldn't read it. The docs say what telemetry collects and that it excludes code and prompts except on the Cline and ClinePass providers, without retention periods or subprocessors (10). Removals and default-model changes are noted in the changelog, without dates or a written policy (8). Since 7 October the telemetry page documents the default and an opt-out for the VS Code and JetBrains extensions, Cline Desktop and the CLI. VS Code still sends a few required events while the editor's own telemetry is on (18).\n- Orca (54): MIT (30). Privacy and telemetry docs on the site (not read) (18 of 30). No deprecation policy (5). Disclosed with an opt-out (15 of 20). 30 + 18 + 5 + 15 = 68.\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: Cline +10\n\n- Cline (50): No payment protocol (0). Scored on Cline's paid options. ClinePass is $9.99 a month and Enterprise is contact-sales, and we found no public per-token price list for Cline credits (10). The open-source extension and CLI need no card (20). Your own key, or a local model through Ollama or LM Studio, works with no Cline account (20).\n- Orca (40): Scored on the cloud option. No protocol (0). The cloud price wasn't found on the pages read (0). The desktop app is free and MIT with no card (20). The local app needs no sign-up that we found (20). 0 + 0 + 20 + 20 = 40.\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: Cline +10\n\n- Cline (85): CLI 3.0.74 and extension 4.1.26 on 2026-10-25, 10 days before this check (30). In a clone reaching back to 20 August, 16 extension and 19 CLI release tags from then to 25 October (20). Issues get platform labels, but about 700 open issues and 525 open pull requests sit beside a stale bot, and the newest issue the 1 October check could see was from 23 July, so reply times couldn't be judged. GitHub's issue pages refuse this session on 4 November (13). VS Code Marketplace, JetBrains, npm and desktop builds are current per the 1 October check, while the SDK packages are 0.2.0 (26 October) (13). Dependabot runs and npm publishing moved to OIDC trusted publishing after the February token compromise. CI pass state per the 1 October check (9).\n- Orca (75): Tags to v1.4.251 and commits on 6 November 2026 (30). Many releases in 90 days (20). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). Current builds (15). Extensive CI (10). 30 + 20 + 0 + 15 + 10 = 75.\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Cline | Orca | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 58 | Cline +12 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 77 | 65 | Cline +12 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 70 | Orca +3 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 57 | 43 | Cline +14 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 50 | 40 | Cline +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) | 65 | 54 | Cline +11 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -14 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **52.8 · D** | **57.4 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Cline | Orca |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Cline Bot Inc. | Lovecast Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | None |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-25 | 2026-11-06 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-09-25 | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-09-24 | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not read yet |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not read yet |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not read yet |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not read yet |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not read yet |\n| Popularity | 68k stars | none |\n| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | none |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### Cline\n\n- -7.7 on 4 November 2026 (C to D): product, new evidence, negative event\n- +0.1 on 27 October 2026: checklist\n- -0.4 on 8 October 2026: checklist\n\n### Orca\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\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**Orca.** An open-source orchestrator for coding agents with worker agents in their own worktrees, chat and terminal views, a browser and a CLI, on desktop and mobile, with heavy test automation. It collects anonymous usage data by default, and the cloud option's pricing wasn't found.\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. Turn telemetry off before the first task. In the CLI set `telemetryOptOut` to true in `~/.cline/data/settings/global-settings.json`, then run `cline hub stop`\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\n6. Pin the CLI version in scripts. Patch releases have removed options that now fail with \"unknown option\"\n\n### Orca\n\n1. See the telemetry docs on onorca.dev to opt out of anonymous usage data\n2. Use the orchestration CLI to hand a large task to one agent that starts workers\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Cline or Orca?\n\nOrca scores 57.4 (C) on agent readiness against Cline's 52.8 (D), and leads in 1 of 7 scored categories. Cline leads on reliability, schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth, payments \u0026 pricing, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Are Cline and Orca open source?\n\nYes. Cline is open source (Apache-2.0). Orca is open source (MIT).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-orca.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-orca.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"cline\", \"b\": \"orca\"}`. 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