{ "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": 565, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1133, "categoryRank": 13, "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-v0.0.47", "released": "2026-10-16", "seenAt": "2026-10-17T01:40:35.002609327Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "cline", "version": "3.0.72", "seenAt": "2026-10-17T01:40:34.317931027Z" } ], "githubStars": 70426, "npmWeekly": 65678, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://cline.bot/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-12-31T23:59:00z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T15:51:33.860475811Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.cline.bot/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T14:21:41.581192326Z" }, "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": "2026-10-17T23:09:40.819488859Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-16T22:30:37.717253978Z", "fingerprint": "5e5d7447c5e8" }, { "url": "https://cline.bot/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T22:57:32.712397387Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:11.11005196Z", "fingerprint": "7c5e50c585e0" }, { "url": "https://cline.bot/tos", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T22:57:34.746485705Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:13.372700135Z", "fingerprint": "9f6fe5247cb8" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-17T23:09:40.819488859Z" } }, "answer": "Cline scores 60.4 (C) on agent readiness against Mirror CLI's 54.2 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Mirror CLI leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "reflection-mirror", "name": "Mirror CLI", "vendor": "Reflection", "vendorUrl": "https://developers.reflection.ai/mirror-overview", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "Mirror CLI is Reflection's open-source coding agent for the terminal, in early beta. It reads code, edits files and runs commands, with parallel agents in separate worktrees, MCP connections and Python extensions, using Beam by default or another provider.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/reflection-mirror", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/reflection-mirror.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/reflection-mirror.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/reflection-mirror.json", "repo": "https://github.com/reflection-oss/mirror", "license": "Apache-2.0", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "reflection-mirror" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "The default provider is the Reflection API, with a key from platform.reflection.ai in `REFLECTION_API_KEY` or pasted at first start and saved to `~/.mirror/reflection_api_key`. OpenRouter, OpenAI, Anthropic, a ChatGPT plan through a Codex sign-in, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint (keyless if the endpoint allows) can be used instead.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and Apache-2.0. Model calls are billed by the provider chosen. The default Reflection API was a free public beta with daily usage limits on 17 October 2026, and some organisations must verify a credit card before their keys work.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Mirror docs, the README or the source at commit f938033 (checked 17 October 2026).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-17" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.reflection.ai/mirror-overview", "llmsTxt": "https://developers.reflection.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.mcp-client", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "official", "harness", "coding-agent", "cli", "open-source", "python", "rust", "mcp", "llms-txt", "beta", "pre-1.0", "telemetry-default-on", "approvals", "free", "no-card", "local" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-16", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 54.2, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 765, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1133, "categoryRank": 22, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 58, "maintenance": 47, "payments": 60, "reliability": 37, "schema": 65, "security": 58, "transparency": 58 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-17" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Mirror CLI is Apache-2.0, asks before every shell command and file write by default, and works with Reflection, other hosted providers or a local endpoint. It is a one-day-old 0.1.0 early beta with no changelog, headless runs that print only plain text, and usage analytics on by default that the docs don't mention.", "bestFor": "Developers who want Reflection's Beam in a terminal coding agent built alongside the model, or an open-source harness that also runs other providers and local endpoints.", "strengths": [ "Apache-2.0 source for the Python CLI and the Rust agent core, with a public CI workflow and 186 test files", "Manual approval by default, covering every shell command, file write, MCP tool call and most extension tools", "Provider keys are kept out of the environment of commands the agent runs, and MCP definitions are read only from the home directory", "Works with Reflection, OpenRouter, OpenAI, Anthropic or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, including a keyless local server", "`mirror acp` serves the Agent Client Protocol on stdio, and `/worktree` runs parallel agents in separate checkouts" ], "weaknesses": [ "Version 0.1.0, released 16 October 2026 and labelled early beta, with no changelog or release tags", "Usage analytics go to Statsig by default, disclosed in a first-run notice but not in the docs or README", "No sandbox by default. The opt-in microVM sandbox covers file and shell tools only, and extensions and local MCP servers run on the host", "`mirror exec` prints only the final answer as plain text, with exit codes not documented and no budget or time limit", "Approval mode is saved globally, so switching to auto in one directory applies to later launches everywhere" ], "agentNotes": [ "Open Mirror interactively once in each directory before `mirror exec` or `mirror acp`. Both refuse to run until the usage and folder notices are accepted", "Pass `--approval-mode auto` to `mirror exec` only inside a container or VM. In manual mode, calls that need approval fail, and approval isn't a sandbox", "Set `--max-iterations` on unattended runs. Turns are unlimited by default", "Check the result with your own tests. `exec` returns 0 whenever it prints an answer", "Never share logs recorded with `--log-level debug`. The docs say they contain request headers with the API key" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 54.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 58, "maintenance": 47, "payments": 60, "reliability": 37, "schema": 65, "security": 58, "transparency": 56 }, "provenanceScore": 60 }, "connect": { "install": "uv tool install reflection-mirror", "headless": { "command": "mirror exec --approval-mode auto --max-iterations 50 \"$TASK\"", "env": { "REFLECTION_API_KEY": "\u003cyour-key\u003e" } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/reflection-mirror" }, "sameCompany": [ "reflection-beam" ], "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Reflection AI, Inc.", "domain": "reflection.ai", "domainRegistered": "2017-12-16", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://reflection.ai/legal/commercial-terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://reflection.ai/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-17", "notes": [ "The software is under Apache-2.0 (LICENSE and NOTICE in the repository). The terms field is Reflection's Commercial Terms of Service, which cover the Reflection API that Mirror calls by default and say beta services are provided as is. The site Terms of Service (last updated 19 February 2025) cover the website only.", "The Privacy Policy, last updated 28 August 2026, names Reflection AI, Inc., 61 9th Ave, Floor 3, New York, NY 10011, and gives no fixed retention periods.", "RDAP for reflection.ai gives a registration date of 16 December 2017.", "No changelog or release notes were found for Mirror. The repository has no tags.", "reflection.ai/.well-known/security.txt and developers.reflection.ai/.well-known/security.txt return 404. The repository's SECURITY.md sends vulnerability reports to developers@reflection.ai.", "Mirror is software the owner runs, so no status page applies to it. The Reflection API's status page wasn't looked for here." ], "score": 60 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/reflection-mirror.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Cline Bot Inc.", "b": "Reflection", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Apache-2.0", "b": "Apache-2.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-01", "b": "2026-10-16", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2025-09-25", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2025-09-24", "b": "", "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": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "2/5 (2)", "b": "3/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Cline scores 60.4 (C) on agent readiness against Mirror CLI's 54.2 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Mirror CLI leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Cline or Mirror CLI?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Cline is open source (Apache-2.0). Mirror CLI is open source (Apache-2.0).", "question": "Are Cline and Mirror CLI open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 80 against 37", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 77 against 65", "Agent ergonomics, 67 against 58", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 47" ], "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": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 50" ], "also": [ "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.0 against 2.0 out of 5", "No incidents deducted, where Cline loses 8 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Developers who want Reflection's Beam in a terminal coding agent built alongside the model, or an open-source harness that also runs other providers and local endpoints.", "slug": "reflection-mirror", "watchFor": "Version 0.1.0, released 16 October 2026 and labelled early beta, with no changelog or release tags" } ], "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-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "Agent Zero vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "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-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "Aider vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "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-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "Amp vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "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-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "Antigravity CLI vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "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-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "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-harnessrouter.json", "title": "Cline vs HarnessRouter", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-harnessrouter" }, { "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-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-qwen-code.json", "title": "Cline vs Qwen Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-qwen-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "Cursor CLI vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/devin-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "Devin vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/devin-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/droid-cli-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "Droid CLI vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/droid-cli-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/earendil-pi-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "Pi vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/earendil-pi-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "Gemini CLI 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Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallax-agents-vs-reflection-mirror" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 43, "cline": 80, "edge": "cline", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "reflection-mirror": 37, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 12, "cline": 77, "edge": "cline", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reflection-mirror": 65, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 9, "cline": 67, "edge": "cline", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reflection-mirror": 58, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 1, "cline": 57, "edge": "reflection-mirror", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "reflection-mirror": 58, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 10, "cline": 50, "edge": "reflection-mirror", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "reflection-mirror": 60, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 38, "cline": 85, "edge": 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Mirror CLI leads on payments \u0026 pricing. 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.", "reflection-mirror": "Mirror CLI is Apache-2.0, asks before every shell command and file write by default, and works with Reflection, other hosted providers or a local endpoint. It is a one-day-old 0.1.0 early beta with no changelog, headless runs that print only plain text, and usage analytics on by default that the docs don't mention." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-reflection-mirror", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-reflection-mirror.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-reflection-mirror.min.md" }, "markdown": "Cline scores 60.4 (C) on agent readiness against Mirror CLI's 54.2 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Mirror CLI leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do agent harnesses.\n\n- Cline: grade C, 60.4/100, rank #565 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cline.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cline.json\n- Mirror CLI: grade C, 54.2/100, rank #765 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/reflection-mirror.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/reflection-mirror.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 331 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 37\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 77 against 65\n- Agent ergonomics, 67 against 58\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 47\n\nWatch for: The CLI approves every tool by default outside ACP mode and starts on Cline's own provider\n\n### Mirror CLI (C)\n\nGood for: Developers who want Reflection's Beam in a terminal coding agent built alongside the model, or an open-source harness that also runs other providers and local endpoints.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 50\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.0 against 2.0 out of 5\n- No incidents deducted, where Cline loses 8 points for them\n\nWatch for: Version 0.1.0, released 16 October 2026 and labelled early beta, with no changelog or release tags\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Cline | Mirror CLI | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 80 | 37 | Cline +43 |\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 | 58 | Cline +9 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 57 | 58 | Mirror CLI +1 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 50 | 60 | Mirror CLI +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 85 | 47 | Cline +38 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 61 | 58 | Cline +3 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -8 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **60.4 · C** | **54.2 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Cline | Mirror CLI |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Cline Bot Inc. | Reflection |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-16 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-09-25 | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-09-24 | |\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 | none |\n| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | 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**Mirror CLI.** Mirror CLI is Apache-2.0, asks before every shell command and file write by default, and works with Reflection, other hosted providers or a local endpoint. It is a one-day-old 0.1.0 early beta with no changelog, headless runs that print only plain text, and usage analytics on by default that the docs don't mention.\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### Mirror CLI\n\n1. Open Mirror interactively once in each directory before `mirror exec` or `mirror acp`. Both refuse to run until the usage and folder notices are accepted\n2. Pass `--approval-mode auto` to `mirror exec` only inside a container or VM. In manual mode, calls that need approval fail, and approval isn't a sandbox\n3. Set `--max-iterations` on unattended runs. Turns are unlimited by default\n4. Check the result with your own tests. `exec` returns 0 whenever it prints an answer\n5. Never share logs recorded with `--log-level debug`. The docs say they contain request headers with the API key\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Cline or Mirror CLI?\n\nCline scores 60.4 (C) on agent readiness against Mirror CLI's 54.2 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Mirror CLI leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Are Cline and Mirror CLI open source?\n\nYes. Cline is open source (Apache-2.0). Mirror 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-reflection-mirror.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-reflection-mirror.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"cline\", \"b\": \"reflection-mirror\"}`. 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