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      "vendor": "Cline Bot Inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://cline.bot",
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      "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",
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      "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).",
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        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
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        "agent.harness",
        "agent.mcp-client",
        "agent.multi-agent"
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        "open-source",
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        "telemetry-default-on",
        "enterprise",
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      "graded": true,
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        "graded": true,
        "score": 60.4,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 568,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1146,
        "categoryRank": 15,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
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          "maintenance": 85,
          "payments": 50,
          "reliability": 80,
          "schema": 77,
          "security": 57,
          "transparency": 61
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        ],
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          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
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        "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"
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        "verdict": "Approval before edits and commands in the IDE, with command auto-approval off by default since 4.0.0. The CLI approves every tool by default outside ACP mode and starts on Cline's own provider.",
        "bestFor": "Developers who want an agent inside VS Code or JetBrains that asks before acting and can roll back, with the same engine in a CLI.",
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          "Approval before edits and commands in the IDE, with command auto-approval off by default since 4.0.0",
          "Checkpoints that restore files and task state, and sessions that resume by ID",
          "`CLINE_COMMAND_PERMISSIONS` allow and deny globs for shell commands, with deny taking precedence and redirects blocked",
          "Your own key for about 200 providers, or a local model, with no Cline account",
          "29 extension and 34 CLI releases since 3 July 2026, with tests passing on main"
        ],
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          "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"
        ],
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          "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"
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          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
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        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 2,
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            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.4",
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              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
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          "maintenance": 85,
          "payments": 50,
          "reliability": 80,
          "schema": 77,
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          "transparency": 60
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        "provenanceScore": 61
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      "connect": {
        "install": "npm i -g cline   # Node 22+; or the VS Code extension saoudrizwan.claude-dev",
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          "command": "cline --json -P anthropic -k \"$ANTHROPIC_API_KEY\" \"$TASK\"",
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            "CLINE_COMMAND_PERMISSIONS": "{\"allow\": [\"npm test\", \"git diff *\"], \"deny\": [\"rm *\", \"sudo *\"]}"
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      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/cline"
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      "area": "frameworks",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "ClinePass",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 9.99,
          "note": "higher limits on selected open coding models"
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        "legalEntity": "Cline Bot Inc.",
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        "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
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cline.json",
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        "slug": "cline",
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "github",
            "name": "cline/cline",
            "version": "desktop-v0.0.48",
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          "url": "https://cline.bot/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "valid",
          "expires": "2027-12-31T23:59:00z",
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          "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T14:24:30.799204139Z"
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        "domain": {
          "domain": "cline.bot",
          "registered": "2024-09-30",
          "source": "https://rdap.nominet.uk/bot/domain/cline.bot",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T13:28:20.817596002Z"
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            "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cline/cline/main/CHANGELOG.md",
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            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:37:19.693803621Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-16T22:30:37.717253978Z",
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          },
          {
            "url": "https://cline.bot/privacy",
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            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:24:56.791377991Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-18T23:24:56.791377991Z",
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          {
            "url": "https://cline.bot/tos",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:24:59.063586709Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-18T23:24:59.063586709Z",
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    "answer": "Cline scores 60.4 (C) on agent readiness against Rovo Dev CLI's 43.9 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.",
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      "slug": "rovo-dev-cli",
      "name": "Rovo Dev CLI",
      "vendor": "Atlassian",
      "vendorUrl": "https://support.atlassian.com/rovo/docs/use-rovo-dev-cli/",
      "kind": "harness",
      "category": "agent-harnesses",
      "summary": "Atlassian's terminal coding agent, run as `acli rovodev` in the Atlassian CLI with Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket context, one-shot instructions and a local HTTP server mode. Atlassian has announced it will become the Atlassian Rovo CLI.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rovo-dev-cli",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rovo-dev-cli.md",
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      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/rovo-dev-cli.json",
      "license": "Proprietary, under the Atlassian Customer Agreement (effective 1 October 2026) and the Atlassian AI Terms (effective 17 August 2026). No source is published",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "`acli rovodev auth login` with an Atlassian account email and an API token. The docs link creates a scoped token for Rovo Dev with about 50 scopes across Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Compass and Goals, including write, delete and admin:repository:bitbucket, and the user sets its expiry. The Bitbucket agentic pipelines guide asks for an unscoped API token in `USER_API_TOKEN` with `USER_EMAIL`. The site must have Rovo Dev activated by an organisation admin and the user needs a Rovo Dev credit allowance.",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "Rovo Dev Standard is $20 a developer a month with 2,000 Rovo Dev credits, and extra usage is $0.01 a credit if the organisation turns it on. Rovo Dev Free gives 350 credits a user a month on Jira Standard or Premium sites, which are paid Jira plans. The 30-day Standard trial excludes the CLI. Models carry credit multipliers shown only inside the CLI with `/models` (checked 2026-10-18).",
      "priceSummary": "$20 / seat-mo",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Rovo Dev docs, the pricing page or the licensing FAQ (checked 2026-10-18).",
        "endpoints": []
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      "popularity": {
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        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-18"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://support.atlassian.com/rovo/docs/use-rovo-dev-cli/",
      "capabilities": [
        "agent.harness",
        "agent.mcp-client",
        "agent.multi-agent"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "official",
        "harness",
        "coding-agent",
        "cli",
        "closed-source",
        "mcp",
        "paid",
        "no-status-page"
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      "lastRelease": "2026-10-16",
      "graded": true,
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        "graded": true,
        "score": 43.9,
        "grade": "E",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 1010,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1146,
        "categoryRank": 36,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
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          "maintenance": 61,
          "payments": 15,
          "reliability": 35,
          "schema": 45,
          "security": 48,
          "transparency": 61
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        "pending": [
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        ],
        "assessment": {
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          "date": "2026-10-18"
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        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Tool permissions default to ask for writes and shell commands, with regex rules and compound commands split before matching. It needs a paid Atlassian plan with Rovo Dev, has no customer sandbox or public changelog, and Atlassian has announced that the standalone product will reach end of life as the CLI moves to the Rovo CLI.",
        "bestFor": "Teams already on Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket who want the agent to read and update work items and pages from the terminal or a pipeline.",
        "strengths": [
          "Writes, deletes and shell commands ask by default, reads are allowed, and compound commands are split and checked one by one",
          "A local server mode exposes chat, tool approval, sessions and direct tool calls over HTTP with server-sent events",
          "`--worktree` runs each task in its own Git worktree with a lock, and keeps it when a non-interactive run leaves changes",
          "Built-in Atlassian MCP server for Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket context, plus stdio, HTTP and SSE MCP clients",
          "Plan price and the $0.01 extra credit price are public, and an organisation can cap extra usage"
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          "Atlassian has announced end of life for standalone Rovo Dev, with the CLI moving to the Rovo CLI and no dates set",
          "No sandbox for customers. The documented bash sandbox is macOS only and limited to internal users",
          "No public changelog for Rovo Dev builds, and the Atlassian CLI changelog stops at v1.3.15 while its package repository serves 1.3.39",
          "Requires a paid Jira or Rovo Dev plan, the Standard trial excludes the CLI, and an admin must activate it",
          "The rollout page says Rovo Dev hasn't been externally audited for ISO 27001 or SOC 2 and doesn't support data residency"
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          "Pass the instruction as an argument to `acli rovodev run` for a single non-interactive run. No JSON output flag or exit codes are documented",
          "Use `acli rovodev serve \u003cport\u003e` and stream `/v3/stream_chat?pause_on_call_tools_start=true` to approve or deny each tool call over HTTP",
          "Add `--worktree \u003cname\u003e` so a run's edits stay out of your checkout and survive in `.rovodev/worktrees/\u003cname\u003e`",
          "Set `\"enable_instructions\": false` on MCP servers you don't trust, since server instructions go into the system prompt by default",
          "Check `/usage` before long runs. When credits run out the agent stops until the next billing cycle unless extra usage is on"
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          "measured": false
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            "confidence": "medium",
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          "maintenance": 61,
          "payments": 15,
          "reliability": 35,
          "schema": 45,
          "security": 48,
          "transparency": 41
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        "provenanceScore": 81
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      "connect": {
        "install": "brew tap atlassian/homebrew-acli \u0026\u0026 brew install acli \u0026\u0026 acli rovodev auth login",
        "headless": {
          "curl": "curl -X POST http://localhost:8123/v3/set_chat_message -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"message\": \"Run the tests and show me any failures\"}'",
          "run": "acli rovodev run --worktree fix-tests \"Fix the failing test in tests/test_api.py\"",
          "server": "acli rovodev serve 8123"
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        {
          "item": "Rovo Dev Standard",
          "unit": "seat-month",
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          "note": "per developer, with 2,000 Rovo Dev credits"
        },
        {
          "item": "Extra Rovo Dev credit",
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          "note": "Standard, when extra usage is turned on for the organisation"
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        "terms": "https://www.atlassian.com/legal/atlassian-customer-agreement",
        "privacy": "https://www.atlassian.com/legal/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/acli/changelog/",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-10-18",
        "notes": [
          "The product-specific terms name Atlassian Pty Ltd for AI Offerings, which carry the AI Terms (effective 17 August 2026).",
          "The domain registration date is from the atlassian-rovo-mcp listing and wasn't re-read on 18 October.",
          "rovo.status.atlassian.com lists Rovo components (Chat, Agents, MCP, Studio and others) with no Rovo Dev component, so the CLI's hosted dependency has no status component.",
          "The Atlassian CLI changelog's newest release entry is v1.3.15-stable of 25 March 2026, while the apt repository served 1.3.39-stable on 23 September 2026. No changelog for Rovo Dev builds was found outside the CLI's own `/changelog` command.",
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        "score": 81
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rovo-dev-cli.json",
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        "slug": "rovo-dev-cli",
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      {
        "a": "Agent harness",
        "b": "Agent harness",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "Cline Bot Inc.",
        "b": "Atlassian",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "no (local only)",
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      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Transports"
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        "name": "Auth"
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        "a": "Freemium",
        "b": "Paid",
        "name": "Pricing"
      },
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        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
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        "a": "Apache-2.0",
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      },
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        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
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        "a": "yes",
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        "name": "Terms last updated"
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        "a": "2025-09-24",
        "b": "couldn't be read",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
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      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
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        "a": "yes",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
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      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
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        "a": "yes",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
      },
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        "a": "68k stars",
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        "name": "Popularity"
      },
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        "a": "2/5 (2)",
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    "faq": [
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rovo-dev-cli.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/rovo-dev-cli.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 713 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Cline (C)\n\nGood for: Developers who want an agent inside VS Code or JetBrains that asks before acting and can roll back, with the same engine in a CLI.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 80 against 35\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 77 against 45\n- Agent ergonomics, 67 against 53\n- Security \u0026 auth, 57 against 48\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 15\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 61\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### Rovo Dev CLI (E)\n\nGood for: Teams already on Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket who want the agent to read and update work items and pages from the terminal or a pipeline.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where Cline loses 8 points for them\n\nWatch for: Atlassian has announced end of life for standalone Rovo Dev, with the CLI moving to the Rovo CLI and no dates set\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Cline | Rovo Dev CLI | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 80 | 35 | Cline +45 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 77 | 45 | Cline +32 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 53 | Cline +14 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 57 | 48 | Cline +9 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 50 | 15 | Cline +35 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 85 | 61 | Cline +24 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 61 | 61 | even |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -8 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **60.4 · C** | **43.9 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Cline | Rovo Dev CLI |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Cline Bot Inc. | Atlassian |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  |  |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary, under the Atlassian Customer Agreement (effective 1 October 2026) and the Atlassian AI Terms (effective 17 August 2026). No source is published |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-16 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-09-25 | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-09-24 | couldn't be read |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 68k stars | none |\n| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | 2/5 (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**Rovo Dev CLI.** Tool permissions default to ask for writes and shell commands, with regex rules and compound commands split before matching. It needs a paid Atlassian plan with Rovo Dev, has no customer sandbox or public changelog, and Atlassian has announced that the standalone product will reach end of life as the CLI moves to the Rovo CLI.\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### Rovo Dev CLI\n\n1. Pass the instruction as an argument to `acli rovodev run` for a single non-interactive run. No JSON output flag or exit codes are documented\n2. Use `acli rovodev serve \u003cport\u003e` and stream `/v3/stream_chat?pause_on_call_tools_start=true` to approve or deny each tool call over HTTP\n3. Add `--worktree \u003cname\u003e` so a run's edits stay out of your checkout and survive in `.rovodev/worktrees/\u003cname\u003e`\n4. Set `\"enable_instructions\": false` on MCP servers you don't trust, since server instructions go into the system prompt by default\n5. Check `/usage` before long runs. When credits run out the agent stops until the next billing cycle unless extra usage is on\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Cline or Rovo Dev CLI?\n\nCline scores 60.4 (C) on agent readiness against Rovo Dev CLI's 43.9 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Are Cline and Rovo Dev CLI open source?\n\nCline is open source (Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for Rovo Dev CLI.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-rovo-dev-cli.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-rovo-dev-cli.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"cline\", \"b\": \"rovo-dev-cli\"}`. 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