Cline Bot Inc. ranks #9 in Autonomous Coding Agents AI search.

Cline Bot Inc. develops Cline, an open-source autonomous coding agent licensed under Apache 2.0 and distributed as a VS Code extension, a CLI, a JetBrains plugin (enterprise), and an embeddable SDK. Founded in 2024 by Saoud Rizwan and backed by $32M from Emergence Capital and Pace Capital, Cline has grown to 8M+ installs across platforms and 64k GitHub stars. Its core design principle is developer transparency and control: users bring their own API keys to any supported model provider, pay inference costs directly at provider rates, and see per-request token and cost breakdowns. The agent's Plan/Act workflow and human-in-the-loop approval model allow developers to review and approve every file edit and terminal command before execution. Enterprise customers gain SSO, RBAC, audit logs, and VPC or air-gapped deployment options, making Cline viable for regulated, zero-trust environments.