Coding assistant
Cline
Cline is a Apache-2.0-licensed AI coding assistant for Linux · macOS · Windows. It connects to local runtimes including Ollama, LM Studio.
- Category
- Coding assistant
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Operating systems
- Linux · macOS · Windows
- Install
- npm / source
- Interface
- GUI
- Model classes
- llm
- Latest version
- cli-v3.0.40
- GitHub stars
- 64,623
As of 2026-07-13 · source · GitHub · homepage
Hardware
Available as VS Code extension, JetBrains IDE plugin, CLI, and web-based interface
Works with these local runtimes
Like most tools in this category, Cline commonly runs against cloud APIs — a local model served by one of these runtimes is the option we cover here.
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