Score breakdown
Popularity is tracked separately. Support, ads, sponsorships, and tips never affect these signals.
Why it matters
Most software developers + AI engineers + coding-agent power users using AI coding assistants today have been either (a) locked into a single vendor (Cursor / GitHub Copilot / Windsurf / Cody / Codeium) with per-request markup + proprietary prompts + no model-provider flexibility + no MCP-native integration, (b) hand-rolling a custom agent loop with no canonical reference implementation + no Plan/
Who should use it
Who should skip it
Hold off on Cline: Apache-2.0 Official Open-Source AI Coding Agent for VS Code + JetBrains + CLI (64,465*, MCP-Native, Plan/Act Dual Mode, Browser + Terminal + File Editing) for mission-critical workflows without a containment strategy, explicit approvals, and a hands-on security review.
About this signal
Cline: Apache-2.0 Official Open-Source AI Coding Agent for VS Code + JetBrains + CLI (64,465*, MCP-Native, Plan/Act Dual Mode, Browser + Terminal + File Editing) is tracked by RepoRadar as a tool in the Radar section. It was first seen on 2026-07-09 and last updated on 2026-07-09. The current verdict is 'try now' with a Gold tier and easy setup difficulty. The standout signals for Cline: Apache-2.0 Official Open-Source AI Coding Agent for VS Code + JetBrains + CLI (64,465*, MCP-Native, Plan/Act Dual Mode, Browser + Terminal + File Editing) are momentum (10.0) and workflow potential (9.3), while maturity (6.7) trails — that balance shapes where it fits best. This page summarizes the evidence RepoRadar has captured from captured source metadata. The score, tier, risk label, and verdict on this page are never influenced by sponsorship, ads, or tips — they reflect only the usefulness, popularity, novelty, momentum, maturity, and evidence signals described in the RepoRadar methodology.
How this item is evaluated
RepoRadar assigned Cline: Apache-2.0 Official Open-Source AI Coding Agent for VS Code + JetBrains + CLI (64,465*, MCP-Native, Plan/Act Dual Mode, Browser + Terminal + File Editing) a composite score of 8.6 out of 10, placing it in the Gold tier. This score combines weighted sub-signals: usefulness (35%), novelty (18%), momentum (14%), maturity (10%), open-source/build quality (7%), evidence quality (6%), workflow potential (6%), and setup ease (4%). Popularity is tracked separately at 0.0 and never affects the composite score or tier. The risk label of 'medium' reflects inherent user-impacting hazards, not generic novelty. Items with no risk flag may still require normal code review before production use.
Putting this into practice? Read How to vet an AI agent or MCP server before you wire it in for the checklist behind this score.
Risk explanation
The 64; 465* repo is at production-grade maturity but the consumer SHOULD note the Cline agent has autonomous multi-step task execution + terminal + browser + file editing primitives -- review the Plan/Act boundary rules and the human-in-the-loop approval gates before production use; the consumer SHOULD note the MCP-native tool integration means any MCP server Cline can reach can be invoked -- review the MCP server configurations carefully; the consumer SHOULD review the model provider API key storage.