Open source alternatives to Cline

Open source alternatives to Cline, ranked by GitHub stars and freshness.

6 open-source alternatives in the index, ranked by GitHub stars and freshness.

Various

An LLM-powered, autonomous coding assistant. Also offers an MCP and ACP mode.

Best for: Developers seeking an autonomous coding assistant with flexible integration options

Paul Gauthier

Terminal-first AI pair programmer. Edits files in your repo, commits with sensible messages, runs your tests.

Best for: Engineers who live in the terminal and want a tight, scriptable AI loop

Anthropic

Anthropic's terminal-native coding agent. Reads your repo, edits files, runs tests, ships PRs.

Best for: Senior engineers who want a real terminal agent, not just autocomplete

Continue.dev

Open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains. Customisable, BYO model, built for enterprise.

Best for: Teams that need control over models, prompts, and data residency

All Hands AI

Open-source autonomous coding agent platform. Spins up a sandboxed dev environment, ships PRs end to end.

Best for: Teams who want a real autonomous coding agent and can run their own infra

Codeium

Codeium's IDE-with-an-agent. Cascade flow combines deep context with autonomous multi-file work.

Best for: Engineers who want continuous agent context, not chat-and-snippet