Cline vs Continue

Side-by-side comparison of Cline and Continue: pricing, features, API access, and community ratings.

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	Cline The open-source AI coding agent for your IDE, terminal, and SDK Visit	Continue Open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains with bring-your-own-model flexibility Visit
Category	Coding & development	Coding & development
Pricing	Freemium	Free
Starting price		Free
Free tier
Audience	All audiences	Technical
API available
Open source
Self-hostable
Model provider	Bring Your Own (Claude, GPT, Gemini, Ollama, LM Studio, OpenAI-compatible)
Founded		2023
Headquarters		US
Key strengths	·Model-agnostic: supports Claude, GPT, Gemini, Ollama, and any OpenAI-compatible endpoint ·Open source (Apache 2.0) with 63k+ GitHub stars and 8M+ installs ·Runs across IDE (VS Code), terminal CLI, and embeddable SDK ·Plan-and-Act mode with per-step approval and one-click undo	·Open-source coding agent ·Acquired by Cursor ·Pioneer in AI developer tooling