Cline vs GitHub Copilot

Side-by-side comparison of Cline and GitHub Copilot: 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	GitHub Copilot AI pair programmer that autocompletes and generates code inside your editor. Visit
Category	Coding & development	Coding & development
Pricing	Freemium	Paid
Starting price		USD 10/mo
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)	OpenAI / Anthropic / Google
Founded		2021
Headquarters		San Francisco, 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	·inline autocomplete ·VS Code integration ·multi-model ·enterprise SSO