Cline
Cline, open-source VS Code autonomous coding agent. Works with any model, including local Ollama/LM Studio backends.
Release history
Cline SDK 0.0.80
Cline SDK fixes process crashes on huge files, redacts git credentials from prompts, adds seven MCP providers, and updates model defaults across multiple vendors
Cline 4.1.16
Cline 4.1.16 fixes cost estimate display for subscription providers, workspace hook resolution across multiple VS Code windows, credential leakage in model context, and event log disk exhaustion
Cline 4.1.14
Cline 4.1.14 updates model catalog with Claude Fable 5, Grok 4.6, DeepSeek V4 variants, and fixes telemetry for interactive session completion
Cline 4.1.13
Cline 4.1.13 restores tool calling for custom OpenAI-compatible models, fixes Hub session persistence across restarts, and adds session identity to Langfuse traces
Cline 4.1.12
Fixed enterprise MCP marketplace controls and restored tool calling for custom OpenAI-compatible models with empty capability lists
Cline Desktop 0.0.15
Cline Desktop adds durable todos and recurring schedules for agents, fixes checkpoint restore and hook handling, consolidates plugins into marketplace, and refreshes model catalog with eight new providers
Cline SDK 0.0.76
Cline SDK adds model-driven image generation, workspace-scoped task scheduling, improved tool activity observability, and fixes hook execution, command routing, and session status tracking
Cline Desktop 0.0.14-beta.1
Beta release adds cloud sessions for syncing work across devices, avatar overlay companion, SSH remote execution, and voice input with model-driven image generation
Cline SDK 0.0.75
Provider-executed web search, dedicated Cline gateway provider, and Hub daemon stability fixes prevent session crashes during multi-build installations
Cline CLI 3.0.54
Claude Code provider now runs native tools with workspace anchoring and permission rules, tool-call JSON validation rejects malformed payloads instead of silently repairing them, and Hub daemon upgrades directionally without interrupting sessions
Cline SDK 0.0.74
Claude Code provider now declares native tools and respects workspace boundaries and user permissions, tool-call JSON corruption fixed, Hub daemon upgrades directionally, and telemetry now accurately reports token usage without redundant counting
Cline CLI 3.0.53
CLI now detects stale daemon upgrades, fixes reasoning model compaction, adds Fable 5 to Vertex catalog, and routes custom model IDs correctly
Cline 4.1.7
Adds task change review via SDK checkpoints, pre-registered OAuth for remote MCP servers, and fixes session durability across aborts, LiteLLM routing, and MCP server initialization timeouts
Cline Desktop 0.0.10
Cline Desktop adds OAuth authentication for remote MCP servers, fixes silent failures in chat turns, improves model onboarding visibility, and stabilizes reasoning controls across AI SDK providers
Cline 4.1.6
Cline adds Muse Spark 1.2 model option and fixes telemetry attribution to report failures against actual models used
Cline CLI 3.0.51
Reasoning effort now applies consistently across all providers including Ollama, new Muse Spark model added to Cline provider, error telemetry tracks actual model used
Cline 4.1.5
Cline 4.1.5 unifies reasoning settings across AI providers and adds clarity when free model promotions expire, replacing generic errors with model-selection prompts
Cline Desktop 0.0.9
Universal macOS binary, session filtering, context-window cost ring, skill/workflow disambiguation, plugin naming, plan-mode file-blocking, auto-context recovery, and multi-provider empty-response retry
Cline CLI 3.0.49
Cline CLI 3.0.49 fixes undo/checkpoint functionality, improves Ollama cold-load handling, adds UTF-8 PowerShell stdin support, and resolves provider error reporting
Cline SDK 0.0.69
Ollama timeout increased to 5 minutes for large model cold-loads, empty responses retried automatically, checkpoints now captured and restored with file state tracking
Cline CLI 3.0.48
History command now opens in existing TUI; Connector threads recover from missing sessions
Cline SDK 0.0.67
Reasoning controls now driven catalog with normalized budgets per provider, MCP timeouts configurable per server, session forking for editing prior prompts, and checkpoint compaction fixed to prevent repeated summarizer calls
Cline Desktop 0.0.7
Cline Desktop adds system tray status, paginated history, session favorites, subagent tracking, free-tier model support, fixes regional endpoint routing and tool-call parsing bugs
Cline 4.0.12
Cline adds free model tier support with usage limit indicators and fixes response loss during max-turns errors
Cline Desktop 0.0.6
Cline Desktop adds queued message management, persistent update notifications with one-click restart, and improved UI layout for narrow windows and dark mode
Cline 4.0.11
Adds Claude Opus 5 support across providers, including 1M context variants
Cline Desktop 0.0.2
First signed, notarized macOS build (Apple Silicon and Intel) for running and inspecting Cline sessions
Cline SDK 0.0.65
Claude and Codex provider SDKs now load on demand instead of bundling, reducing install size, with OAuth retry, team-run isolation, and Windows shell fixes
Cline CLI 3.0.44
Cline CLI 3.0.44 fixes UTF-8 BOM parsing in config files and improves token limit handling across LLM providers
Cline SDK 0.0.64
Cline SDK improves token limit handling across AI providers and fixes UTF-8 BOM parsing in config files
Cline CLI 3.0.42
Ollama native API routing fixed to properly respect context window and timeout settings
Cline SDK 0.0.61
Context compaction now reports progress; Workspace git state persisted across sessions
Cline CLI 3.0.39
Cline CLI 3.0.39 adds free model selection in ClinePass provider, fixes str_replace diffs and context compaction, and improves telemetry tracking with versioned client headers
Cline CLI 3.0.38
Cline CLI adds visual mode distinction (blue for act, amber for plan) across UI, improves input parsing tolerance for weaker models, and defaults unspecified models to 128K context
Cline CLI 3.0.37
Cline CLI now handles malformed tool calls from weaker models, makes mode switches visible to the model, and fixes plan/act mode prompt handling
Cline 4.0.6
Generalized model capability warnings to apply more broadly across different AI models
Cline 4.0.5
Cline adds Claude Sonnet 5 support across eight providers with updated model picker and recommendations
Cline CLI 3.0.32
Cline CLI 3.0.32 improves ClinePass onboarding with intermediate steps, refined UI copy, better context compaction, and clearer error messages
Cline 4.0.2
Cline 4.0.2 adds reasoning effort support for DeepSeek thinking models and fixes environment variable replacement in the webview
Cline 4.0.0
Switches to an SDK-backed VS Code extension runtime
Cline CLI 3.0.30
Cline CLI 3.0.30 adds token counting, SAP AI Core provider support, improves model catalog accuracy, and fixes runtime packaging issues
Cline CLI 3.0.29
Cline CLI 3.0.29 hides costs for free models, fixes Z.ai metadata resolution, and reverts model display changes from the previous release
Cline CLI 3.0.26
Restored previous model-selection UI expandable picker sections and ClinePass model integration
Cline 3.89.2
Cline upgrades Anthropic SDK for Node 24 compatibility, fixing provider issues on VS Code 1.123 and later
Cline 3.89.1
Cline restored Anthropic provider support on VS Code 1.123+ and added DeepSeek V4 reasoning format handling
Cline 3.89.0
Cline adds Claude Fable 5 model support, fixes MiniMax M3 thinking controls, and cleans up the Codex model list
Cline CLI 3.0.21
Cline CLI adds global auto-update control, Vertex AI ADC support with tool use, and fixes session routing bugs plus empty message replay for Bedrock
Cline CLI 3.0.20
Plugin wrappers now use readable source names instead of hashes, making installed extensions easier to identify and manage
Cline 3.87.0
Cline adds MiniMax M3 model support and patches security vulnerabilities in VS Code extension dependencies including xmldom, axios, and undici
Cline CLI 3.0.15
Cline CLI 3.0.15 adds Cline Hub for remote session monitoring, global agent rules, Discord participant muting, and updates model catalog with Claude Opus 4.8 and others
Cline 3.86.0
Adds Opus 4.8 including 1M-context variants where available
Cline 3.85.0
GPT-5.5 now available in SAP AI Core provider configurations
Cline CLI 3.0.11
Cline CLI 3.0.11 fixes ChatGPT OAuth token limits, adds Vertex Gemini authentication, and includes tool names in result logs for clearer session tracking
Cline CLI 3.0.10
Cline CLI adds local plugin installs, Poolside/Gemini 3.5 Flash support, Telegram auto-detection, and performance optimizations for settings caching
Cline CLI 3.0.9
CLI startup and plugin config toggles faster via concurrent sandboxed loading and optimistic updates, fuzzy file picker restored, session persistence on task cancel
Cline CLI 3.0.7
Cline CLI 3.0.7 eliminates startup network round-trip for ChatGPT OAuth and aligns available models to subscription tier
Cline CLI 3.0.3
Adds a worktree flag for isolated task execution. Useful for parallel task runs without branch pollution