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Yes, active. Last change today. Latest release v4.1.26, 14 days ago.

Widely used. 71k stars, 2 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

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How to install cline on Linux (cline/cline) · gitmanual

How to install on Linux

cline/cline

Autonomous coding agent as an SDK, IDE extension, or CLI assistant.

Node.js

Difficulty: Moderate
Time: about 15 min
Stars: ★ 71,488
Activity: Updated this month

Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (Apache-2.0).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change today. Latest release v4.1.26, 14 days ago.
Can I trust it?: Widely used71k stars, 2 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Saved setup from 5 h ago

Will it work on Linux?

Yes, it installs on your Linux

The README gives a npm install for Linux.

Supported devices from the README: Works With Every Model

Cline is not locked to a single AI provider. Use whichever model fits your workflow:

| Provider | Models | |----------|--------| | Anthropic | Claude Opus, Sonnet, Haiku | | OpenAI | GPT series models | | Google | Gemini series models | | OpenRouter | 200+ models from any provider | | Vercel AI Gateway | Route to many providers through one gateway | | AWS Bedrock | Claude, Llama, and more | | Azure / GCP Vertex | All hosted models | | Cerebras / Groq | Fast inference models | | Ollama / LM Studio | Run local models on your machine | | Any OpenAI-compatible API | Self-hosted or third-party endpoints |

Your system

macOS Windows Linux

Start here

Website ↗cline.botThe project's own site.

Also: Docs ↗

Heads-upBuilding it yourself? It also needs 2 settings in .env (2 secret).

Install with a package manager

npm

npm i -g cline

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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Parts list

1×Node.js 22runtime
1×Bun runtime
1×bun bun@1.4.2package manager

2× settings in .env

TELEMETRY_SERVICE_API_KEYsecret
ERROR_SERVICE_API_KEYsecret

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Good to know

Monorepo (workspaces) — install from the repo root.
Tool versions pinned in .tool-versions — mise install (or asdf install) installs them all.
Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: apps/cli/package.json, apps/cli/src/tests/package.json, apps/cline-hub/package.json, apps/cline-hub/src/webview/package.json and 11 more

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License: Apache-2.0
Open issues: 1,743
Branch: main

package.json scripts (23)

preparehusky
buildbun run clean && bun install && bun run build:sdk && bun -F @cline/cli build
build:sdkbun --production -F './sdk/packages/*' build && bun sdk/packages/core/build-plugin-runtime.mts
build:appsbun -F './apps/**' --production build
build:modelsbun -F @cline/llms generate:models && bun format --write
devbun --conditions=development run build:sdk && bun run cli && bun run cli hub stop
clibun --conditions=development --cwd apps/cli dev
codebun --conditions=development -F @cline/code dev
cleanbun run sdk/scripts/clean.ts
typesbun --parallel -F '*' typecheck
testbun --parallel -F './sdk/packages/**' -F @cline/cli -F @cline/cline-hub -F @cline/vscode test
test:unitbash -lc 'set -euo pipefail; bun -F @cline/agents test & p1=$!; bun -F @cline/llms test & p2=$!; bun -F @cline/core test:unit & p3=$!; bun -F @cline/cli test:unit & p4=$!; bun -F @cline/cline-hub test & p5=$!; bun -F @cline/vscode test & p6=$!; wait $p1; wait $p2; wait $p3; wait $p4; wait $p5; wait $p6'
test:e2ebun -F @cline/core test:e2e && bun -F @cline/cli test:e2e
test:e2e:interactivebun -F @cline/cli test:e2e:interactive
verify:routineszsh -lc 'cd sdk/packages/core && bunx vitest run src/cron/schedule-service.test.ts --config vitest.config.ts'
verify:workos-device-authbun sdk/scripts/verify-workos-device-auth.ts
biomebunx --bun @biomejs/biome
formatbun biome format sdk/ apps/cli/ apps/cline-hub/ apps/examples/
lintbun biome lint sdk/ apps/cli/ apps/cline-hub/ apps/examples/
fixbun biome check --write --unsafe --diagnostic-level=error sdk/ apps/cli/ apps/cline-hub/ apps/examples/
checkbun biome check --diagnostic-level=error sdk/ apps/cli/ apps/cline-hub/ apps/examples/ && bun run build:sdk && bun run -F @cline/cli build && bun -F @cline/cline-hub build:webview && bun --parallel -F './sdk/packages/**' -F @cline/cli -F @cline/cline-hub typecheck && bun sdk/scripts/check-publish.ts
versionbun run types && bun sdk/scripts/version.ts
releasebun sdk/scripts/release.ts

Files we read (13)

.github/workflows/cli-publish.yml

.github/workflows/desktop-test.yml

.github/workflows/ext-jb-test-integration.yml

.github/workflows/ext-vscode-test-e2e.yml

.github/workflows/ext-vscode-test.yml

.github/workflows/sdk-test.yml

.gitmodules

.nvmrc

.tool-versions

CONTRIBUTING.md

README.md

apps/vscode/.env.example

package.json

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