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Cline: VS Code/CLI agent, $0 individual.
Claude Code: Anthropic CLI.
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Cline

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Open-source VS Code/CLI/SDK coding agent. Enterprise custom. Not a Claude 3.5 Sonnet wrapper.

#Coding Agent

1567DR: 165AS: 162

Claude Code

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Anthropic's agentic coding tool for terminal, IDE, desktop, and browser. Reads the repo, edits files, runs commands, and connects MCP, skills, and hooks.

#Claude

15900000DR: 95AS: 94

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Open-source coding agent for VS Code and JetBrains. Apache-2.0, local models, CLI, and MCP. Acquired by Cursor; the repo stays public.

#Open Source

500000DR: 70AS: 68