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The agent reads the repository, proposes an approach in Plan mode without touching any files, then edits code, runs commands, and iterates in Act mode, asking for approval at each step unless auto-approve is on. It **isn't tied to one vendor**: the default here is Z.ai's GLM, the first model in Cline's ClinePass subscription, with Kimi, DeepSeek, MiniMax, Xiaomi MiMo, Qwen, Claude, and OpenAI's GPT models alongside.\n\nThe CLI runs as an interactive terminal interface or headless, taking piped input and returning JSON, so the same agent works in scripts and CI pipelines. Cline Desktop, a recent release for macOS with Windows in beta and no Linux build yet, runs **several sessions in parallel**, schedules recurring tasks, and imports conversations from Claude Code and Codex to continue them on a different model. It is still less mature than the extension. For parallel work in separate git worktrees, Cline Kanban, a research preview, puts Cline CLI, Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode on one task board.\n\nMost developers run Cline on **their own computer**, which has to stay on while the agent works. From a phone, the CLI's connectors take messages through Telegram, Slack, Discord, or WhatsApp, and the Kanban board opens in a phone browser on the local network or over a private VPN. Cline has no hosted cloud sessions and no mobile app, though its CLI can run in GitHub Actions to review pull requests or answer issues with your machine off. For sessions that run around the clock, the CLI runs headless on a **VPS or home server**, and Cline Desktop can work on a remote machine over SSH, keeping the chat and approvals on your computer while edits, commands, and git run on the server.\n\nCode lives on GitHub by default, or on GitLab. 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Ollama support (`ollama run glm-4.7`) makes local inference a one-command setup. The difficulty is in navigating the sprawling model family — GLM-4, GLM-4.5, GLM-4.6, GLM-4.7, GLM-Z1, GLM-5 — and the fact that much documentation is in Chinese first.","Apache 2.0 open weights for all major variants, multiple size options (9B to 32B self-hosted; up to 744B via API), reasoning-specialist (Z1), vision (GLM-4V), and all-tools variants, plus the managed API. Solid flexibility, though fewer self-hostable sizes above 32B and less third-party cloud availability than DeepSeek or Qwen.","GLM-4 All Tools benchmarks favourably against GPT-4 All Tools; GLM-Z1 reasoning models are strong at 32B; GLM-5.1 reportedly matched GPT-5.4 on coding benchmarks. However, independent Western benchmark coverage is sparser than for DeepSeek or Qwen, and the largest frontier models are proprietary.","ChatGLM-6B repo has 41k+ GitHub stars, making it one of the most-starred Chinese LLM repos. However, globally GLM has lower mindshare than DeepSeek (92k+ stars on R1) or Qwen. Dominant within the Chinese developer community; growing but limited international adoption.","Apache 2.0 weights on Hugging Face under zai-org\u002F, supported by Ollama, vLLM, SGLang, GGUF\u002Fllama.cpp — solid portability for the open-weight sizes. 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K1.5 matched o1 on math at launch. 256K context is a standout for long-document tasks.","The Moonshot AI API is fully OpenAI-compatible — developers already familiar with the OpenAI SDK can switch by changing the base URL and API key. Open-weight models follow standard Hugging Face download patterns. The main friction is English documentation lagging behind Chinese-language resources.","Open-weight releases (K2, K2.5, K2.6, Kimi-VL) allow full self-hosting and customization. The managed API covers chat, vision, and tool use. No fine-tuning on the managed API limits flexibility there, but the open weights compensate. Multiple access paths (API, chat, CLI, Hugging Face).","Very popular in China with a large consumer user base on kimi.ai. Growing international profile — K2 repo reached 10.7k GitHub stars rapidly, and the Kimi K2 family is among the most downloaded on Hugging Face. Still behind Llama and GPT-series internationally.","Open-weight models are fully portable — download from Hugging Face, run on any compatible GPU infrastructure. The API uses OpenAI-compatible schema, reducing switching costs. Larger models (1T parameters) require significant hardware to self-host at full capacity.",{"tool_id":148,"name":149,"slug":150,"tooltip_description":151,"logo_url":152,"logo_bg":80,"pricing_model":153,"learning_curve_score":42,"popularity_score":45,"hosting_assignment_type":36,"hosting_provider_restriction":85,"hosting_target_restriction":85,"hosting_compatible_tool_ids":36,"parent_tool_id":36,"category":154,"subcategory":155,"categories":156,"subcategories":158,"flexibility_score":45,"performance_score":45,"portability_score":45,"is_featured":100,"tags":160,"score_reasonings":164,"published_date":122,"last_updated_date":123},161,"DeepSeek","deepseek","Chinese open-weight LLM family under the MIT license, led by DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash, offering frontier-level results at very low API prices, with full self-hosting through vLLM, SGLang, and Ollama.","https:\u002F\u002Fassets.tekyous.dev\u002Flogos\u002Ftools\u002Fdeepseek.svg",{"slug":82,"display_name":83,"description":84},{"category_id":87,"name":88,"slug":89},{"subcategory_id":91,"name":92,"slug":93},[157],{"category_id":87,"name":88,"slug":89,"is_primary":3,"display_order":96},[159],{"subcategory_id":91,"name":92,"slug":93,"category_id":87,"is_primary":3,"display_order":96},[161,162,163],{"tag_id":103,"name":104,"slug":105,"tag_type":106},{"tag_id":108,"name":109,"slug":110,"tag_type":106},{"tag_id":112,"name":113,"slug":114,"tag_type":115},{"learning_curve":165,"popularity":166,"portability":167,"flexibility":168,"performance":169},"The DeepSeek API (OpenAI-compatible) is trivial to call for developers already using OpenAI. 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Maximum possible flexibility for an LLM.","DeepSeek-V3 and R1 match or exceed GPT-4o on coding (HumanEval, SWE-bench), math (AIME, MATH-500), and reasoning benchmarks. R1 matches OpenAI o1. V4-Pro (2026) rivals the world's top closed models. 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Strong presence on Hugging Face, Ollama library, and all major inference providers.","Apache 2.0 weights on Hugging Face run on Ollama, vLLM, llama.cpp, LM Studio, and MLX with no licence restrictions. Same models available via DashScope and third-party APIs. 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For interactive work away from the desk, the computer running Cline has to stay on and online, and you reach it through a messaging connector such as Telegram or Slack, or the Kanban board in a phone browser. Developers who want sessions running around the clock put the CLI on a VPS or home server, kept alive by tmux, or point Cline Desktop at that server over SSH.",{"question":1065,"answer":1066},"Can I use my Claude or ChatGPT subscription instead of paying per token?","Yes, both. Cline can run on a Claude Pro or Max plan by calling the Claude Code CLI installed on the same machine, which spends that plan's limits instead of API credit, though streaming, image uploads, and prompt caching are limited in that mode. For GPT models it signs in with a ChatGPT account. Everything else goes through ClinePass for the open-weight models, Cline's own pay-as-you-go provider, or a key from any provider. A common split keeps a cheap open-weight model for Plan mode and routine edits and a subscription model for the hardest changes.",{"question":1068,"answer":1069},"How does Cline compare to OpenCode?","Both are free, open-source, model-agnostic agents that run in the terminal and a desktop app, with a flat-rate plan for open-weight models: ClinePass at $9.99 a month and OpenCode Go at $10. Cline leans on human approval, with Plan mode and a confirmation at each step unless auto-approve is on. Cline can use an existing Claude Pro or Max plan, which OpenCode can't, and its desktop app does SSH remote development and scheduled tasks. OpenCode's desktop app has been out longer, runs on Linux, and has a built-in web interface for phones.",{"question":1071,"answer":1072},"Is ClinePass enough, or should I pay per token?","ClinePass suits steady daily use of open-weight models: it gives two to five times what the same money buys at standard API rates, metered over a five-hour window, a week, and a month. When a limit runs out, you can switch to another provider until it resets. It doesn't cover Claude or GPT, so heavy use of those means an Anthropic or OpenAI bill or an existing subscription. Occasional use is often cheaper per token through Cline's own provider, a lab's API, or OpenRouter. The Pricing section has the current figures.",{"question":1074,"answer":1075},"Is it safe to turn on auto-approve when Cline runs on a server?","Only with limits in place. Auto-approve lets Cline edit files and run commands without asking, which is what makes unattended runs and messaging connectors useful, and also what lets a mistaken command reach the whole machine. A messaging connector needs the most care: Cline's docs warn that by default anyone who finds the bot can have it run tasks on your machine, so limit it to your own account. The safer setups keep auto-approve for a disposable container or a dedicated server user and leave approval on for your own laptop.",{"summary":1077,"starting_cost_label":1078,"has_free_tier":3,"line_items":1079},"Cline is free and open source, so the bill is the models. ClinePass covers the open-weight lineup for $9.99\u002Fmonth; otherwise each provider bills per token, or an existing Claude or ChatGPT plan covers those models. GLM's own Coding Plan starts at $18\u002Fmonth. OpenRouter adds 5.5% on credit purchases. 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