# What is Cline?

> Source: https://openclawdatabase.com/glossary/cline/
> Last updated: 2026-04-18
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# What is Cline?

Open-source AI coding agent that pioneered the autonomous IDE-extension pattern. Cline is the upstream root of the Roo Code → Kilo Code fork chain. Still actively maintained but Kilo Code now ships the more aggressive feature set (orchestrator, multi-IDE).

## See also

- [/glossary/kilo-code/](https://openclawdatabase.com/glossary/kilo-code/)
- [/glossary/roo-code/](https://openclawdatabase.com/glossary/roo-code/)
- [/kilocode/](https://openclawdatabase.com/kilocode/)

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