# Cline (Cline (open source))

Feedback Bench, coding agents, built 2026-10-19, window 2026-08-31 to 2026-10-18. Web page: https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/#/agent/cline

| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank | 11 of 17 (rank range 9–11) |
| Feedback Score | 46.7 (95% interval 45.2–48.3) |
| Popularity | 0.497 (share of voice 1.12%) |
| Customer love | 0.500 (95% interval 0.487–0.514) |
| Place | Popularity 10th of 17 × Customer love 12th of 17 |
| Top quadrant | no |
| Users | 1885 |
| Posts counted | 3121 |
| Posts that judge the agent | 834 |
| Criteria ranking high / low | 1 / 6 of 63 |

## The brief

Written by large language models from this page's numbers and the posts it quotes, then checked: every number in the text is in the build. Interpretation, not measurement.

Users choose Cline for fast responses, for working with their own keys and open models, and for its new desktop app. The free access that brings many of them in also drives them away. The free tier makes up 12% of what its users rate, 5.5 times the rate for other agents, and Cline ranks last on it. Reliability makes up 21%, 1.7 times the rate for other agents. Posts describe dropped connections and slow hosted models. Overall, Cline ranks 11th of 17.

### Why people choose it

- **Responses come fast, especially in the desktop app** ([Fast responses](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/rel.response_speed.md)). 6th: of 10 on “Fast responses”. 9% of what users rate. Users describe the desktop app as quick and light on memory. They single out open models such as DeepSeek V4.1 Flash as very fast inside it. Some users who compare coding tools pick Cline when speed matters most.
  Evidence:
  - 2026-09-14, @cline (X): “@cline i gave it a shot, and wow, it’s super fast! congrats on the cline desktop release. i tried it with deepseek4.1 flash, and it was lightning-fast.” [source](https://twitter.com/818342850203099136/status/2099574904572281060)
  - 2026-09-26, @cline (X): “@cline that speed boost in the new cline desktop app is so satisfying to use” [source](https://twitter.com/1889631970667405317/status/2103747460858302559)
- **Own keys and open models plug straight in** ([Own keys and local models work](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/setup.provider_byok_local.md)). 2.0×: 5% of what users rate, 2.0× the rate for other agents. Ranks 4th of 9 on “Own keys and local models work”. Users value bringing their own API keys and swapping in open-weight or local models without changing their setup. Some say this keeps their code and keys on their own machine. Others say cheap models cost cents per session.
  Evidence:
  - 2026-09-15, @cline (X): “@cline @svpino open weights plus byok is the real headline. my code and my keys stay on my machine, where they belong. kind of the whole point if you ask me. now waiting for the first tool that assumes the cloud is the option, not the default.” [source](https://twitter.com/916453130803601408/status/2099656043051536793)
  - 2026-09-15, @cline (X): “@cline just downloaded and plugged in deepseek. works great. how about a right panel with a browser like codex or zcode? or is that not built in yet? @cline” [source](https://twitter.com/1885730256432324608/status/2099935916219613455)
- **A clean desktop app that shows its work** ([Interface](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/interface.md)). 7th: of 14 on “Interface”. 7% of what users rate. Users praise the new desktop app's look, custom themes and SSH support. Some say they value seeing every edit, command and output instead of having them hidden.
  Evidence:
  - 2026-09-19, @cline (X): “@musingiqbal @bovetheline @cline @opencode herms agent is amazing for a free app. but i miss how i work with cline, i do not feel comfortable letting the ai do everything, i want to watch the edits and commands and their outputs which is what is amazing about cline. i do not want to hide those things. p1” [source](https://twitter.com/2051403352869638144/status/2101370827476279683)
  - 2026-09-18, @cline (X): “@cline this is amazing, sleek ui, made me give cline pass a try. i've had huge respect for you folks since the vscode extension, but this is way more up my alley nowadays! keep building! 💛” [source](https://twitter.com/1558653072/status/2101036722729435386)

### Why people leave

- **Free tier limits run out within minutes** ([Good free tier](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/billing.free_tier.md)). 5.5×: 12% of what users rate, 5.5× the rate for other agents. Ranks 7th of 7 on “Good free tier”. Posts describe daily token caps that run out before a single prompt finishes, and free model offers that end suddenly. Some users say the free models were advertised as more generous than they turned out to be. A few subscribed to another agent.
  Evidence:
  - 2026-09-25, @cline (X): “@dynamicwebpaige @cline @dynamicwebpaige don't recommend anything without trying it first. cline free has like 2-3m tokens daily limit which can't even complete one prompt. you send a prompt and after 5 minutes, your limit is over.” [source](https://twitter.com/1489236941899911170/status/2103412287583510673)
  - 2026-10-05, @cline (X): “@cline just as i was about to give it a try, the event ended, so i subscribed to command code” [source](https://twitter.com/1665973160402108417/status/2107147698201853985)
- **Connection errors and slow models stall sessions** ([Reliability](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/reliability.md)). 1.7×: 21% of what users rate, 1.7× the rate for other agents. Ranks 8th of 13 on “Reliability”. Users describe streams that fail partway through a task, connection resets that Cline does not recover from, and rate-limit errors even on the paid pass. Some hosted models are slow and unstable. One user says the desktop app uses a lot of memory.
  Evidence:
  - 2026-10-07, r/ClaudeAI (Reddit): “anyone getting: cannot connect to api: read econnreset: read econnreset (econnreset) ? everything stops and cline doesn't even try to reconnect...” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1naiy0l/constant_econnreset_errors_when_trying_to_run_a/pedpoea/)
  - 2026-09-30, @cline (X): “@sirshibaninja @cline i'm in the middle of using pixel canary in cline and it was almost finished, but now it's giving me "failed to create stream: inference request failed" is it down for anyone else or just me?” [source](https://twitter.com/2827265767/status/2105140855992439133)
- **Free hosted models do weaker work** ([Quality of work](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.md)). 9th: of 14 on “Quality of work”. 19% of what users rate. Users say the free versions of models perform worse than the same models used elsewhere. Posts describe models getting stuck on commands, calling the wrong tool, and sessions that stop before the task is done.
  Evidence:
  - 2026-09-25, @cline (X): “@cline i mean it snice but i compared both normal deepseek and yours, why yours is 10x worse ? yo uare giving it for free but at 1 bit q ?” [source](https://twitter.com/1529503683880226816/status/2103525031523619136)
  - 2026-09-24, @cline (X): “@cline they just need to implement the "proceed while running" because i see many cases where the model gets stuck on commands, this is very annoying.” [source](https://twitter.com/1829600565069807617/status/2103195692617314790)

### What would move its score

Rule: For each area where an agent's customer love is below the category norm: the Feedback Score and rank it would have if that one area were at the norm (0.5) and everything else stayed the same, computed with the same formula as the ranking. An area's pull follows its weight, so an area many users of the category rate moves the score more than one they rarely mention.

| Area at the category norm | Feedback Score | Change | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doing the work | 47.3 | +0.6 | 11th of 17 |
| Account and support | 46.8 | +0.1 | 11th of 17 |
| Setting up and connecting | 46.7 | +0.0 | 11th of 17 |
| Instructing and context | 46.7 | +0.0 | 11th of 17 |
| Checking and finishing | 46.7 | +0.0 | 11th of 17 |

Bringing quality of work up to the category norm would help most, and only a little. It would lift the Feedback Score from 46.7 to 47.3, and Cline would stay 11th. Support and account would add 0.1. Setup, instructions and context, and checking the work would add nothing. No single area moves the score far.

### Six weeks

Weekly users rose from 208 to 759 in the week of 2026-09-14, when share of voice reached 2%. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash came out on 2026-09-10. Rank peaked at 9th the next week. In the last week, users fell to 175 and rank to 11th.

## Top requests

What users ask to add or change, most asked first. 361 user-weeks ask for something. Requests do not change the Feedback Score. Rule: A separate pass by a large language model reads every counted post and extracts what the user asks the agent or its vendor to add or change, with the criteria it maps to and a short normalised wording; it does not touch the labels or the Feedback Score. A large language model groups the wordings within each criterion (the first criterion the request maps to) into themes, and a second pass merges themes that ask for the same change under different criteria; a merged theme sits under the criterion most of its requests map to, and code counts it once. A theme counts distinct user-weeks that ask for it, per agent; across agents, one user-week per agent. Themes asked in fewer than 2 user-weeks, and requests that share no theme, are not shown. Examples: up to 3 posts per theme from different users, without slurs: whole posts of 60 to 450 characters with at least 8 words beyond handles and links, posts of at most 280 characters first, then the newest.

| Rank | Request | Criterion | User-weeks | Posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linux desktop app and Linux support | [Install, launch and sign-in](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/setup.install_signin.md) | 56 | 63 |
| 2 | Higher free tier usage limits | [Free tier and free model availability and limits](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/billing.free_tier.md) | 8 | 9 |
| 3 | Higher overall usage limits | [How much use a plan's price buys](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/limits.plan_value.md) | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash model support | [Which models are offered on a plan and when](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.catalog_access.md) | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Faster, more responsive customer support | [Support, refunds and issue handling](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/account.support.md) | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Faster addition of newly released models | [Which models are offered on a plan and when](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.catalog_access.md) | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | Additional free usage credits | [Free tier and free model availability and limits](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/billing.free_tier.md) | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | Clear free tier limits | [Free tier and free model availability and limits](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/billing.free_tier.md) | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | Control local desktop sessions from mobile app | [Mobile, remote-control and voice access](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/surfaces.remote_mobile.md) | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | Cost per completed task metrics | [Usage meter visibility and accuracy](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/limits.usage_meter.md) | 4 | 4 |
| 11 | General desktop app stability fixes | [Client crashes, freezes and failed tool execution](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/rel.client_failures.md) | 4 | 4 |
| 12 | Make a specific model free | [Free tier and free model availability and limits](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/billing.free_tier.md) | 4 | 4 |

### 1. Linux desktop app and Linux support

- Cline, 2026-09-26, @cline (X): “@cline would love to try cline, but there is no linux desktop version.” [source](https://twitter.com/1601711797/status/2103693469474844955)
- Cline, 2026-09-25, @cline (X): “> cline desktop is out for mac and windows where's the linux release? yikes @cline so long for being open source proponent!” [source](https://twitter.com/82703134/status/2103541157032771934)
- Cline, 2026-09-23, @cline (X): “@cline linux whennnnnnn! you also don't provide baseline builds, sadly!” [source](https://twitter.com/1958678652578930693/status/2102884889901305901)

### 2. Higher free tier usage limits

- Cline, 2026-09-26, r/CLine (Reddit): “so it’s just like their previous free offers... ridiculous. cline made a bad impression to me. if they offer a free tier they should have useful quotas like opencode zen.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CLine/comments/1wpyepq/gemini_38_flash_is_now_free_in_cline/pc3rk67/)
- Cline, 2026-09-23, @cline (X): “@cline @cline stop giving shitty free limits. the deepseek 4.1 flash free of yours finishes like in 10 minutes” [source](https://twitter.com/1489236941899911170/status/2102880348359336005)
- Cline, 2026-09-21, @cline (X): “@cline can’t finish single prompt on free limits , i know free is limited but so limited that can’t finish one prompt analysis 🧐” [source](https://twitter.com/2013981009927401472/status/2101937538768543948)

### 3. Higher overall usage limits

- Cline, 2026-10-05, @cline (X): “@cline you guys think about increasing limits of cline pass rather than trying to feed free bot routers” [source](https://twitter.com/1758760791178633216/status/2107134471489363983)
- Cline, 2026-09-29, @cline (X): “@cline how much usage on the pass? with all the free models i expect more than this [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1293008918/status/2105032319572877529)
- Cline, 2026-09-25, r/CLine (Reddit): “how about they give us gemini ai pro users more quota instead” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CLine/comments/1wpyepq/gemini_38_flash_is_now_free_in_cline/pc132kg/)

### 4. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash model support

- Cline, 2026-09-01, @cline (X): “@cline @munim will deepseek v4 flash vision consider adding cline pass? after all, its price is the same as v4f, and it has multimodal capabilities. we are all looking forward to it.” [source](https://twitter.com/1797151514735312896/status/2094608404056821946)

### 5. Faster, more responsive customer support

- Cline, 2026-10-04, @cline (X): “@cline i messaged you on dm and discord to explain how to do this, but you never got back to me.” [source](https://twitter.com/428160926/status/2106854559079399476)
- Cline, 2026-10-04, @cline (X): “@cline would be great if you guys also replied to emails and messages” [source](https://twitter.com/1472210170629525504/status/2106829993947131994)
- Cline, 2026-09-08, @cline (X): “@cline love your work on hosting models but support is shitty. please help.” [source](https://twitter.com/148429435/status/2097283569316135233)

### 6. Faster addition of newly released models

- Cline, 2026-10-13, @cline (X): “@cline available on cline pass? would love another place like @perchterminal to add it to their $10 plan🙏🏻” [source](https://twitter.com/1639059018734764032/status/2110105712340926726)
- Cline, 2026-09-10, @cline (X): “@cline kindly please be a little bit faster to enable deepseek 4.1 flash in clinepass. opencode and commandcode enabled this under 30 mins of official announcement.” [source](https://twitter.com/10877782/status/2097944041832734973)
- Cline, 2026-09-04, r/CLine (Reddit): “unfortunately, lately clinepass has been kinda slower (compared to opencode go and command code goat) in adding the latest models.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CLine/comments/1w6zy4t/clinepass_when_to_expect_hy4_muse_spark_13_and/p7r260l/)

### 7. Additional free usage credits

- Cline, 2026-09-21, @cline (X): “@cline super smooth desktop ux, but the free credits disappear way too fast during actual task execution.” [source](https://twitter.com/1523533577081614336/status/2101881809029992749)
- Cline, 2026-09-18, @cline (X): “@cline give us linux one and also give us some free tokens it's bad that you don't support linux” [source](https://twitter.com/1871542610155778048/status/2101000566352883858)
- Cline, 2026-09-19, @cline (X): “been using cline pretty heavily lately and i endup murdering my credits rn😭 if anyone from the @cline team could help me out with some credits, i’d genuinely appreciate it. been using it for coding/research & would love to keep pushing it further cline has been cooking fr. [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1494344220823687176/status/2101180334704582674)

### 8. Clear free tier limits

- Cline, 2026-09-19, @cline (X): “@cline after about 10 minutes of conversation, i hit the daily limit. please clearly state that it’s free but has a daily request/token limit.” [source](https://twitter.com/3228393103/status/2101354499386609871)
- Cline, 2026-09-19, @cline (X): “@cline what's the usage limit. i exhausted my free limit and it asks me to try after 17h. how many requests are free...a number would be nice to know.” [source](https://twitter.com/2247810989/status/2101126632350396685)

### 9. Control local desktop sessions from mobile app

- Cline, 2026-09-16, @cline (X): “@ajdebreh @mmuztw @openai @sama @cline @paseo_sh an ios app for this is more useful than it sounds. half my agent babysitting happens from a phone at a football pitch” [source](https://twitter.com/2027877106084950016/status/2100168241909784841)
- Cline, 2026-09-14, @cline (X): “@cline amazing job. is it possible to have a mobile app to that i can use to control my pc from anywhere??” [source](https://twitter.com/2027653285235310592/status/2099538495077503125)

### 10. Cost per completed task metrics

- Cline, 2026-10-17, @cline (X): “@cline 17x cheaper per token, or per solved task? retries and longer outputs can move those two in opposite directions. dollars per passed terminal-bench task would be the number i'd want to see.” [source](https://twitter.com/2110923886808485888/status/2111458488580972724)
- Cline, 2026-10-11, @cline (X): “@cline @upstageai the cline workload is the interesting test: multi-file edits, tool errors and long sessions. i’d love a comparison of completed tasks per dollar and retries per task alongside tokens/sec. fast generation helps most when the agent doesn’t have to redo the work.” [source](https://twitter.com/1464421807910715394/status/2109093812626948256)
- Cline, 2026-10-06, @cline (X): “@cline the fable comparison used 30 tasks, per the release notes. i'd love a shared larger test set before treating 56x as the savings to expect [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1082652086418862080/status/2107465502926803174)

### 11. General desktop app stability fixes

- Cline, 2026-09-18, @cline (X): “@cline @sdrzn can y’all resolve the issue of your desktop app not working please, i’m a new paid customer” [source](https://twitter.com/1472210170629525504/status/2101058739843592412)
- Cline, 2026-09-18, @cline (X): “@cline app is broken on windows, installed the lates version from github, that too is also broken [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1673435210/status/2101048258940329988)
- Cline, 2026-09-17, r/CLine (Reddit): “useless model btw and fix your fucking desktop app with 1000 bugs” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CLine/comments/1wixdae/we_added_union_alpha_stealth_model_to_cline_for/paf4ogz/)

### 12. Make a specific model free

- Cline, 2026-10-07, @cline (X): “@cline any model promos to follow like @perchterminal making sol free” [source](https://twitter.com/1639059018734764032/status/2107916882615386613)

## Ranks highest on

Connecting own API keys, local models and custom endpoints (4th of 9)

## Ranks lowest on

Single prompt, model or effort level consumes disproportionate quota (8th of 12), Can do the user's kind of task (8th of 13), Client crashes, freezes and failed tool execution (7th of 11)

Position on a criterion: its place among the agents with at least 30 rated user-weeks there, ordered by customer love. It ranks high when both its position and its 95% interval put it in the top half, low when both put it in the bottom half; neither otherwise, or when fewer than 4 agents qualify.

## All 63 criteria

Criterion love: 0.5 is the category norm. n: rated user-weeks.

### Paying and limits: 9th of 13 (customer love 0.511, n 196)

The topic users raise most, about as often as for other agents. Complaints outnumber praise. The free tier is the weak spot and ranks last of 7. Users also say the usage quota runs out quickly and question whether plans are worth the price.

| Criterion | Reading | Customer love | 95% interval | n | Praise | Complaint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Free tier and free model availability and limits](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/billing.free_tier.md) | 7th of 7 | 0.459 | 0.438–0.482 | 78 | 30 | 48 |
| [How much use a plan's price buys](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/limits.plan_value.md) | 7th of 12 | 0.492 | 0.476–0.511 | 56 | 20 | 36 |
| [Single prompt, model or effort level consumes disproportionate quota](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/limits.burn_rate.md) | 8th of 12 | 0.487 | 0.471–0.504 | 30 | 3 | 27 |
| [Short rolling usage window blocks or interrupts work](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/limits.window_interrupts_work.md) | Too few posts | 0.487 | 0.481–0.493 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| [Pricing and plan terms stated clearly and consistently](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/billing.pricing_clarity.md) | Too few posts | 0.495 | 0.491–0.498 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| [Quota reset timing and bonus or banked resets](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/limits.reset_schedule.md) | Too few posts | 0.495 | 0.491–0.498 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| [Usage meter visibility and accuracy](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/limits.usage_meter.md) | Too few posts | 0.518 | 0.496–0.552 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| [Using an existing subscription across tools](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/billing.subscription_portability.md) | Too few posts | 0.500 | 0.492–0.508 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| [Prompt cache hits, misses and invalidation](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/limits.prompt_cache.md) | Too few posts | 0.501 | 0.495–0.509 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| [Price, allowance or plan terms changed](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/limits.allowance_change.md) | Too few posts | 0.498 | 0.495–0.500 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| [Pay-as-you-go overage, fallback billing and spend caps](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/billing.overage_charges.md) | Too few posts | 0.498 | 0.496–0.500 | 2 | 0 | 2 |

Most recent posts:

- Praise, 2026-10-05, @cline (X): “@cline this looks awesome, 56x cheaper with the same score is a huge win for anyone using cline daily.” [source](https://twitter.com/1505507413239205895/status/2107204696880402453)
- Praise, 2026-10-04, @cline (X): “participate in the pclub iitx @cline hackathon as a team of 3. from the very morning at 10 am to a non-stop grind till 7 pm. it was very nice, user-friendly, and cost-effective, ide @cline. i suggest you use @cline. we also have one more free pass to the @cline pro. [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1950912534577565696/status/2106821719424155991)
- Praise, 2026-09-30, r/LocalLLaMA (Reddit): “on cline i've been using mimo v2.6 pro for a couple of days and heavily and i havent once hit a week limit or 5 hour limit” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1woa5d3/mimov26_both_pro_and_flash_is_a_benchmaxxed_scam/pd1iv9o/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-17, Trustpilot (Trustpilot): “year subscription is fail, for one day i used 60 percent of monthly limit.” [source](https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6ad38e490b72114195c05212)
- Complaint, 2026-10-15, @cline (X): “@officiallogank @cline it’s being consumed way too fast! i’m almost afraid to use it anymore—just two questions and the balance is nearly gone! users are asking: is there any way to fix or improve this?” [source](https://twitter.com/1149911490088054784/status/2110653359590133965)
- Complaint, 2026-10-10, r/CLine (Reddit): “for now the experience is not good; dsh eats my credits extremely fast! in 7min working on a complex task, it used 20% of the 5h credits.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CLine/comments/1x0pfqy/cline_vs_deepseek_harness/pf3egyx/)

### Setting up and connecting: 8th of 12 (customer love 0.497, n 102)

Users bring up setup more often than users of other agents do. Install and sign-in draw mostly complaints, 35 complaints to 8 praise. Using your own keys and local models is the strong point.

| Criterion | Reading | Customer love | 95% interval | n | Praise | Complaint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Install, launch and sign-in](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/setup.install_signin.md) | 6th of 8 | 0.503 | 0.483–0.524 | 43 | 8 | 35 |
| [Connecting own API keys, local models and custom endpoints](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/setup.provider_byok_local.md) | 4th of 9 | 0.509 | 0.493–0.525 | 30 | 19 | 11 |
| [IDE and editor integration](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/setup.ide_integration.md) | Too few posts | 0.503 | 0.491–0.516 | 14 | 8 | 6 |
| [MCP servers, plugins, skills and hooks](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/setup.extensions_mcp.md) | Too few posts | 0.488 | 0.479–0.497 | 13 | 2 | 11 |
| [Onboarding, discoverability and documentation](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/setup.onboarding_docs.md) | Too few posts | 0.505 | 0.493–0.519 | 8 | 3 | 5 |

Most recent posts:

- Praise, 2026-10-13, @cline (X): “@cline cline has finally released the desktop version. i have been running deepseek in vs code with clinepass, and now i don't need to install the plugin anymore.” [source](https://twitter.com/1025976578143006721/status/2109895425654394890)
- Praise, 2026-10-01, r/CLine (Reddit): “but there is at least a version for linux, which is appreciated.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CLine/comments/1wu9w9k/font_size_in_cline_desktop/pd6f8lu/)
- Praise, 2026-09-30, @cline (X): “@cline i was able to get this working on day 1 of cline deskop release. it's a damn good ide [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1662420586377920517/status/2105371754831217110)
- Complaint, 2026-10-05, r/CLine (Reddit): “[link] i can't even get it to run. it used my cline vs code settings and it seems to be set up correctly to use my locally hosted model, but it keeps asking me for an api key, which i don't have because it's a local model. it works just fine in vs code.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CLine/comments/1wg8pqc/introducing_cline_desktop_a_native_interface_for/pdwz2xe/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-02, r/CLine (Reddit): “i was having some issues as well. i asked it what tools it had access to and it found them. for some reason it gets confused by mcp stuff and idk why.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CLine/comments/1wvqals/model_cant_see_mcps_in_cline_desktop_for_windows/pdgheji/)
- Complaint, 2026-09-26, @cline (X): “@cline i cannot log in to the cline desktop, no windows pop up” [source](https://twitter.com/1761265380851363840/status/2103686635896688645)

### Choosing models: 8th of 12 (customer love 0.502, n 54)

Users talk about models less often than users of other agents do, and complaints outnumber praise. Some users ask for newly released models to be added faster.

| Criterion | Reading | Customer love | 95% interval | n | Praise | Complaint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Which models are offered on a plan and when](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.catalog_access.md) | Too few posts | 0.508 | 0.493–0.524 | 24 | 8 | 16 |
| [Automatic model routing and fallback](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.routing_auto.md) | Too few posts | 0.500 | 0.491–0.510 | 11 | 3 | 8 |
| [Reasoning effort setting and its defaults](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.effort_control.md) | Too few posts | 0.490 | 0.482–0.497 | 11 | 1 | 10 |
| [Quality got worse or better over time](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.quality_drift.md) | Too few posts | 0.501 | 0.492–0.511 | 11 | 3 | 8 |

Most recent posts:

- Praise, 2026-09-30, r/CLine (Reddit): “'cause it's the most recent sonnet version listed in the anthropic provider dropdown menu, and it seems to work better with cline than opus or fable.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CLine/comments/1wu7tgd/im_spending_50day_on_tokens_when_working_with/pd18y7h/)
- Praise, 2026-09-24, r/LocalLLaMA (Reddit): “qwen3.8-27b-nvfp4-mtp has been outstanding for me (with cline) when hosted in lm studio with temp set to .1 and the "reasoning budget" to 1024. the latter definitely eliminated the annoying over thinking.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1wp0z3i/qwen3827b_is_good_enough_that_i_stopped_using_api/pbrd9b5/)
- Praise, 2026-09-22, @cline (X): “kimi k3 is still holding strong as my daily driver, but i've started to find some value in using fable in plan mode. k3 can get into weeds w/ more complex features/debugs that fable cuts right through. kind of cool to move between them thanks to @cline.” [source](https://twitter.com/2059304303513202688/status/2102438617603854442)
- Complaint, 2026-10-14, r/CLine (Reddit): “heavily. both muse and argon are terrible. i'd recommend claude, gpt, kimi or glm.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CLine/comments/1x4ws8u/metas_muse_wonder_is_here_and_its_already_leading/pgmbhdc/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-08, @cline (X): “@cline hey bro!could you please consider adding claude models for cline pass users? even just haiku 5.5 would be great, especially since competing tools like opencode and command go already support it. without it, i'm seriously thinking about dropping my cline pass subscription.” [source](https://twitter.com/1725701176757559296/status/2108022720827121857)
- Complaint, 2026-10-05, @cline (X): “@cline it's all bullshit; they steer you toward weak models, that's the only way they can keep costs down. i would never choose a bad router over a good model.” [source](https://twitter.com/1972597660642390016/status/2107213506009600484)

### Instructing and context: 7th of 11 (customer love 0.498, n 41)

A small topic for Cline users, raised less often than for other agents. Complaints about how Cline follows instructions and handles context outnumber praise, 27 to 14.

| Criterion | Reading | Customer love | 95% interval | n | Praise | Complaint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Finding the right files in the codebase](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/context.codebase_retrieval.md) | Too few posts | 0.499 | 0.491–0.508 | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| [Context compaction keeps what matters, cheaply and quickly](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/context.compaction.md) | Too few posts | 0.493 | 0.487–0.500 | 9 | 1 | 8 |
| [Memory and state carried across sessions](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/context.session_memory.md) | Too few posts | 0.501 | 0.496–0.507 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| [Images, PDFs and file attachments as input](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/context.attachments.md) | Too few posts | 0.494 | 0.488–0.499 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| [Direct in-prompt instructions and caps are followed](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/context.instruction_following.md) | Too few posts | 0.499 | 0.493–0.506 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| [Persistent project rules files are read and obeyed](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/context.instruction_files.md) | Too few posts | 0.504 | 0.500–0.510 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| [Output degrades as the context window fills](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/context.long_context_decay.md) | Too few posts | 0.503 | 0.497–0.513 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| [Asks the user versus guessing](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/context.clarifying_questions.md) | Too few posts | 0.502 | 0.497–0.508 | 2 | 1 | 1 |

Most recent posts:

- Praise, 2026-09-14, @cline (X): “@cline open source coding agent @yashwant_eren it understood the entire codebase” [source](https://twitter.com/362498492/status/2099545376156229643)
- Praise, 2026-09-26, r/CLine (Reddit): “i’m building **music\_switcher**, a python-based desktop app that switches music based on what the user is currently doing. since the app already runs locally in python and interacts with macos through applescript, cline pointed out that sqlite fits naturally: it’s built into python, doesn’t require a separate database server, and stores everything in one local file. the biggest convenience is cli…” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CLine/comments/1wr0d1o/used_cline_to_choose_a_database_for_my_existing/)
- Praise, 2026-09-24, @cline (X): “@cline free 1m context at that speed? that’s a serious upgrade. i’m using the free tier for long docs and it handles them gracefully, no lag when scrolling back to fix syntax earlier in the chat. finally feels practical for daily use rather than just benchmarks” [source](https://twitter.com/417508671/status/2103188942069858418)
- Complaint, 2026-09-29, @cline (X): “@cline great for the repo... still blank on the research tab i closed yesterday coding agents need user memory not just codebase memory” [source](https://twitter.com/1710966407146663936/status/2105033909054619957)
- Complaint, 2026-09-22, @cline (X): “@ticassociation @cline @ollama yea i tried to isolate it to just one file but still it had a really hard time following directions.” [source](https://twitter.com/1155165294530310146/status/2102361502896492908)
- Complaint, 2026-09-19, @cline (X): “@cline hey @cline, v0.0.32 is great, but workspace folder selection has a critical issue: without selecting a target folder inside the workspace, search_codebase becomes useless and forces absolute paths, breaking context workflow.” [source](https://twitter.com/4161108994/status/2101306814574813242)

### Doing the work: 9th of 14 (customer love 0.480, n 125)

Users split on whether Cline can handle their kind of task, with praise slightly ahead, 36 to 30. Complaints describe models stuck on commands, wrong tool calls and free models that do weaker work.

| Criterion | Reading | Customer love | 95% interval | n | Praise | Complaint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Can do the user's kind of task](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.capability.md) | 8th of 13 | 0.483 | 0.460–0.505 | 66 | 36 | 30 |
| [Spins, loops or gets stuck without progress](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.stuck_loops.md) | Too few posts | 0.502 | 0.484–0.535 | 17 | 1 | 16 |
| [Plan-before-edit mode](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.plan_mode.md) | Too few posts | 0.497 | 0.483–0.511 | 15 | 7 | 8 |
| [Long unattended runs and goal/loop mode](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.long_running_autonomy.md) | Too few posts | 0.497 | 0.484–0.507 | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| [Subagents, parallel agents and orchestrators](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.multi_agent_orchestration.md) | Too few posts | 0.494 | 0.484–0.504 | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| [Tool approval prompts and autonomy modes](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.permission_prompts.md) | Too few posts | 0.503 | 0.493–0.514 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| [Breaks existing code or reintroduces bugs](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.regressions_introduced.md) | Too few posts | 0.506 | 0.493–0.527 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| [Diagnosing and fixing reported bugs](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.bug_diagnosis.md) | Too few posts | 0.502 | 0.497–0.508 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| [Stops mid-task or answers instead of acting](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.premature_stop.md) | Too few posts | 0.498 | 0.494–0.500 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| [Games checks instead of fixing the problem](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.reward_hacking.md) | Too few posts | 0.498 | 0.496–0.500 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| [Risky or irreversible actions without confirmation](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.destructive_actions.md) | Too few posts | 0.498 | 0.495–0.500 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| [Git commits, branches and sync](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.git_workflow.md) | Too few posts | 0.501 | 0.497–0.507 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| [Computer use and browser control](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.computer_browser_use.md) | Too few posts | 0.499 | 0.494–0.503 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| [Safety filters block legitimate coding tasks](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.safety_refusals.md) | Too few posts | 0.506 | 0.498–0.522 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| [Length and clarity of replies, summaries and comments](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.response_verbosity.md) | Too few posts | 0.506 | 0.500–0.517 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| [Does unrequested work or over-engineers](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.scope_overreach.md) | Too few posts | 0.499 | 0.497–0.500 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [Frontend and visual UI output](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.frontend_ui.md) | Too few posts | 0.500 | 0.500–0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Caves to or argues with the user's judgement](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.sycophancy_pushback.md) | Too few posts | 0.500 | 0.500–0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Most recent posts:

- Praise, 2026-10-18, @cline (X): “before @cline wrote a line of lumen, i used plan mode to write a prd: requirements, phase checklists i must finish before moving on, and tests for each phase. then i added it to cline’s context so it always knows the goal. plan mode is underrated.” [source](https://twitter.com/1425607585730809859/status/2111638396682809750)
- Praise, 2026-10-06, @cline (X): “@cline that balance of capability and fewer refusals is a big win for security work.” [source](https://twitter.com/2078842250608758784/status/2107604467520839920)
- Praise, 2026-09-26, @cline (X): “@haleeeemahh @opencode @cline tried pixel canary on cline this week, it handled my messy refactor without complaint. feels too good to be a small model.” [source](https://twitter.com/2079846327744401408/status/2103837540260389092)
- Complaint, 2026-10-11, @cline (X): “@claudeai @cline this didn't work out too well as claude code cli seems to do a much better job with newer models.” [source](https://twitter.com/1869484825364549632/status/2109411532002005426)
- Complaint, 2026-10-04, r/CLine (Reddit): “it trys always call the tool "edit" but the toolset the ide provides is "editor". intresting that it dont learn after multiply tryes” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CLine/comments/1wpsd1s/space_bunny_alpha_is_now_free_in_cline/pduyqnj/)
- Complaint, 2026-09-27, @cline (X): “@cline why des this keep happening please its frustrating, leaving a session coming to see its stopped. tying continue, proceeds, meaning authentcation was never an issue [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/83118210/status/2104146625736106087)

### Checking and finishing: Too few posts (customer love 0.499, n 9)

Few users discuss how Cline checks its own work, too few to rank. Praise and complaints are close to even.

| Criterion | Reading | Customer love | 95% interval | n | Praise | Complaint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Builds, tests or runs its own changes](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/verify.self_testing.md) | Too few posts | 0.502 | 0.496–0.507 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| [Reviewing and approving the agent's changes](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/verify.change_review_ui.md) | Too few posts | 0.502 | 0.496–0.514 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| [Claims work is done or fixed when it is not](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/verify.false_completion.md) | Too few posts | 0.498 | 0.495–0.500 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| [Agent-performed code review finds real issues](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/verify.agent_code_review.md) | Too few posts | 0.501 | 0.500–0.502 | 1 | 1 | 0 |

Most recent posts:

- Praise, 2026-10-04, @cline (X): “my first @cline task: let my game load lighter splat files on phones. plan mode read 14 files, then asked one question: what if a world lacks the size you asked for? full check passed on the first run. 22 minutes, $0. [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/2106486288543100929/status/2106561204449653202)
- Praise, 2026-10-07, r/CLine (Reddit): “same here, and it paid off on this one. the single question it asked in plan mode was the actual design decision, so by the time i switched to act, it didn't implement in the wrong direction. i kept edits and commands on manual approval this time, so each diff doubled as my inspection. once the plan is aligned, do you turn on auto-approve for edits, or keep approving them one by one?” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CLine/comments/1wx3ld8/im_building_a_game_where_your_photos_become/pegyv6i/)
- Complaint, 2026-09-23, r/CLine (Reddit): “i’ve experienced cline plan mode escape with local 3.8-27b yesterday. at first i thought the model confused itself and reported that all changes were applied. i’ve put a note that “it was a plan mode so don’t get confused and now you can make changes for real” and pressed “act” switch. but it replied with a poker face that i “don’t have to worry - all changes already made, please let me know if yo…” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CLine/comments/1wnluat/qwen_38_flash_next_broke_out_of_plan_mode_vscode/pbjdmzy/)

### Interface and sessions: 7th of 14 (customer love 0.514, n 45)

The only area where praise outnumbers complaints. Users like the new desktop app, its themes, SSH and cloud access, and being able to watch edits as they happen.

| Criterion | Reading | Customer love | 95% interval | n | Praise | Complaint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [How the interface shows work, and what the user can configure](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/ui.display_settings.md) | Too few posts | 0.515 | 0.502–0.530 | 28 | 16 | 12 |
| [Saving, switching, resuming and rewinding sessions](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/ui.session_history.md) | Too few posts | 0.496 | 0.487–0.505 | 11 | 2 | 9 |
| [Cloud and remote sandbox execution](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/surfaces.cloud_sessions.md) | Too few posts | 0.505 | 0.501–0.511 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| [Stopping and steering a running agent](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/ui.interrupt_steer.md) | Too few posts | 0.500 | 0.496–0.503 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| [Mobile, remote-control and voice access](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/surfaces.remote_mobile.md) | Too few posts | 0.503 | 0.500–0.508 | 2 | 2 | 0 |

Most recent posts:

- Praise, 2026-09-26, @cline (X): “@cline ssh support in cline desktop is such a game changer laptop stays light while work runs anywhere” [source](https://twitter.com/2058013634564177920/status/2103860371098644596)
- Praise, 2026-09-20, @cline (X): “@cline custom themes and icons make long dev sessions so much better 🎨” [source](https://twitter.com/2087482063087919104/status/2101717312181272866)
- Praise, 2026-09-20, @cline (X): “@cline love this custom icons and theme colors make the new cline desktop app feel so personal!” [source](https://twitter.com/2008812694628175872/status/2101735916218061245)
- Complaint, 2026-10-12, r/CLine (Reddit): “following - i for one would like full persistency not only within cline, but also across devices. using code server, it's annoying that it's impossible to start a chat session on your desktop, continue on your tablet and finish it on your phone.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CLine/comments/1x3zk0c/cline_in_vs_code_how_can_i_make_sessions_fully/pfiir2u/)
- Complaint, 2026-09-30, r/CLine (Reddit): “i am testing cline desktop on linux, and the maximum font size is too small for visually impaired users. please keep in mind that not everyone is the same.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CLine/comments/1wu9w9k/font_size_in_cline_desktop/)
- Complaint, 2026-09-26, @cline (X): “@cline @cline could you please fix the bug when “revert/edit” previous message that would cause duplication in existing active thread? 😭” [source](https://twitter.com/1770546297579184128/status/2103678027104408011)

### Reliability and speed: 8th of 13 (customer love 0.510, n 136)

Users raise reliability 1.7 times as often as users of other agents do. Crashes and errors drive the complaints, with 3 praise to 63 complaints on running without crashing. Response speed is rated above the category norm.

| Criterion | Reading | Customer love | 95% interval | n | Praise | Complaint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Client crashes, freezes and failed tool execution](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/rel.client_failures.md) | 7th of 11 | 0.484 | 0.456–0.517 | 66 | 3 | 63 |
| [Latency, throughput and fast mode](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/rel.response_speed.md) | 6th of 10 | 0.524 | 0.502–0.546 | 57 | 24 | 33 |
| [Outages, server errors and capacity or rate errors](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/rel.service_errors.md) | Too few posts | 0.492 | 0.481–0.507 | 19 | 1 | 18 |
| [Updates break working setups](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/rel.update_breakage.md) | Too few posts | 0.494 | 0.491–0.498 | 8 | 0 | 8 |

Most recent posts:

- Praise, 2026-10-02, @cline (X): “@sinnhuuu i have used deepseek in @cline its fast af you should use deepseek for implementation (not orchestration)” [source](https://twitter.com/2080910665041010688/status/2105839157541314628)
- Praise, 2026-09-30, @cline (X): “@cline as a harness is crazy fast and makes the model reason more >>” [source](https://twitter.com/1731562945753276416/status/2105424660720673211)
- Praise, 2026-09-26, @cline (X): “@cline that speed boost in the new cline desktop app is so satisfying to use” [source](https://twitter.com/1889631970667405317/status/2103747460858302559)
- Complaint, 2026-10-07, r/ClaudeAI (Reddit): “anyone getting: cannot connect to api: read econnreset: read econnreset (econnreset) ? everything stops and cline doesn't even try to reconnect...” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1naiy0l/constant_econnreset_errors_when_trying_to_run_a/pedpoea/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-04, @cline (X): “@cline @cline that's completely fine with me since i'm paying for clinepass already but can i get more speed limited to clinepass users ?? because time to finish tasks in v4.1 flash is still huge.. on max setting it thinks a lot !!” [source](https://twitter.com/1125758439915806721/status/2106835605955149891)
- Complaint, 2026-10-03, r/CLine (Reddit): “it's a cline error, as it is indicating that the tokens per minute assigned to the general cline account have been exceeded, not yours. i have also been seeing it.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CLine/comments/1wvlvz9/rate_limit_per_minute/pdin72b/)

### Account and support: Too few posts (customer love 0.482, n 25)

No praise and 25 complaints, too few posts to rank. Some users ask for faster, more responsive support.

| Criterion | Reading | Customer love | 95% interval | n | Praise | Complaint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Support, refunds and issue handling](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/account.support.md) | Too few posts | 0.489 | 0.482–0.495 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| [Wrong charges, failed payments and plan provisioning](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/account.billing_errors.md) | Too few posts | 0.492 | 0.488–0.496 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| [Account bans and access restrictions](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/account.bans_restrictions.md) | Too few posts | 0.499 | 0.498–0.500 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [Data retention, training use and deployment isolation](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/account.data_privacy.md) | Too few posts | 0.499 | 0.498–0.500 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

Most recent posts:

- Complaint, 2026-10-16, @cline (X): “@cline hi team, i paid for clinepass on 13 oct 2026 but it was never activated, likely a payment processing error. my support ticket #[phone] has the payment proof. could you please activate it or refund me? thanks!” [source](https://twitter.com/2110640331394048000/status/2111157214279069809)
- Complaint, 2026-10-04, @cline (X): “@cline i messaged you on dm and discord to explain how to do this, but you never got back to me.” [source](https://twitter.com/428160926/status/2106854559079399476)
- Complaint, 2026-09-27, r/CLine (Reddit): “but the customer care won’t even reply.. i’m sending emails back to back since three days” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CLine/comments/1wr5rt6/hi_cline_support_teami_am_writing_regarding/pcb9elq/)