Cline CLI vs. ForgeCode

Feature	Cline CLI	ForgeCode

Tagline	Autonomous coding agent right in your terminal	A top-ranked AI enabled pair programming coding agent
Website	https://cline.bot	https://forgecode.dev
Language	typescript	rust
Release Date	October 2, 2025	January 30, 2025
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	May 14, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	basic	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	Yes	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, JetBrains, Zed, Neovim, Emacs	VSCode & (terminal-native, ZSH plugin)
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent (up to 1M)	Model-dependent
Terminal Bench 2.0		#4 · 81.8% ±2.0 ²
Supported Models	AI models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, Mistral, DeepSeek, Meta, Azure, Cerebras, 30+ providers	Can use Claude & ChatGPT subscriptions with access to Opus, GPT series, supports 400+ models on Openrouter.
Pricing Model	Freemium	BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK) / $20/mo per user	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/cline/cline	https://github.com/antinomyhq/forgecode
Development State	active	active