Models

Grok Code Fast 1: xAI's Latest Model Lands in Cline (Free for a Week)

Say hello to Grok Code Fast – or as you've known it, Sonic.

3 Seductive Traps in Agent Building

In building AI agents at Cline, we've discovered that the most dangerous ideas aren't the obviously bad ones, they're the seductive ones that sound brilliant in theory but fail in practice.

New Stealth Model in Cline: "Sonic"

Free stealth model is now available in Cline

Guides

How to Think about Context Engineering in Cline

The Cline Context Playbook: when to use Deep Planning, Focus Chain, Auto Compact, /smol, /newtask, and Memory Bank

Insights

Focus: attention isn’t enough

Bigger context windows don’t stop coding agents from drifting. Cline’s new Focus Chain keeps every step anchored to the goal — so even the longest tasks finish exactly where they’re meant to.

Updates

Cline v3.25: The Coding Agent Built for Hard Problems

In v3.25, Cline never lets go of the thread.

Two Ways to Advantage of Claude Sonnet 4's 1M Context Window in Cline

Claude Sonnet 4 now supports 1 million tokens of context – a 5x increase from the previous 200K limit.

Updates

OpenAI's GPT-5 is here. What can you expect from it in Cline?

The most intelligent and reliable coding model from OpenAI is now available in Cline – and it's half the price of Sonnet 4.

Comparisons

Top 9 Cursor Alternatives in 2025: Best Open Source AI Dev Tools for Developers

Explore top 9 Cursor AI alternatives for 2025, with open source, no-limit coding assistants that support local models and streamline workflows.

Instant Code Generation is Here: Cline x Cerebras

Every developer knows the feeling. You're in flow, building something complex, and then – you wait. The model thinks. You watch the tokens slowly stream in. Your mind wanders. By the time the response arrives, you've lost your train of thought. Today, that changes. We're

Comparisons

Explore Claude Code Alternatives for Agentic Coding Workflows

Explore Claude Code alternatives for agentic coding. Open source, affordable tools with local model support, no usage limits, and VS Code compatibility.

Cline Raises $32M Building the Open-source AI Coding Agent that Enterprises Trust

Cline has raised $32M in combined Series A and Seed funding, led by Emergence Capital and Pace Capital, with participation from 1984 Ventures