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Cline

Cline

An open-source autonomous coding agent as a VS Code extension, CLI or SDK — bring any model.

Available in HKFree★ 71,600 Stars
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Overview

Cline asks for approval before each file change or command and works with many models — DeepSeek, Qwen, local Ollama and more — for developers who want control over models and cost.

Best for

Developers

Typical use cases

CodingAI agents

Strengths

  • Model freedom — pick providers that work for you
  • Step-by-step approvals

Limitations & caveats

  • Cost depends on your model API
  • Quality depends on the model

Hong Kong availability

Available in HK

Recent reliable evidence supports use in Hong Kong.

Basis: official statement

The source code is hosted on GitHub (Hong Kong is not among GitHub's trade-control restricted regions) and can be downloaded and self-hosted for free. Note: if you connect it to model APIs such as OpenAI, Anthropic or the Gemini API, each provider's regional policy still applies.

Access

Website
Supported
Sign-up
Supported
Core features
Supported
Payment
Unverified

Sources

Verified on: 14 Nov 2026

Availability information is for reference only and is not legal advice. Terms can change at any time — rely on the provider's latest official statement. We do not provide ways to bypass regional restrictions.

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