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Cline vs Devin
Devin provides an autonomous AI engineer, but Cline emphasizes plan-act workflow and extensibility via MCP plugins.
Which to pick
Pick Cline if you want…
- Self-hosted AI coding agent for IDEs and terminals
- Open-source autonomous coding
- Open-source code (cline/cline on GitHub, Apache-2.0 license)
- Integrations with VS Code, JetBrains or CLI (on Cline's list, not Devin's)
Pick Devin if you want…
- Autonomous AI coding agents
- Autonomous AI engineer
- Integrations with Teams, Jira or GitHub (on Devin's list, not Cline's)
Cline is an open-source autonomous coding agent for IDEs; Devin offers cloud agents, enterprise SSO, and broader automation.
Side by side
- What it is
- Cline:Open-source autonomous coding agent that works in IDEs, terminals and can be embedded in products.
- Devin:Devin is an autonomous AI software engineer that writes, tests, reviews, and merges code via cloud or local agents.
- Best for
- Cline:Self-hosted AI coding agent for IDEs and terminals
- Devin:Autonomous AI coding agents
- Who it’s for
- Cline:Individual developers and engineering teams needing AI-assisted coding without vendor lock-in.
- Devin:Engineering teams and individual developers who need AI-driven coding assistance.
- Pricing
- Cline:Freemium
- Devin:Freemium
- Plans
- Cline:Individual (Open Source) Free
- Devin:Free $0 · Pro $20 per month per month · Max $200 per month per month
- Open source
- Cline:Yes, 69,660 GitHub stars
- Devin:—
- Works with
- Cline:VS Code, JetBrains, CLI, Slack, Discord, Telegram, Linear, GitHub Actions
- Devin:Slack, Teams, Linear, Jira, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
Cline features
- Plan-and-Act workflow. Toggle between planning steps and executing them, with optional auto-approve.
- Multi-file edits. Coordinated changes across a project with linter-aware fixes, diffs and one-click undo.
- Terminal integration. Runs bash commands, reacts to live output and can be used in CI pipelines.
- Custom rules & skills. Define .clinerules to enforce coding standards and deployment conventions.
- Model agnostic. Supports Claude, GPT, Gemini, Ollama, LM Studio and any OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
- Extensible via MCP & plugins. Register custom tools, lifecycle hooks and integrate databases or APIs.
- Team & automation features. Multi-agent teams, scheduled cron jobs and integrations with Slack, Linear and CI systems.
- Desktop app. Native desktop client for Mac, Windows and Linux, no editor required.
Devin features
- Parallel Cloud Agents. Runs multiple cloud agents to handle large tasks and returns a ready-to-merge PR.
- End-to-End Testing. Spins up Windows, macOS, and Linux VMs to build, test in a browser, and record results.
- AI-Powered Review. Finds bugs and vulnerabilities, suggests fixes, and creates PRs automatically.
- Automation & Alerts. Creates scheduled workflows that triage bugs, fix CI failures, and respond to alerts.
- Enterprise SSO. Supports SAML/OIDC SSO and centralized admin controls for large organizations.
Cline vs Devin FAQ
Is Cline or Devin free?+
Cline has a free plan (Individual (Open Source)) and paid plans. Devin has a free plan; paid plans start at $20/month (Pro).
Is Cline or Devin open source?+
Cline is open source (cline/cline on GitHub, Apache-2.0 license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Devin.
Do Cline and Devin integrate with the same tools?+
Partly. Both list Slack, Linear and GitLab. Cline also lists VS Code, JetBrains, CLI, Discord and 7 more; Devin also lists Teams, Jira, GitHub and Bitbucket.
On DevHunt
Based on each tool's website and DevHunt data. Details may change; check the official sites.