Cline earns enthusiastic praise for speed, reliability, and a smooth VS Code workflow. Makers of
Kilo Code say their project is ultimately based on Cline, highlighting robust foundations. Makers of
VibeShift found it effortless for testing their MCP agent. Makers of
MakeHub.ai commend its Cline/Roo approach and industry influence. Users highlight plan mode for shaping tasks, seamless file-aware edits, faster refactors and debugging, and strong prototyping. Many report major productivity gains and consider it an essential daily tool.
Cline
👋 Hey Product Hunt - I’m Saoud, founder of Cline.
What we’re launching today 🚀
Cline started as a VS Code extension and is now used by more than 11 million developers. Today, we’re launching Cline Desktop, an early version of our open source app for open weight models.
It brings the same Cline agent harness into a dedicated workspace where you can run agents in parallel, automate recurring work, extend what Cline can do through the Marketplace, and import tasks from other coding agents to keep going in Cline.
Cline Desktop is available on Mac, with Windows in beta.
👉 Download Cline Desktop: https://cline.bot/desktop
Why Cline Desktop❓
As we started delegating more work to agents ourselves, we found that keeping track of multiple agents, tasks, and context gets difficult pretty quickly.
The IDE extension and CLI work well when you’re actively working alongside an agent. But as you delegate more work, we think there should be a better place to manage those tasks together.
We also want Cline to complement the tools you already use. We jump between models and agents too, so being able to import a task from Claude Code or Codex and continue it in Cline was important to us.
What you can do with Cline Desktop ✨
🔷 Choose the models and providers that work best for you, including 300+ models through Cline, open-weight models through ClinePass, local models, or your own API keys
🔷 Import tasks from Claude Code, Codex, and other supported agents and continue with the existing context
🔷 Run multiple agents in parallel across coding, research, and other work
🔷 Schedule recurring tasks like PR reviews, repo checks, and documentation updates
🔷 Discover and manage plugins, MCP servers, and skills through Cline’s Marketplace
🔷 Use web search and voice input to bring in outside context and give longer instructions
🔷 You can also start a task in Cline CLI or VS Code extension and pick it up again in the Desktop app.
Where we’re headed ✨
This is still an early version, and we want to learn how people use agents beyond the IDE and terminal.
We’re excited to share Cline Desktop with the Product Hunt community and would love your feedback on what works, what feels rough, and what you’d like us to build next.
@saoud_rizwan_cline Good luck!
Can users schedule different models for different tasks based on cost or performance?
The ability to run multiple agent sessions in one workspace sounds really useful. It could make handling coding tasks much easier.
I like that Cline isn’t locked to one model or provider. Having that flexibility feels important as open weight models keep improving.