# Install cline with Homebrew

AI-powered coding agent for complex work. Version 3.0.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-18.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:cline
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install cline
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:cline
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 3.0.3
- **Source summary:** AI-powered coding agent for complex work
- **Homepage:** <https://cline.bot>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-18T08:53:32-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- cline (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 3.0.3
## Project history and usage

Cline is an open source AI coding agent for IDE and terminal workflows. The official repository describes Cline as a coding agent in the IDE and terminal and organizes the project around a shared SDK, CLI, VS Code extension, JetBrains plugin, Kanban surface, and documentation.

### Project history

The GitHub repository was created in 2024 and the changelog records an initial 0.0.6 release followed by rapid VS Code extension iteration. Version 2.0 renamed the project to Cline and described it as an assistant that can use the CLI and editor; later releases added browser/computer-use style capabilities, model-provider breadth, MCP support, and shared agent infrastructure.

### Adoption history

Cline's adoption path differs from older Unix tools: it grew through editor marketplaces, npm, community channels, and then Homebrew for the CLI. The official README links the VS Code Marketplace, JetBrains Marketplace, npm installation for the CLI and SDK, Discord, Reddit, and documentation, while the batch input lists Homebrew as the package-manager distribution for this formula.

### How it is used

The CLI can run interactively, in one-shot mode, as JSON output, yolo/headless mode, or background hub mode. Official docs and README examples cover editing code across a project, running shell commands, Plan/Act mode, checkpoints, MCP servers, providers such as Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, OpenRouter, Bedrock, Vertex, and OpenAI-compatible APIs, plus scheduled and connector-driven agents.

### Why package nerds care

Cline is package-nerd significant because it shows an AI coding agent becoming a normal command-line package rather than only an editor extension. Its CLI packaging brings credentials, provider selection, MCP servers, plugins, schedules, and headless automation into shell workflows where package managers can install and update the agent like other developer tools.

### Timeline

- 2024: cline/cline GitHub repository created and changelog records initial 0.0.6 release.
- 2024: Version 2.0 changelog announces the Cline rename and CLI/editor assistant positioning.
- 2026: CLI 3.0.x changelog shows active terminal-agent releases, plugin/MCP work, Cline Hub, connectors, and provider updates.
- 2026: Version 4.0.0 changelog describes migration to a shared SDK-backed VS Code extension runtime.

### Related projects

- Officially related surfaces include the Cline CLI, VS Code extension, JetBrains plugin, Cline SDK, Cline Kanban, and Cline plugins. Functionally, it belongs to the same package-manager category as terminal coding agents, editor AI assistants, MCP clients, and OpenAI-compatible provider tooling.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/cline/cline#readme>
- <https://github.com/cline/cline/blob/main/apps/cli/README.md>
- <https://github.com/cline/cline/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md>
- <https://github.com/cline/cline/blob/main/apps/cli/CHANGELOG.md>
- <https://docs.cline.bot/>


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for cline. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.



## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.cline/, ~/.cline/data/settings/providers.json, ~/.cline/data/settings/global-settings.json, ~/.cline/data/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json, .cline/, .clineignore

## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.cline/data/settings/providers.json

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cline.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/cline.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
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