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Devin vs Cline

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Signal	Devin	Cline
Tagline	An AI software engineer for planning and executing complex engineering work with human oversight.	An open-source coding agent that works inside Visual Studio Code.
Category	Developer tools	Developer tools
Pricing	Paid	Open source
Platforms	Web, Desktop, CLI	Windows, macOS, Linux
Features	Autonomous execution of multi-step engineering tasks Integrations with repositories, issue trackers, chat, and observability tools	Tool-using coding workflow Model-provider and approval controls
Tags	Coding	Coding, Open source
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An AI software engineer for planning and executing complex engineering work with human oversight.

Devin is an AI software engineer from Cognition that can plan and execute engineering tasks such as migrations, refactors, pull-request review, documentation, testing, issue triage, and scheduled maintenance across connected development tools.

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Choose Cline when

An open-source coding agent that works inside Visual Studio Code.

Cline is an open-source coding agent that works inside Visual Studio Code. Its reviewed product surface includes tool-using coding workflow and model-provider and approval controls. The primary documented workflow is to plan and execute repository changes with explicit developer review.

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