Cline
startup San Francisco, California Founded 2024 1-10 employees
Cline is the maintainer of the open-source Cline (formerly Claude Dev) AI coding agent for VS Code, founded in 2024 by Saoud Rizwan. MIT-licensed. Over 1.5M extension installs as of April 2026.
About Cline
Cline is the company behind the open-source AI coding agent of the same name, founded in 2024 by Saoud Rizwan. The project was originally released as Claude Dev in 2024 before being renamed Cline. The Cline VS Code extension reached more than 1.5 million installs by April 2026 and the underlying repository remains MIT-licensed on GitHub at cline/cline.