Cline
Open-source autonomous coding agent inside VS Code.
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Cline vs Tongyi Lingma
Cline (Cline) and Tongyi Lingma (Alibaba) both sit in Coding. Tongyi Lingma shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (9 vs 0). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Cline Cline | Tongyi Lingma Alibaba |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Coding | Coding |
| Version | v3 | 2.0 |
| Entry cost | Free client, bring your own model key | Free to use for individuals, enterprise plans offer free onboarding/trials. |
| Pricing tiers | — | Individual Plan / 个人版 free · Enterprise Plan / 企业版 free |
| Model stack | Claude Sonnet 4.5 · Gemini 2.5 Pro | Qwen · Qwen3-Coder · Tongyi Qianwen · Tongyi Qwen |
| Context window | — | 1M tokens (repo indexing) |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 0 | 9 |
| Origin | Global | China |
| Capabilities | Plan/act modes, MCP tools, Terminal control | Agent mode, Repo-level context, Unit test generation, Qoder IDE, Code completion, AI chat, Multi-file editing, Image to code |
Tongyi Lingma
IDE plugin plus agent mode built on Qwen-Coder, widely deployed inside Chinese enterprises.
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