Cline
Data confidence: HighAI coding assistant with full codebase understanding.
Founded by: Alexandre L.
Cline has a Developer Momentum Index of 26, ranking #13 of 262 companies. Key metrics include 861.2K monthly package downloads, 58.7K GitHub stars.
Developer Adoption
Developer Adoption
Package downloads and ecosystem metrics, 30-day window
Active Contributors Trend
github contributors remained stable at 27 over the last 90 days.
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| Date | github contributors |
|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2026 | 27 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | 27 |
npm Dependents Trend
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npm Download Trend
npm Downloads remained stable at 861,243 over the last 90 days.
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| Date | npm downloads |
|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2026 | 861,243 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | 861,243 |
Key Signals
Developer Community Metrics
Metrics computed from HN discussion, GitHub activity, and funding data.
Category Benchmark
21 Code Generation companies30-Day Trends
npm Downloads
npm Downloads remained stable at 861,243 over the last 90 days.
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| Date | npm downloads |
|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2026 | 861,243 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | 861,243 |
GitHub Stars
GitHub Stars grew from 57,704 to 58,709 (+1.7%) over the last 90 days.
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| Date | github stars |
|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2026 | 57,704 |
| Feb 7, 2026 | 57,896 |
| Feb 8, 2026 | 57,977 |
| Feb 9, 2026 | 58,027 |
| Feb 10, 2026 | 58,056 |
| Feb 12, 2026 | 58,157 |
| Feb 13, 2026 | 58,166 |
| Feb 14, 2026 | 58,199 |
| Feb 15, 2026 | 58,222 |
| Feb 16, 2026 | 58,252 |
| Feb 17, 2026 | 58,288 |
| Feb 19, 2026 | 58,393 |
| Feb 21, 2026 | 58,495 |
| Feb 22, 2026 | 58,519 |
| Feb 23, 2026 | 58,554 |
| Feb 24, 2026 | 58,562 |
| Feb 25, 2026 | 58,605 |
| Feb 26, 2026 | 58,643 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | 58,699 |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 58,709 |
HN Mentions
HN Mentions grew from 30 to 72 (+140.0%) over the last 90 days.
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| Date | hn mentions |
|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2026 | 30 |
| Jan 9, 2026 | 28 |
| Jan 10, 2026 | 28 |
| Jan 15, 2026 | 29 |
| Jan 16, 2026 | 28 |
| Jan 17, 2026 | 29 |
| Jan 18, 2026 | 30 |
| Jan 20, 2026 | 38 |
| Jan 21, 2026 | 39 |
| Jan 22, 2026 | 41 |
| Jan 23, 2026 | 41 |
| Jan 24, 2026 | 45 |
| Jan 25, 2026 | 44 |
| Jan 27, 2026 | 47 |
| Jan 29, 2026 | 48 |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 48 |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 48 |
| Feb 1, 2026 | 49 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | 50 |
| Feb 3, 2026 | 53 |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 71 |
| Feb 5, 2026 | 72 |
According to AI-Buzz, Cline has 861,243 npm downloads in 30 days, with 27 active contributors in 30 days, with 26 npm dependent packages, ranks #5 in Code Generation for HN discussion share (out of 21 tracked with 4.6% of HN discussion), with 0% positive developer sentiment (73 HN comments analyzed).
Source: https://www.ai-buzz.com/companies/cline?utm_source=citation&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cite_this_data
Metrics derived from public APIs (HN Algolia, GitHub, npm/PyPI). Sentiment classified by AI. See methodology for details →
About
About
Description
AI coding assistant with full codebase understanding.
Estimated Company Size
1 - 10 employees
Website
cline.shDetails
Founded
2024
Description
Cline is an AI coding assistant that understands your entire codebase. Provides context-aware code suggestions and explanations.
Products & Tools
Cline
AI coding assistant with full codebase understanding. Provides context-aware code suggestions and explanations.
Data Confidence
ExcellentReflects profile completeness, metric freshness, and signal coverage.
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