Cline makes the case for an open AI coding harness

Cline Bot is pushing an open-source AI coding harness that lets users pick cheaper open-weight models instead of frontier ones. Token consumption grew 20x in four months, and the company launched Cline Desktop, an open-source app for open-weight models.

• Cline's token consumption grew 20x over four months
• Company open-sourced evaluations for open-weight agents
• Cline Desktop launched as an open-source app for open-weight models
• Much of its inference runs on CoreWeave's serverless platform