Cline Desktop 0.0.49 adds diffs, files and a terminal
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Summary
Cline adds session diffs, a local/SSH file viewer, an integrated terminal and local-model settings, alongside SDK and CLI reliability changes.
- Tool
- Cline
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- Coding agents
- Date
- Pricing
- Not stated in the sources we cited.
Cline published Desktop 0.0.49 on October 26, 2026, alongside SDK 0.2.0 and CLI 3.0.74. This entry groups the same-day desktop, SDK and CLI releases.
What changed
The desktop app gains a Changes pane for the last turn or whole session, with per-file diffs. A project-files panel adds a read-only tabbed viewer, Git status and a File/Diff toggle for edited files. The file panel works with local and SSH environments. An integrated terminal opens beneath the conversation.
A Local Models settings page manages Ollama and LM Studio models, with setup guidance, storage details and a memory-usage chip. Keybindings are configurable, and pull-request status moves into a header menu.
Shared runtime changes
Opening a task already running in another Cline app now attaches to that run instead of starting another. The SDK and CLI notes also describe better recovery after reasoning-only connection failures and changes to compaction estimates.
These are workflow and reliability changes; the notes do not establish a coding-quality improvement. Local-model support does not remove hardware requirements or establish the license of each model. See the Cline hub.
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Questions
What is Cline?
Cline is a coding agent. The GitHub repository cline/cline describes it as an autonomous coding agent available as an SDK, an IDE extension, or a CLI assistant. The LICENSE file is Apache-2.0.
What are Cline alternatives?
OpenCode, Aider, and Goose are the alternatives linked from this page. OpenCode is MIT-licensed. Aider and Goose are Apache-2.0.
Is Cline open source?
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