Is Cline A Good Alternative To Cursor?

With all the mess that Cursor is currently in, does Cline offer a cheaper and better user experience for vibe coders?

Cursor, one of the most popular vibe coding IDEs in the past few years, somehow managed to turn its loyal customers into haters because of one mistake.

Don’t believe me? Go to their subreddit or search for cursor on X and you’ll see what I mean.

Users are unsubscribing from the platform and looking for cheaper, more trustworthy alternatives. In the past couple of days, I’ve been exploring a few options, and one that caught my attention is Cline.

In this guide, I’ll walk you through how to set up Cline, show some examples of how it works, and weigh in on the pros and cons to help you decide whether it’s a good alternative to Cursor or not.

Let’s get started.

What is Cline?