Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/AndyMik90/Aperant/vs/cline/cline
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/AndyMik90/Aperant/vs/cline/cline.md
Description: Aperant and cline share 17 technologies: Vite, React, SQLite, Anthropic, OpenAI, MCP, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, motion, Lucide, ai, ai-sdk, react-markdown, remark-gfm, and Zod. Both are written in TypeScript.

# Aperant vs cline

Aperant and cline share 17 technologies: Vite, React, SQLite, Anthropic, OpenAI, MCP, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, motion, Lucide, ai, ai-sdk, react-markdown, remark-gfm, and Zod. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [AndyMik90/Aperant](https://seerepo.com/r/AndyMik90/Aperant): Autonomous multi-session AI coding
- [cline/cline](https://seerepo.com/r/cline/cline): Autonomous coding agent as an SDK, IDE extension, or CLI assistant.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Vite, React, SQLite, Anthropic, OpenAI, MCP, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, motion, Lucide, ai, ai-sdk, react-markdown, remark-gfm, Zod
- Only in Aperant: Sentry, Electron, dnd-kit, xterm, TanStack, OpenRouter, @tavily/core, rehype-raw, rehype-sanitize, electron-log
- Only in cline: PostHog, OpenTUI, @clack/prompts, chat, @agentclientprotocol/sdk, yaml, pino, @shikijs/themes, next-themes, Base UI, xyflow, sonner, ansi-to-react, cmdk, embla-carousel-react, media-chrome, react-jsx-parser, recharts, use-stick-to-bottom, tokenlens, shiki, streamdown, jwt-decode, Cheerio, exceljs, js-yaml, mammoth, pdf-parse, turndown, opentelemetry, styled-components, HeroUI, react-virtuoso, Mermaid, react-textarea-autosize, dompurify, rehype-highlight, unist-util-visit, marked, rehype-parse, remark-stringify, unified, skills, @opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node, langfuse

## Side by side

| | Aperant | cline |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 317,392 lines written, 912 code files | 888,033 lines written, 2,295 code files |
| Who writes it | 63.3% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, Factory, and CodeRabbit | 2.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Codex |
| Activity | Last push June 14, 2026, 1,025 commits, 14,597 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 7,646 commits, 71,315 stars |
| Tests | 232 test files. 24.6% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,079 test files. 46.8% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, Aperant or cline?

cline, with 888,033 lines written; Aperant has 317,392.

The proof: [cline/cline's code at commit d3ecc48](https://github.com/cline/cline/tree/d3ecc4890e8f9bcb77182b96c77fa90575e8e145)

### Which has more GitHub stars, Aperant or cline?

cline, with 71,315 stars; Aperant has 14,597.

The proof: [cline/cline on GitHub](https://github.com/cline/cline)

### Which has more tests, Aperant or cline?

cline, with 1,079 test files; Aperant has 232.

The proof: [cline/cline's code at commit d3ecc48](https://github.com/cline/cline/tree/d3ecc4890e8f9bcb77182b96c77fa90575e8e145)

### Which was updated more recently, Aperant or cline?

cline: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and Aperant's on June 14, 2026.

The proof: [cline/cline's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/cline/cline/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, Aperant or cline?

Aperant: an AI signed 63.3% of its commits, with Claude Code, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, Factory, and CodeRabbit; in cline, 2.2%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in AndyMik90/Aperant](https://seerepo.com/r/AndyMik90/Aperant/ai)

## Sources

- AndyMik90/Aperant: Read on November 9, 2026, at commit 20250db (https://github.com/AndyMik90/Aperant/tree/20250db069a849ab001ac6ab9e3e9779886ab9e2)
- cline/cline: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit d3ecc48 (https://github.com/cline/cline/tree/d3ecc4890e8f9bcb77182b96c77fa90575e8e145)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.