ag-ui vs cline
ag-ui and cline share 14 technologies: React, PostHog, MCP, Tailwind CSS, next-themes, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, embla-carousel-react, Lucide, streamdown, Zod, ai, and yaml. ag-ui is written in Python and cline in TypeScript.
What they share and what sets them apart
ag-ui-protocol
ag-ui
AG-UI: the Agent-User Interaction Protocol. Bring Agents into Frontend Applications.
Python17.1kRead on November 7, 2026, at commit 37b4da9What is ag-ui built with?Only in ag-ui
- ASP.NET Core
- FastAPI
- Spring
- activity-compose
- AIOHTTP
- core-ktx
- java-server
- Tokio
uvicorn
- Next.js
- Express
- Hono
@mastra/libsql
go
- Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions
openai-agents
- spring-ai-bom
- spring-ai-client-chat
strands-agents
- Microsoft.Extensions.AI
google-adk
- ag-ui-a2ui-toolkit
- CrewAI
- google-antigravity
- LangChain
- LangGraph
litellm
- langroid
- coil-compose
- Pydantic
- io.ktor:ktor-client-logging
- slf4j-simple
- github.com/sirupsen/logrus
- log
- @a2ui/web_core
@copilotkit/react-ui
@monaco-editor/react
tiptap
- @phosphor-icons/react
copilotkit
mastra
@a2a-js/sdk
@langchain/openai
markdown-it
- zod-to-json-schema
@cfworker/json-schema
@strands-agents/sdk
- @omnara/sdk
@copilotkit/runtime
- Ajv
In common
cline
cline
Autonomous coding agent as an SDK, IDE extension, or CLI assistant.
TypeScript71.3kRead on November 5, 2026, at commit d3ecc48What is cline built with?Only in cline
- Vite
- SQLite
- Anthropic
OpenAI- OpenTUI
@clack/prompts
- chat
@agentclientprotocol/sdk
- pino
@shikijs/themes
- Base UI
- xyflow
sonner
- ansi-to-react
- cmdk
media-chrome
motion
- react-jsx-parser
recharts
- use-stick-to-bottom
tokenlens
shiki
- jwt-decode
- Cheerio
- exceljs
- js-yaml
- mammoth
- pdf-parse
- turndown
- opentelemetry
- styled-components
- HeroUI
- react-virtuoso
- Mermaid
- react-textarea-autosize
- dompurify
- react-markdown
rehype-highlight
- unist-util-visit
marked
rehype-parse
remark-gfm
- remark-stringify
unified
- skills
ai-sdk
- @opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node
langfuse
Side by side
ag-uicline
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
ag-ui879,462 lines written1,084 code files
cline888,033 lines written2,295 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
ag-ui22.7% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor
cline2.2% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Codex
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
ag-uiLast push November 6, 20263,939 commits17,052 stars
clineLast push November 5, 20267,646 commits71,315 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
ag-ui1,756 test files60.9% of its code files have a test that imports them
cline1,079 test files46.8% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, ag-ui or cline?
cline, with 888,033 lines written; ag-ui has 879,462.
The proof: cline/cline's code at commit d3ecc48
Which has more GitHub stars, ag-ui or cline?
cline, with 71,315 stars; ag-ui has 17,052.
The proof: cline/cline on GitHub
Which has more tests, ag-ui or cline?
ag-ui, with 1,756 test files; cline has 1,079.
Which was updated more recently, ag-ui or cline?
ag-ui: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and cline's on November 5, 2026.
The proof: ag-ui-protocol/ag-ui's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, ag-ui or cline?
ag-ui: an AI signed 22.7% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor; in cline, 2.2%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in ag-ui-protocol/ag-ui
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