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title: "Cline: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "An open-source AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, and the command line. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/cline"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Cline: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

An open-source AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, and the command line. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Brand**: Cline
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among AI coding tools**: 1.6%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AI coding tools | 6 | 1.6% | 197K |

- [AI coding tools](/demand/global-en/categories/ai-coding-tools)

## How has branded search demand for Cline changed worldwide over the last 12 months?

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Cline worldwide rose from 136K to 197K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Cline’s estimated Share of Search among AI coding tools worldwide peaked at 1.9% in November 2025 and was lowest at 0.85% in April 2026.

## How did search popularity change for AI coding tools worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Cursor gained estimated Share of Search among AI coding tools worldwide, from 20.7% to 23.7%.
- In August 2026, GitHub Copilot gained estimated Share of Search among AI coding tools worldwide, from 4.8% to 5.4%.
- In August 2026, OpenAI Codex lost estimated Share of Search among AI coding tools worldwide, from 38.3% to 35.9%.
- In August 2026, Claude Code lost estimated Share of Search among AI coding tools worldwide, from 30.8% to 29.5%.
- Cline’s estimated Share of Search among AI coding tools worldwide has gained ground for 3 months in a row, from 0.88% to 1.6% in August 2026.
- Windsurf’s estimated Share of Search among AI coding tools worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 4.5% to 3.7% in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | AI coding tools | 136K | 1.8% | 6 |
| Nov 2025 | AI coding tools | 132K | 1.9% | 6 |
| Dec 2025 | AI coding tools | 110K | 1.6% | 6 |
| Jan 2026 | AI coding tools | 131K | 1.2% | 6 |
| Feb 2026 | AI coding tools | 139K | 1% | 6 |
| Mar 2026 | AI coding tools | 164K | 0.92% | 6 |
| Apr 2026 | AI coding tools | 164K | 0.85% | 6 |
| May 2026 | AI coding tools | 162K | 0.88% | 6 |
| Jun 2026 | AI coding tools | 168K | 1% | 6 |
| Jul 2026 | AI coding tools | 160K | 1.1% | 6 |
| Aug 2026 | AI coding tools | 197K | 1.6% | 6 |
| Sep 2026 | AI coding tools | — | — | — |

## How is Cline measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Cline’s name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- “Cline”
- “cline agent”
- “cline ai”
- “cline ai agent”
- “cline ai coding”
- “cline ai vscode”
- “cline bot”
- “cline bot inc”
- “cline cli”
- “cline code”
- “cline coding”
- “cline dev”
- “cline extension”
- “cline vscode”
- “cline.bot”

## Which AI coding tools compete with Cline?

- [OpenAI Codex](/demand/global-en/brands/openai-codex)
- [Claude Code](/demand/global-en/brands/claude-code): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/claude-code-vs-cline
- [Cursor](/demand/global-en/brands/cursor): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/cline-vs-cursor
- [GitHub Copilot](/demand/global-en/brands/github-copilot): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/cline-vs-github-copilot
- [Windsurf](/demand/global-en/brands/windsurf): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/cline-vs-windsurf
- [Factory](/demand/global-en/brands/factory-ai): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/cline-vs-factory-ai

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

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