Cline vs Continue for MCP servers
Cline and Continue differ in 5 of 10 facts: publisher, kind, headers for remote servers, server config, servers that work in it.
| Fact | Cline | Continue |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher | Cline Bot Inc. | Continue Dev, Inc. |
| Kind | Editor extension, Terminal, Desktop app | Editor extension, Terminal |
| Runs on | macOS, Windows, Linux | macOS, Windows, Linux |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Connects to | Local (stdio), Remote (HTTP), Remote (SSE) | Local (stdio), Remote (HTTP), Remote (SSE) |
| Headers for remote servers | Yes | No |
| Server config | cline_mcp_settings.json (MCP Servers › Configure › Configure MCP Servers) | ~/.continue/config.yaml |
| Servers that work in it | 123,045 | 119,794 |
| What we checked | Matches the official docs | Matches the official docs |
| Add a server | In Cline | In Continue |
From each client's own documentation and site, as linked on its page. The server counts are today's install configs that work in each.