Registry › Compare › Bernstein vs Cline

Bernstein vs Cline

Both are Grade A and 4.0 points apart, so choose on what you weigh most. Bernstein leads on supply-chain integrity and transparency; Cline leads on adoption and rests on broader evidence.

A Bernstein 88.2

The open-source governance layer for AI agents: write the rules declaratively, Bernstein enforces them and produces the verifiable, replayable record. Free, Apache-2.0. https://bernstein.run

sipyourdrink-ltd/bernstein · #57 overall · #5 Coding Agents · coverage B (3/5)

Choose Bernstein if supply-chain integrity and transparency matter most.

+1.2Safety / Integrity: 100% of recent commits signed, against 93%
+0.5Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 7.0 against 6.3

A Cline 92.2

Autonomous coding agent as an SDK, IDE extension, or CLI assistant.

cline/cline · #10 overall · #1 Coding Agents · coverage A (4/5)

Choose Cline if adoption matters most.

+6.6Adoption: 5.9M weekly downloads against 26.8k
A vs BEvidence coverage: 4 of 5 independent signal types, against 3

Where they differ

21.2

Safety / IntegrityBernstein +1.2

20.0

14.4

TransparencyBernstein +0.5

13.9

19.9

MaintenanceCline +0.1

20.0

13.4

AdoptionCline +6.6

20.0

+1.3

Runtime calibrationBernstein +1.0

+0.3

1 dimension identical: Identity 18.0 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Bernstein and Cline, two Coding Agents projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.

Full evidence

Signal	Bernsteinsipyourdrink-ltd/bernstein	Clinecline/cline
HVTrust score	88.2	92.2
Evidence grade	A	A
Coverage grade	B	A
Overall rank	#57	#10
Rank in Coding Agents	#5	#1
GitHub stars	1.3k	71.2k
Last updated	1d ago	today
Build provenance	Yes	Yes
OSSF Scorecard	7.0 / 10	6.3 / 10
License	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Downloads	27k/wk	5.9M/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	21.2	20.0
Identity & provenance / 18	18.0	18.0
Transparency / 17	14.4	13.9
Maintenance / 20	19.9	20.0
Adoption / 20	13.4	20.0
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Implemented	Declared
External providers	3 — Amazon Bedrock, E2B, OpenAI	—
Requires API keys	Yes	Yes
Plugin surface	plugins	plugins
Provenance drift	Match	Match

Open in the live compare tool → Bernstein profile Cline profile More Coding Agents →

How to read this: HVTrust (0–100) weighs supply-chain signals (provenance, OSSF Scorecard, signed commits, open license) alongside real-world adoption, scaled by an evidence-confidence factor. Grade bands: A ≥ 80, B ≥ 65, C ≥ 50, D < 50. Signals refresh daily. Full methodology v4.4 →