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Cline vs Qwen Code

Both are Grade A and 2.4 points apart, so choose on what you weigh most. Cline leads on transparency and adoption.

A Cline 91.6

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

cline/cline · #12 overall · #1 Coding Agents · coverage A (4/5)

Choose Cline if transparency and adoption matter most.

+3.0Adoption: 5.7M weekly downloads against 50.9k
+0.8Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 6.3 against 5.4

A Qwen Code 89.2

An open-source AI coding agent that lives in your terminal.

QwenLM/qwen-code · #34 overall · #5 Coding Agents · coverage A (4/5)

Qwen Code doesn't lead on any scored dimension in this pair.

Where they differ

13.9

TransparencyCline +0.8

13.1

20.0

AdoptionCline +3.0

17.0

+0.5

Runtime calibrationQwen Code +1.4

+1.9

3 dimensions identical: Safety 19.2 · Identity 18.0 · Maintenance 20.0 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Cline and Qwen Code, 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	Clinecline/cline	Qwen CodeQwenLM/qwen-code
HVTrust score	91.6	89.2
Evidence grade	A	A
Coverage grade	A	A
Overall rank	#12	#34
Rank in Coding Agents	#1	#5
GitHub stars	70.5k	28.6k
Last updated	today	today
Build provenance	Yes	Yes
OSSF Scorecard	6.3 / 10	5.4 / 10
License	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Downloads	5.7M/wk	51k/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	19.2	19.2
Identity & provenance / 18	18.0	18.0
Transparency / 17	13.9	13.1
Maintenance / 20	20.0	20.0
Adoption / 20	20.0	17.0
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Declared	Implemented
External providers	—	3 — Anthropic, Google Gemini, OpenAI
Requires API keys	Yes	No
Plugin surface	plugins	extensions
Provenance drift	Match	Match

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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 →