Cline debuts Kanban for local parallel CLI coding agents

Cline's Kanban runs multiple CLI agents in parallel with isolated git worktrees. Free, open source, no account required.

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Cline has launched Cline Kanban, a free browser-based orchestration interface that lets developers run multiple coding agents in parallel from the root of any git repository. It requires Node.js 18+ and an API key from any supported provider, including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Mistral, or free models can be used instead. The tool is now live as part of the Cline CLI and installs via npm i -g cline.

Each task card on the board is assigned its own dedicated terminal and ephemeral git worktree, managed automatically. This setup allows multiple agents to work on separate branches simultaneously without interfering with each other. Developers can view a real-time diff of every change next to the agent's terminal interface and leave inline comments as they would during a code review. When the work is ready, hitting Commit or Open PR prompts the agent to convert the worktree into a clean commit or pull request branch, resolving any merge conflicts in the process.

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Cline designed the tool to work with Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, and Cline, with more agents coming soon. The premise is that sequential single-agent workflows leave throughput on the table. With task cards linked through dependency chains, the completion of one task automatically triggers the next, so an API endpoint test only fires once the schema migration it depends on is done. The tool also supports Linear ticket import, turning an entire sprint backlog into agent tasks in a single step without copy-pasting descriptions into prompts.

Cline is the team behind the VS Code extension and CLI of the same name, trusted by over five million developers. The organization released Cline CLI 2.0 in February 2026, introducing parallel execution and headless CI/CD capabilities to the terminal. Cline Kanban is the next layer in that direction: a visual command center for coordinating agents at scale rather than managing them one terminal window at a time. The interface runs entirely locally and remains agent-agnostic, with a built-in git view covering commit history, branch management, fetch, pull, and push without leaving the app.

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The release comes as agent orchestration becomes an increasingly competitive space, with tools like Vibe Kanban, Gas Town, and Code Conductor all addressing the same core challenge of coordinating multiple agents across a codebase. Cline's approach keeps configuration overhead low and the entire experience local. The project ships as a beta release, and the team is actively looking for feedback as the product evolves.