Cline leads by 34,512 stars · measured
readings plus reconstructed growth
As of 2026-10-24, Cline has 70,822 GitHub stars and
Continue has 36,310, a gap of 34,512.
Over the 90 days measured from 2026-07-01 to today, Cline grew +10.4% against Continue at +3.9%.
Where they stand
Cline
Continue
GitHub stars
70,822
36,310
Forks
7,733
5,514
Open issues
1,703
868
Read at
2026-10-24
2026-10-24
Both counts were read from the GitHub REST API;
each links to its own provenance page below.
Growth over time
Window
Cline
Continue
30 days
+5.0%
+1.7%
90 days
+10.4%
+3.9%
180 days
+18.5%
+11.6%
365 days
+38.9%
+24.6%
Growth is reconstructed from dated Wayback
Machine captures of each repository page, never interpolated. A missing row means no capture fell
close enough to that window to state a figure honestly.
Which way the gap is moving
No rank crossover between these two in the last 90 days.
Between 2026-07-01 and the current reading, Cline gained 6,678 stars and Continue gained 1,372. Over that window the gap widened by 5,306 stars, from 29,206 to 34,512.
A star count measures attention, not quality, adoption or
satisfaction. A repository with fewer stars can be the better tool, and a fast-growing one can be
growing for reasons unrelated to merit. Nothing here is a recommendation, and the arithmetic in
"which way the gap is moving" is not a prediction.