# Cline Desktop

> Cline Desktop is an officially published AI tool from Cline. Anomity scores its risk at 10 out of 100 (low).

- **Canonical URL:** https://catalog.anomity.ai/agent/cline-desktop
- **Kind:** AI tool
- **Publisher:** Cline
- **Trust level:** official
- **Risk score:** 10/100 (low)
- **Website:** https://cline.bot/desktop
- **Last updated:** 2026-11-01
- **JSON:** https://catalog.anomity.ai/api/entries/agent/cline-desktop

## Description

Native macOS, Windows and Linux desktop coding agent app; shares the ~/.cline harness with the CLI and IDE extension

## Why it scored 10

The score starts at the catalog's neutral base of 50 and moves only through the signals below. The formula is published at https://catalog.anomity.ai/about — there is no model and no hidden heuristic.

| Signal | Contribution | Severity | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Published by the vendor | -40 | trust offset |  |

Clamped result: **10/100**, band **low**.

## Configuration surface

Files this tool reads on the host. Anything written here changes what the agent does next.

- `cline-desktop-app` — Installed application (presence)
    - darwin: `/Applications/Cline.app/Contents/Info.plist`
- `cline-desktop-data` — Shared ~/.cline/data harness directory (presence; MCP/providers surface under Cline CLI)
- `cline-desktop-win-install` — Installed Windows app (presence)
    - win32: `${LOCALAPPDATA}\Cline\cline-app.exe`
- `cline-desktop-linux-package` — Installed Linux package binary (presence)
    - linux: `/usr/bin/cline-app`

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Source: Anomity Security Database (https://catalog.anomity.ai/). Scoring methodology: https://catalog.anomity.ai/about. Machine-readable index: https://catalog.anomity.ai/llms.txt · https://catalog.anomity.ai/openapi.json