On 2026-09-24 Cline shipped Desktop v0.0.35 with first-party Linux x64 .deb/.rpm beside macOS/Windows (no AppImage yet), GTK folder picker, background updates applied on Restart now, real plugin slash-command handlers, redacted Diagnostics export, and compact-and-retry when local models hit output-token limits.
Key Takeaways
- ✓Linux packages: amd64 .deb and x86_64 .rpm on the desktop-v0.0.35 release; no AppImage yet
- ✓Plugin slash commands run real handlers; a broken plugin no longer breaks every slash prompt
- ✓Diagnostics Export strips keys, credential-shaped values, prompts, and home path for safe issue reports
- ✓Local open-weight replies that hit output-token caps compact once and retry instead of failing the run
- ✓Catalog at 6,386 models; 19 provider defaults move, 11 of them to Claude Opus 5.5
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Core Background & Industry Pain Points
Desktop coding agents skew macOS/Windows; Linux users relied on unofficial builds or IDEs. Cline’s Desktop launch targets open-weight workflows; v0.0.35 finally ships official Linux x64 packages.
Architecture Highlights & Internals
Each release now includes .deb/.rpm, GTK folder picking, and background updates applied only on Restart now. Plugin slash commands run registered handlers; Diagnostics Export redacts secrets before writing a support file. Local open-weight turns that hit output caps compact and retry once.
Benchmarks & Measured Numbers
No new SWE-/Terminal-Bench numbers in this tag. Verified assets: Cline_0.0.35_amd64.deb and Cline_0.0.35_x86_64.rpm; catalog cited at 6,386 models; hub wait extended to 15s (Windows first-launch scan 8–13s).
Developer Getting Started
Grab packages from the GitHub release or cline.bot/desktop. Pin models if you sit on one of the 19 providers whose defaults moved (11 to Opus 5.5). Use Diagnostics Export for issue reports.
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