Cline officially launched Cline Desktop (macOS/Windows beta), a native desktop UI for open-weight models via ClinePass (DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash, Musespark-1.3, and other free models) or BYOK with any provider. It can import sessions from Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode, plus scheduled agent runs, a marketplace for plugins/MCP/skills, web search, and voice input at cline.bot/desktop.

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  • ✓Official desktop beta: native UI for open-weight models on macOS/Windows.
  • ✓ClinePass free models include DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash and Musespark-1.3; BYOK supported.
  • ✓Imports Claude Code/Codex/OpenCode sessions; scheduled runs plus MCP/skills marketplace.
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