Rename desktop app from "Cline Code" to "Cline" (#13401)

* Rename desktop app from Cline Code to Cline

Co-authored-by: Saoud Rizwan <saoudrizwan@users.noreply.github.com>

* Format touched Rust test assertions

Co-authored-by: Saoud Rizwan <saoudrizwan@users.noreply.github.com>

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Co-authored-by: Saoud Rizwan <saoudrizwan@users.noreply.github.com>

.cline/skills/publish-desktop/SKILL.md

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 ---
 name: publish-desktop
-description: Use when preparing, tagging, and publishing a Cline Code desktop app (apps/examples/desktop-app) release — stable (desktop-vX.Y.Z from main) or beta (desktop-vX.Y.Z-beta.N from desktop-experimental, shipped as the side-by-side "Cline Code Beta" app). Guides changelog drafting, version bumps in package.json + tauri.conf.json, tagging, and the desktop-publish GitHub workflow that builds, signs, notarizes, and updates the per-channel auto-update feed.
+description: Use when preparing, tagging, and publishing a Cline desktop app (apps/examples/desktop-app) release — stable (desktop-vX.Y.Z from main) or beta (desktop-vX.Y.Z-beta.N from desktop-experimental, shipped as the side-by-side "Cline Beta" app). Guides changelog drafting, version bumps in package.json + tauri.conf.json, tagging, and the desktop-publish GitHub workflow that builds, signs, notarizes, and updates the per-channel auto-update feed.
 ---
 
 # Desktop App Release
 
-Use this skill when the user asks to release the desktop app, publish Cline Code, cut a desktop beta, bump the desktop version, create a `desktop-vX.Y.Z` (or `desktop-vX.Y.Z-beta.N`) tag, or trigger the desktop publish workflow.
+Use this skill when the user asks to release the desktop app, publish the Cline desktop app, cut a desktop beta, bump the desktop version, create a `desktop-vX.Y.Z` (or `desktop-vX.Y.Z-beta.N`) tag, or trigger the desktop publish workflow.
 
 > Working directory: run every command below from the repository root.
 
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ Desktop releases are macOS-only today (a single signed + notarized universal DMG
 ## Release contract
 
 - Two channels, one workflow (`channel` input on `desktop-publish.yml`):
-  - **stable** — tag `desktop-vX.Y.Z` (no suffix; the workflow rejects prerelease suffixes on this channel), cut from `main`, feeds the rolling `desktop-latest` release, ships as "Cline Code".
-  - **beta** — tag `desktop-vX.Y.Z-beta.N`, cut from `desktop-experimental`, feeds the rolling `desktop-beta` release, ships as "Cline Code Beta" (separate bundle identifier `bot.cline.app.beta`; installs side by side with stable). Built with the extra `src-tauri/tauri.beta.conf.json` overlay. Process background: `apps/examples/desktop-app/EXPERIMENTAL.md`.
+  - **stable** — tag `desktop-vX.Y.Z` (no suffix; the workflow rejects prerelease suffixes on this channel), cut from `main`, feeds the rolling `desktop-latest` release, ships as "Cline".
+  - **beta** — tag `desktop-vX.Y.Z-beta.N`, cut from `desktop-experimental`, feeds the rolling `desktop-beta` release, ships as "Cline Beta" (separate bundle identifier `bot.cline.app.beta`; installs side by side with stable). Built with the extra `src-tauri/tauri.beta.conf.json` overlay. Process background: `apps/examples/desktop-app/EXPERIMENTAL.md`.
 - Version sources (must match each other and the tag): `apps/examples/desktop-app/package.json` and `apps/examples/desktop-app/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json`. (`src-tauri/Cargo.toml` has its own version but `tauri.conf.json` overrides it; no need to touch it.)
 - Beta versions are prereleases of the **next** stable: stable `0.0.13` → betas `0.0.14-beta.1`, `-beta.2`, … Once a stable ≥ the beta base ships, the next beta bumps its base (`0.0.15-beta.1`).
 - Release prep includes approved release notes, the version bumps, and an `apps/examples/desktop-app/CHANGELOG.md` update — committed on `main` for stable, on `desktop-experimental` for beta.

.github/workflows/desktop-publish.yml

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
               fi
               ANCESTOR_REF=main
               FEED=desktop-latest
-              PRODUCT="Cline Code"
+              PRODUCT="Cline"
               ;;
             beta)
               if ! printf "%s\n" "$TAG" | grep -Eq '^desktop-v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-beta\.[0-9]+$'; then
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
               fi
               ANCESTOR_REF=desktop-experimental
               FEED=desktop-beta
-              PRODUCT="Cline Code Beta"
+              PRODUCT="Cline Beta"
               ;;
             *)
               echo "unknown channel: ${CHANNEL}"
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ jobs:
           OUT="dist/publish"
           mkdir -p "$OUT"
 
-          # "Cline Code" -> Cline-Code, "Cline Code Beta" -> Cline-Code-Beta
+          # "Cline" -> Cline, "Cline Beta" -> Cline-Beta
           PREFIX="${PRODUCT// /-}"
 
           DMG=$(find "$BUNDLE_DIR/dmg" -name '*.dmg' -print -quit)
@@ -607,14 +607,14 @@ jobs:
           if ! gh release view "$FEED" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
             if [ "$CHANNEL" = "beta" ]; then
               gh release create "$FEED" \
-                --title "Cline Code desktop beta (auto-update feed)" \
+                --title "Cline desktop beta (auto-update feed)" \
                 --notes "Rolling release backing the beta desktop app auto-updater. The latest.json asset points at the newest desktop-vX.Y.Z-beta.N release. Only beta installs poll this feed; stable installs use desktop-latest. Do not delete." \
                 --latest=false \
                 --prerelease \
                 --target "$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
             else
               gh release create "$FEED" \
-                --title "Cline Code desktop (auto-update feed)" \
+                --title "Cline desktop (auto-update feed)" \
                 --notes "Rolling release backing the desktop app auto-updater. The latest.json asset points at the newest desktop-vX.Y.Z release. Do not delete." \
                 --latest=false \
                 --target "$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ jobs:
           TAG: ${{ needs.validate.outputs.tag }}
           FEED: ${{ needs.validate.outputs.feed }}
         run: |
-          echo "Published Cline Code desktop v${VERSION}"
+          echo "Published Cline desktop v${VERSION}"
           echo "Release: https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/releases/tag/${TAG}"
           echo "Auto-update feed refreshed: https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/releases/download/${FEED}/latest.json"
 
@@ -639,12 +639,12 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.SLACK_RELEASE_BOT_TOKEN }}
           payload: |
             channel: "C0APVKGGZFC"
-            text: "Cline Code desktop v${{ needs.validate.outputs.version }}${{ needs.validate.outputs.channel == 'beta' && ' (beta)' || '' }}"
+            text: "Cline desktop v${{ needs.validate.outputs.version }}${{ needs.validate.outputs.channel == 'beta' && ' (beta)' || '' }}"
             blocks:
               - type: "section"
                 text:
                   type: "mrkdwn"
-                  text: "Cline Code desktop v${{ needs.validate.outputs.version }}${{ needs.validate.outputs.channel == 'beta' && ' (beta)' || '' }}"
+                  text: "Cline desktop v${{ needs.validate.outputs.version }}${{ needs.validate.outputs.channel == 'beta' && ' (beta)' || '' }}"
               - type: "section"
                 text:
                   type: "mrkdwn"

apps/cline-hub/src/server/session-mapping.ts

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ function summarizeClient(client: TrackedClient): {
 		normalizedType === "code-sidecar-observer" ||
 		normalizedType === "code-sidecar-list"
 	) {
-		return { key: "code-app", label: "Code App", name: "Code App" };
+		return { key: "code-app", label: "Cline Desktop", name: "Cline Desktop" };
 	}
 	return {
 		key: client.clientId,

apps/examples/desktop-app/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Cline Code Desktop Changelog
+# Cline Desktop Changelog
 
 ## 0.0.14
 

apps/examples/desktop-app/EXPERIMENTAL.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Desktop Experimental Branch & Beta Channel
 
 How experimental desktop features are developed on the `desktop-experimental`
-branch, shipped to users as **Cline Code Beta**, and graduated into `main`.
+branch, shipped to users as **Cline Beta**, and graduated into `main`.
 The release mechanics (workflow internals, secrets) live in
 [`.github/workflows/desktop-publish.yml`](../../../.github/workflows/desktop-publish.yml)
 and the `publish-desktop` skill
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ this doc is the process.
 
 The beta is a **separate app**, not a mode of the stable app:
 
-- Product name `Cline Code Beta`, bundle identifier `bot.cline.app.beta`
-  (stable is `Cline Code` / `bot.cline.app`) — set by
+- Product name `Cline Beta`, bundle identifier `bot.cline.app.beta`
+  (stable is `Cline` / `bot.cline.app`) — set by
   [`src-tauri/tauri.beta.conf.json`](./src-tauri/tauri.beta.conf.json), which
   is layered over `tauri.release.conf.json` at build time.
 - Both apps install and run **side by side**, so people can compare beta

apps/examples/desktop-app/README.md

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ lost: the `desktop-latest` release/tag (its feed URL is baked into shipped
 apps) and the updater private key (`TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY` — without it,
 shipped apps can't verify new updates).
 
-There is also a beta channel ("Cline Code Beta", a separate app that installs
+There is also a beta channel ("Cline Beta", a separate app that installs
 side by side with stable) cut from the `desktop-experimental` branch and
 served by the rolling `desktop-beta` release — the same never-delete rule
 applies to it. The experimental-branch process and beta release flow live in

apps/examples/desktop-app/scripts/generate-update-manifest.ts

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ const main = () => {
 
 	const notes = notesFile
 		? readFileSync(notesFile, "utf8").trim()
-		: `Cline Code v${version}`;
+		: `Cline v${version}`;
 
 	const manifest = buildUpdateManifest({
 		version,

apps/examples/desktop-app/scripts/package-desktop.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const BOOLEAN_FLAGS = new Set(["--allow-unsigned-mac", "--skip-build"]);
 const VALUE_FLAGS = new Set(["--platform", "--target"]);
 const VALID_FLAGS = [...BOOLEAN_FLAGS, ...VALUE_FLAGS];
 
-const APP_NAME = "Cline Code";
+const APP_NAME = "Cline";
 const APP_ROOT = path.resolve(import.meta.dir, "..");
 const BUNDLE_ROOT = path.join(
 	APP_ROOT,

apps/examples/desktop-app/sidecar/ARCHITECTURE.md

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const sessionManager = await ClineCore.create({
     workspaceRoot,
     cwd: workspaceRoot,
     clientType: "code-sidecar",
-    displayName: "Code App sidecar",
+    displayName: "Cline Desktop sidecar",
   },
   capabilities: {
     requestToolApproval: async (request) => {

apps/examples/desktop-app/sidecar/context.test.ts

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ describe("Code sidecar runtime capabilities", () => {
 		});
 	});
 
-	it("registers Code App capability factory with core", async () => {
+	it("registers the desktop capability factory with core", async () => {
 		const { createSidecarContext, initializeSessionManager } = await import(
 			"./context"
 		);
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ describe("Code sidecar runtime capabilities", () => {
 					workspaceRoot: "/workspace/project",
 					cwd: "/workspace/project",
 					clientType: "code-sidecar",
-					displayName: "Code App sidecar",
+					displayName: "Cline Desktop sidecar",
 				}),
 			}),
 		);
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ describe("Code sidecar runtime capabilities", () => {
 			expect.objectContaining({
 				url: "ws://127.0.0.1:25463/hub",
 				clientType: "code-sidecar-observer",
-				displayName: "Code App observer",
+				displayName: "Cline Desktop observer",
 			}),
 		);
 	});
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ describe("Code sidecar runtime capabilities", () => {
 				hub: expect.objectContaining({
 					strategy: "require-hub",
 					clientType: "code-sidecar",
-					displayName: "Code App sidecar",
+					displayName: "Cline Desktop sidecar",
 				}),
 			}),
 		);

apps/examples/desktop-app/sidecar/context.ts

@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ export async function initializeSessionManager(
 			workspaceRoot: ctx.workspaceRoot,
 			cwd: ctx.workspaceRoot,
 			clientType: "code-sidecar",
-			displayName: "Code App sidecar",
+			displayName: "Cline Desktop sidecar",
 		},
 	});
 
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ export async function ensureSharedHubClient(
 		const client = new NodeHubClient({
 			url,
 			clientType: "code-sidecar-observer",
-			displayName: "Code App observer",
+			displayName: "Cline Desktop observer",
 			workspaceRoot: ctx.workspaceRoot,
 			cwd: ctx.workspaceRoot,
 		});

apps/examples/desktop-app/sidecar/observability.test.ts

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ describe("desktop observability", () => {
 		expect(mocks.createClineTelemetryServiceConfig).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
 			metadata: expect.objectContaining({
 				cline_type: "desktop",
-				platform: "Cline Code",
+				platform: "Cline",
 			}),
 		});
 		expect(mocks.createConfiguredTelemetryHandle).toHaveBeenCalledWith(

apps/examples/desktop-app/sidecar/observability.ts

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export function createDesktopObservability(): DesktopObservability {
 			metadata: {
 				extension_version: version,
 				cline_type: "desktop",
-				platform: "Cline Code",
+				platform: "Cline",
 				platform_version: process.version,
 				os_type: os.platform(),
 				os_version: os.version(),

apps/examples/desktop-app/src-tauri/Info.plist

@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 <plist version="1.0">
 <dict>
 	<key>NSMicrophoneUsageDescription</key>
-	<string>Cline Code uses the microphone to transcribe speech into chat input.</string>
+	<string>Cline uses the microphone to transcribe speech into chat input.</string>
 </dict>
 </plist>

apps/examples/desktop-app/src-tauri/src/macos_notification.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use std::sync::OnceLock;
 use tauri::AppHandle;
 
 const DEV_APP_DIRECTORY: &str = "notification-identity";
-const DEV_BUNDLE_NAME: &str = "Cline Code.app";
+const DEV_BUNDLE_NAME: &str = "Cline.app";
 const LAUNCH_SERVICES_REGISTER: &str = "/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister";
 
 static CONFIGURATION: OnceLock<Result<(), String>> = OnceLock::new();
@@ -200,17 +200,13 @@ mod tests {
         fs::write(&executable, b"test executable").unwrap();
         fs::write(&icon, b"test icon").unwrap();
 
-        let bundle = create_dev_application_bundle(
-            &executable,
-            &icon,
-            "bot.cline.app.dev",
-            "Cline Code Dev",
-        )
-        .unwrap();
+        let bundle =
+            create_dev_application_bundle(&executable, &icon, "bot.cline.app.dev", "Cline Dev")
+                .unwrap();
         let plist = fs::read_to_string(bundle.join("Contents/Info.plist")).unwrap();
 
         assert!(plist.contains("<string>bot.cline.app.dev</string>"));
-        assert!(plist.contains("<string>Cline Code Dev</string>"));
+        assert!(plist.contains("<string>Cline Dev</string>"));
         assert_eq!(
             fs::read_link(bundle.join("Contents/MacOS/cline-app")).unwrap(),
             executable

apps/examples/desktop-app/src-tauri/src/main.rs

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ fn running_sessions_text(running_sessions: u32) -> String {
 }
 
 // app_name is package_info().name (the configured productName), so beta
-// builds ("Cline Code Beta") identify themselves in the tooltip too.
+// builds ("Cline Beta") identify themselves in the tooltip too.
 fn tray_tooltip_text(app_name: &str, running_sessions: u32) -> String {
     if running_sessions == 0 {
         app_name.to_string()
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ fn setup_tray_icon(app: &tauri::App) -> tauri::Result<()> {
         .text(
             TRAY_OPEN_MENU_ID,
             // package_info().name is the configured productName, so beta
-            // builds ("Cline Code Beta") identify themselves in the tray too.
+            // builds ("Cline Beta") identify themselves in the tray too.
             format!(
                 "{} v{}",
                 app.package_info().name,
@@ -1326,14 +1326,11 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(running_sessions_text(0), "0 sessions running");
         assert_eq!(running_sessions_text(1), "1 session running");
         assert_eq!(running_sessions_text(3), "3 sessions running");
-        assert_eq!(tray_tooltip_text("Cline Code", 0), "Cline Code");
+        assert_eq!(tray_tooltip_text("Cline", 0), "Cline");
+        assert_eq!(tray_tooltip_text("Cline", 3), "Cline — 3 sessions running");
         assert_eq!(
-            tray_tooltip_text("Cline Code", 3),
-            "Cline Code — 3 sessions running"
-        );
-        assert_eq!(
-            tray_tooltip_text("Cline Code Beta", 2),
-            "Cline Code Beta — 2 sessions running"
+            tray_tooltip_text("Cline Beta", 2),
+            "Cline Beta — 2 sessions running"
         );
         assert_eq!(tray_badge_text(0), None);
         assert_eq!(tray_badge_text(3), Some("3".to_string()));

apps/examples/desktop-app/src-tauri/tauri.beta.conf.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2",
-	"productName": "Cline Code Beta",
+	"productName": "Cline Beta",
 	"identifier": "bot.cline.app.beta",
 	"plugins": {
 		"updater": {

apps/examples/desktop-app/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2",
-	"productName": "Cline Code",
+	"productName": "Cline",
 	"version": "0.0.14",
 	"identifier": "bot.cline.app",
 	"build": {
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 		"windows": [
 			{
 				"label": "main",
-				"title": "Cline Code",
+				"title": "Cline",
 				"width": 1500,
 				"height": 980,
 				"resizable": true,

apps/examples/desktop-app/src-tauri/tauri.dev.conf.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
 	"$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2",
-	"productName": "Cline Code Dev",
+	"productName": "Cline Dev",
 	"identifier": "bot.cline.app.dev"
 }

apps/examples/desktop-app/webview/components/agent-sidebar.test.tsx

@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ describe("AgentSidebar session organization", () => {
 
 		const titleBar = container.querySelector("[data-tauri-drag-region]");
 		expect(titleBar).not.toBeNull();
-		expect(titleBar?.textContent).not.toContain("Cline Code");
+		expect(titleBar?.textContent).not.toContain("Cline");
 
 		await click(
 			container.querySelector('[aria-label="Previous page"]') as Element,

apps/examples/desktop-app/webview/components/hub-update-required-dialog.tsx

@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ export function HubUpdateRequiredDialog() {
 						{mismatch?.hubCoreVersion
 							? ` (core ${mismatch.hubCoreVersion})`
 							: ""}
-						, and it no longer matches this app. Update and restart Cline Code
-						to stay in sync with the running Hub.
+						, and it no longer matches this app. Update and restart Cline to
+						stay in sync with the running Hub.
 					</AlertDialogDescription>
 					{updateHint ? (
 						<AlertDialogDescription>{updateHint}</AlertDialogDescription>

apps/examples/desktop-app/webview/lib/app-channel.ts

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
  * See apps/examples/desktop-app/EXPERIMENTAL.md for the channel model.
  */
 
-export const STABLE_PRODUCT_NAME = "Cline Code";
-export const BETA_PRODUCT_NAME = "Cline Code Beta";
+export const STABLE_PRODUCT_NAME = "Cline";
+export const BETA_PRODUCT_NAME = "Cline Beta";
 
 export function isBetaVersion(version: string | null | undefined): boolean {
 	return typeof version === "string" && version.includes("-beta");

apps/examples/desktop-app/webview/lib/desktop-window-title.test.ts

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ describe("desktop window title", () => {
 	it("titles beta builds with the beta product name", async () => {
 		const { buildDesktopWindowTitle } = await importFresh();
 		expect(buildDesktopWindowTitle("0.0.14-beta.1")).toBe(
-			"Cline Code Beta v0.0.14-beta.1",
+			"Cline Beta v0.0.14-beta.1",
 		);
 	});
 

apps/examples/menubar/sidecar/index.ts

@@ -268,8 +268,8 @@ function summarizeClient(client: TrackedClient): {
 	) {
 		return {
 			key: "code-app",
-			label: "Code App",
-			name: "Code App",
+			label: "Cline Desktop",
+			name: "Cline Desktop",
 		};
 	}
 	return {

sdk/AGENTS.md

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ flowchart TD
   shared["@cline/shared"] --> llms["@cline/llms"] & agents["@cline/agents"] & core["@cline/core"]
   llms --> agents & core
   agents --> core
-  core --> apps["CLI / VS Code / Code App"]
+  core --> apps["CLI / VS Code / Desktop App"]
 ```
 
 Rules: