Choose and customize your own AI coding partner!
What is Careti?
Careti = Cline + Dual Mode + Persona + 7 Languages + Image/Document Tools
Careti is an AI coding agent that is 100% compatible with Cline while adding personalized AI experiences and extended features. Use your existing Cline settings, get more features, support for 266 models, and free monthly credits with a Careti account.
🎉 v0.4.7 Update
- ✏️ SmartEditEngine — 100% edit success rate (vs Cline 91%), 50% faster on budget models with 9-stage fuzzy matching
- 🤖 ZAI GLM-4.7 in Careti — Use ZAI GLM-4.7 directly in Careti provider with your own API key
- 🔗 Claude Code Integration — Seamless workflow with AGENTS.md ↔ CLAUDE.md sync
- 🔍 Web Search — SerpAPI-powered search for up-to-date information
- 💭 Thinking Display — Watch AI's thinking process in real-time (ThinkingRow)
✨ Why Choose Careti?
- 🔄 Dual Mode — One-click switch between Careti (Extended) ↔ Cline (Classic)
- 🎭 Persona System — Code with your own AI companion
- 🧠 Optimized Prompts — Balanced cost and performance responses
- 🌍 7 Language Support — Complete UI/docs localization (EN/KO/JA/ZH/FR/DE/RU)
- ⌨️ Enhanced UX — Input history, shortcuts, auto model lookup
- 🤖 266 Models — 31 providers, Cline compatible
- 🛠️ Image/Document Tools — Generate/analyze images, read documents even with text models
🔄 Cline Compatible + Extended
Cline users can start right away.
- Use existing Cline settings/accounts as-is
- 31 providers, 266 models supported
- Free credits with Careti account
- Switch to Cline mode anytime
🔀 Dual Mode
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Cline Mode (Classic)
- Plan/Act approach - familiar to existing Cline users
- All settings compatible - use existing settings as-is
- Stability guaranteed - Cline's proven core engine
Careti Mode (Extended)
- Persona system - your personalized AI companion
- Enhanced system prompts - cost/performance optimized
- 7 language support - complete multilingual environment
- Agent/Chatbot - intuitive conversation styles
👉 Learn more: Dual Mode System
🎭 Persona System
The Persona System completely differentiates Careti from other AI tools! Go beyond simple text chat and code with a visually vivid AI companion.
Built-in Personas:
 Careti Friendly Robot |  Oh Sarang K-POP Idol Dev |  Madobe Ichika Windows 11 OS-tan |  Cyan Macin macOS Assistant |  Tando Ubuntu Open Source Partner |
- 🎨 Customization: Register your own AI name and profile image!
- ⚡ Switch Anytime: Instantly activate/deactivate personas - pure Cline mode also available
👉 Learn more: Persona System Guide
☁️ Careti Additional Models
Use models not supported by Cline in Careti.
- Z.AI GLM-4.7 (Thinking Mode)
- Naver Cloud HyperCLOVA X
- Upstage Solar Pro/Mini
- BizRouter Multi-model routing
👉 Learn more: Provider Setup Guide
📁 Dual Directory & /init
Manage token-optimized AI context + user language docs with 1:1 mirroring
.agents/ # For AI (English, token-optimized)
├── context/agents-rules.json # Rules SoT (Single Source of Truth)
├── workflows/ # Task workflows
├── skills/ # AI skills
└── hooks/ # Automation hooks
.users/ # For users (user's language)
├── context/agents-rules.md # Detailed explanations
├── workflows/ # (.agents/ mirror)
├── skills/ # (.agents/ mirror)
└── hooks/ # (.agents/ mirror)
Key Features:
/init: Auto-generate context files after project analysis- 1:1 Mirroring: Keep
.agents/↔.users/changes in sync - AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md: Standard entry points for context connection
- Legacy Fallback: Auto-detect existing rule paths and guide migration
👉 Learn more: AI Organization Knowledge & Rule Standardization
🛠️ Image/Document Tools
Available with Careti account even on text-only models.
- generate_image — Image generation (Nano Banana)
- analyze_image — Image analysis (Gemini)
- read_document — Read HWP, PDF, DOCX, PPTX
👉 Learn more: Image Tools | Document Tools
🌍 7 Language Support
Complete multilingual support so developers worldwide can use Careti comfortably in their native language:
- 🇺🇸 English - Native support
- 🇰🇷 Korean - Full Korean support
- 🇯🇵 Japanese - Full Japanese support
- 🇨🇳 Chinese - Full Chinese support
- 🇫🇷 French - Native AI model country (Mistral)
- 🇩🇪 German - Native AI model country (SAP AI Core)
- 🇷🇺 Russian - Native AI model country (Nebius)
Sovereign Cloud Principle: Display country flags per provider to understand data sovereignty at a glance.
👉 Learn more: Complete Multilingual UI
🚀 Supported AI Models
31 Providers | 266 Unique Models | Full Cline Compatibility
Major providers: GPT-5.1, Claude Opus 4.5, Gemini 3/2.5, DeepSeek V3, Qwen3, etc.
All Cline Features + Careti Extensions
- Plan/Act Mode - Cline's proven transparent development process
- MCP Support - Model Context Protocol for external system connections
- Zero Trust Security - Complete client-side execution
- Free Model Switching - Instantly switch between Claude, Gemini, etc.
- Persona System - Careti's personalized AI companion
- Enhanced System Prompts - Smarter, more efficient AI responses
👉 Learn more: Model Selection Guide
🚀 Enhanced Provider Setup
Auto Model Lookup: Integrated with LiteLLM API to automatically display supported model lists when selecting a provider. New models are automatically reflected without Careti updates.
100+ Providers Supported: From OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini to Cohere, AI21 Labs, Hugging Face and more.
👉 Learn more: Enhanced Provider Setup
Cline-Based Proven Architecture
Careti is built on proven Cline architecture, providing additional features for Korean developers and global users.
Complete Transparency
Watch Careti read files, consider approaches, and suggest changes in real-time. Every decision is visible, and every edit can be reviewed before execution.
Your Model, Your Control
Use Claude for complex reasoning, Gemini for large contexts, Qwen3 Coder for efficiency. Switch instantly when new models are released. Your API key, your choice.
Built for Real Engineering
Careti can:
- Read and write files across your entire codebase
- Execute terminal commands and debug errors
- Plan complex features before writing code
- Connect to external systems via MCP servers
- Understand large codebases with intelligent context management
Getting Started
Ready to start with Careti?
- Install Careti - How to install Careti in VS Code
- Model Selection Guide - Choose the right AI model
- Understanding Context Management - Efficient context usage
- Persona System - Set up your AI companion
Relationship with Cline
Careti is a fork of the Cline open-source project. We express deep gratitude to the original Cline project and its developers.
Careti is based on Cline and provides the following core extensions:
- 🎭 Personalized AI persona system
- 🌍 7 language full localization (EN/KO/JA/ZH/FR/DE/RU)
- 🧠 Optimized prompt system
- 🔄 Careti/Cline dual mode switching
- 🛠️ Image/Document tools (Careti account)
- 📁 Dual directory architecture & /init
- ☁️ Additional AI providers (Z.AI, Naver, Upstage, etc.)
All of Cline's core features are fully preserved and functional in Careti.
Open Source Contribution
- Original Cline: https://github.com/cline/cline
- Careti Source Code: https://github.com/aicoding-caret/caret
We aim to contribute to the Cline ecosystem as members of the open-source community.
📞 Support
Experience a new dimension of coding with your personalized AI coding partner! 🎯