Coding Agents
70 agents tracked · Open-source-first, with limited public GitHub comparators · Ranked by trust score · Updated 2026-08-29 06:32 UTC
HVTracker independently evaluates 70 coding agents using daily signals from GitHub, package registries, and security databases. The category is open-source-first, with a limited set of public GitHub-hosted proprietary or source-available comparators when they are important ecosystem reference points. Each agent is scored on activity, adoption, transparency, safety, and identity. The top-ranked coding agent is Codex with a trust score of 93.8/100 (Grade A). Other leading projects include Cline and Qwen Code.
| # | Agent | Trust | Stars | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Codex A Listed Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal | 93.8 | 119.6k | Rust |
| 2 | Cline A Listed Autonomous coding agent as an SDK, IDE extension, or CLI assistant. | 90.9 | 67.1k | TypeScript |
| 3 | Qwen Code A Listed An open-source AI coding agent that lives in your terminal. | 89.8 | 27.5k | TypeScript |
| 4 | ECC A Listed The agent harness performance optimization system. Skills, instincts, memory, security, and research-first development f | 87.4 | 244.0k | JavaScript |
| 5 | Hermes Agent A Listed The agent that grows with you | 86.1 | 237.8k | Python |
| 6 | Mistral Vibe A Listed Minimal CLI coding agent by Mistral | 85.3 | 4.9k | Python |
| 7 | Bernstein A Listed Deterministic orchestrator for CLI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, +40 more). No model in the coordinatio | 85.2 | 1.0k | Python |
| 8 | oh-my-pi A Listed ⌥ Coding agent with the IDE wired in | 84.6 | 28.2k | TypeScript |
| 9 | Gemini CLI B Listed An open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal. | 76.7 | 106.7k | TypeScript |
| 10 | Open Interpreter B Listed A coding agent for open models like Kimi K3 | 73.9 | 68.2k | Rust |
| 11 | GPTMe B Listed Your agent in your terminal, equipped with local tools: writes code, uses the terminal, browses the web. Make your own p | 72.9 | 4.4k | Python |
| 12 | DeepSeek Harness B Listed DeepSeek Harness: Everything is a Plugin. | 72.6 | 202.4k | TypeScript |
| 13 | OpenHands B Listed 🙌 OpenHands: AI-Driven Development | 72.6 | 85.5k | TypeScript |
| 14 | CodeWhale B Listed Open-source, community-driven agent harness | 71.9 | 40.9k | Rust |
| 15 | mini-SWE-agent B Listed The 100 line AI agent that solves GitHub issues or helps you in your command line. Radically simple, no huge configs, no | 71.0 | 6.8k | Python |
| 16 | Open SWE B Listed An Open-Source Asynchronous Coding Agent | 70.1 | 10.6k | Python |
| 17 | prime-agent B Listed A self-improving RLM agent for coding workflows and long-running autonomous tasks. | 68.5 | 19.0k | TypeScript |
| 18 | Goose B Listed an open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions - install, execute, edit, and test with any LLM | 68.4 | 53.6k | Rust |
| 19 | Kilo Code B Listed Kilo is the all-in-one agentic engineering platform. Build, ship, and iterate faster with the most popular open source c | 67.2 | 27.1k | TypeScript |
| 20 | Crush B Listed Glamourous agentic coding for all 💘 | 65.4 | 27.8k | Go |
| 21 | Claude Code C Needs review Claude Code is an agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal, understands your codebase, and helps you code faster | 63.9 | 143.3k | Python |
| 22 | Archon C Listed The first open-source harness builder for AI coding. Make AI coding deterministic and repeatable. | 63.7 | 23.3k | TypeScript |
| 23 | oh-my-openagent C Listed omo/lazycodex: The coding agent for tokenmaxxers;the one and only agent harness for complex codebases. For your Codex, f | 63.5 | 68.5k | TypeScript |
| 24 | DeepSeek-Reasonix C Listed DeepSeek-native AI coding agent for your terminal. Engineered around prefix-cache stability — leave it running. | 62.1 | 35.2k | Go |
| 25 | SWE-agent C Listed SWE-agent takes a GitHub issue and tries to automatically fix it, using your LM of choice. It can also be employed for o | 61.2 | 20.2k | Python |
| 26 | GitHub Copilot CLI C Listed GitHub Copilot CLI brings the power of Copilot coding agent directly to your terminal. | 60.9 | 11.1k | Shell |
| 27 | Potpie C Listed Context Graph for AI Native SDLC | 60.9 | 5.7k | Python |
| 28 | Kimi Code C Listed Kimi Code CLI — The Starting Point for Next-Gen Agents | 60.7 | 7.1k | TypeScript |
| 29 | zeroshot C Listed Independent executor–verifier orchestration for software changes. | 60.6 | 1.8k | JavaScript |
| 30 | Superpowers C Listed An agentic skills framework & software development methodology that works. | 60.4 | 279.1k | Shell |
| 31 | Junie C Listed An AI coding agent by JetBrains that ships code from your terminal, IDE, or CI/CD pipeline - powered by any LLM you choo | 60.1 | 414 | Shell |
| 32 | Stagewise C Listed The Open Source Agentic IDE. Create and orchestrate coding agents, show app previews and run git workflows. Use your fav | 59.0 | 6.8k | TypeScript |
| 33 | Nanocoder C Listed An open coding agent for your terminal, built by a community collective rather than a company. Bring your own model, kee | 59.0 | 2.4k | TypeScript |
| 34 | DeepCode C Listed "DeepCode: Open Agentic Coding (Paper2Code & Text2Web & Text2Backend)" | 58.9 | 16.4k | Python |
| 35 | Pi C Listed AI agent toolkit: unified LLM API, agent loop, TUI, coding agent CLI | 58.1 | 98.9k | TypeScript |
| 36 | Ponytail C Listed Makes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room. The best code is the code you never wrote. | 56.4 | 115.6k | JavaScript |
| 37 | freebuff C Listed The free coding agent | 56.2 | 11.1k | TypeScript |
| 38 | MonkeyCode C Listed AI coding platform for teams | 55.9 | 4.6k | TypeScript |
| 39 | Aider C Listed aider is AI pair programming in your terminal | 54.3 | 48.6k | Python |
| 40 | Symphony C Listed Symphony turns project work into isolated, autonomous implementation runs, allowing teams to manage work instead of supe | 54.1 | 26.9k | Elixir |
| 41 | OpenCursor C Listed Open-source Cursor-like AI coding agent for VS Code — agentic chat, multi-provider LLMs (OpenAI, Ollama, llama.cpp), sem | 53.2 | 6.0k | TypeScript |
| 42 | Tabby C Listed Self-hosted AI coding assistant | 51.9 | 33.8k | Rust |
| 43 | SWE-AF C Listed Autonomous software engineering fleet of AI agents for production-grade PRs on AgentField: plan, code, test, and ship. | 51.9 | 987 | Go |
| 44 | Grok Build C Listed SpaceXAI's coding agent harness and TUI. Fullscreen, mouse interactive, extensible. | 51.5 | 26.2k | Rust |
| 45 | HumanLayer D Listed The best way to get AI coding agents to solve hard problems in complex codebases. | 48.7 | 11.3k | TypeScript |
| 46 | Grok CLI D Listed An open-source coding agent for the Grok API | 48.6 | 3.4k | TypeScript |
| 47 | Roo Code D Needs review Roo Code gives you a whole dev team of AI agents in your code editor. | 48.1 | 24.3k | TypeScript |
| 48 | opencode D Listed The open source coding agent. | 46.0 | 202.2k | TypeScript |
| 49 | dao-code D Listed Open-source TypeScript terminal coding agent for DeepSeek-V4 — builds on DeepSeek's strong price-performance and ultra-c | 45.8 | 1.3k | TypeScript |
| 50 | Stakpak Agent D Listed Ship your code, on autopilot. An open source agent that lives on your machines 24/7 and keeps your apps running. 🦀 | 44.6 | 1.8k | Rust |
| 51 | Vibe Kanban D Listed Get 10X more out of Claude Code, Codex or any coding agent | 44.3 | 27.9k | Rust |
| 52 | Integuru D Listed The first AI agent that builds permissionless integrations through reverse engineering platforms' internal APIs. | 43.8 | 4.8k | Python |
| 53 | Ouroboros (Agent OS) D Listed Agent OS: the agent gets smarter on its own. We just hold the line: the grading command and expected result never make i | 42.7 | 5.7k | Python |
| 54 | GPT Pilot D Listed The first real AI developer | 42.3 | 33.7k | Python |
| 55 | Sweep D Listed Sweep: AI coding assistant for JetBrains | 41.6 | 7.7k | Jupyter Notebook |
| 56 | Antigravity CLI D Listed Antigravity CLI brings the reasoning, execution, and orchestration capabilities of Antigravity agent harness directly in | 41.2 | 2.1k | — |
| 57 | RA.Aid D Listed Develop software autonomously. | 39.6 | 2.2k | Python |
| 58 | Whale D Listed Whale — blazingly fast, terminal-first AI coding agent for DeepSeek. ~98% prompt cache hit rate, 1M context, MCP tools, | 36.3 | 922 | Go |
| 59 | Devika D Listed Devika is the first open-source implementation of an Agentic Software Engineer. Initially started as an open-source alte | 36.2 | 19.6k | Python |
| 60 | Tura D Listed Build agent that uses 80% less token and delivers better results. | 35.8 | 604 | Rust |
| 61 | Continue D Listed open-source coding agent | 33.0 | 35.7k | TypeScript |
| 62 | PearAI D Needs review Master Repo For PearAI | 32.2 | 767 | Shell |
| 63 | 10x D Listed ⚡️ 10x - Up to 20x faster AI coding with multi-step Superpowers. Open-source agent with smart model routing, BYOK, fully | 30.3 | 1.4k | TypeScript |
| 64 | Kiro Crew D Listed A persistent workspace for development work that self-improves and continues beyond one session. | 25.8 | 3.4k | Python |
| 65 | zerostack D Listed Lightweight coding agent written in Rust, optimized for memory footprint and performance | 25.6 | 1.6k | Rust |
| 66 | loushang D Listed AI-native agent harness for coding workflows by python: multi-model LLM orchestration, stateful sessions, tool governanc | 23.2 | 1.3k | Python |
| 67 | Plandex D Listed Open source AI coding agent. Designed for large projects and real world tasks. | 22.5 | 15.6k | Go |
| 68 | jcode D Listed The most RAM efficient harness | 22.4 | 18.8k | Rust |
| 69 | Kodu D Needs review Kodu is an autonomous coding agent that lives in your IDE. It is a VSCode extension that can help you build your dream p | 19.6 | 5.2k | TypeScript |
| 70 | typedai D Listed TypeScript AI platform with AI chat, Autonomous agents, Software developer agents, chatbots and more | 8.9 | 1.2k | TypeScript |
Grade = trust band: A ≥ 80, B ≥ 65, C ≥ 50, D < 50 — methodology