This is a dated repository snapshot, not a “best agents” ranking. On November 3, 2026, the ten selected public repositories ranged from 20,716 to 224,238 GitHub stars. The table shows each repository’s star count, GitHub-detected SPDX license, and latest recorded push date. Stars and push activity help describe repositories; neither measures the coding agent’s quality.
Which open-source coding-agent repositories are in this snapshot?
Selection is intentionally narrow and non-exhaustive. Each listed repository describes itself as a coding agent, coding assistant, or AI pair-programming tool, and GitHub’s repository API returned a recognized SPDX license. Candidate discovery began with GitHub’s coding-agent topic search, which returned 7,947 matches at collection time. That search also includes tutorials, plugins, and adjacent projects, so its raw results were not used as the table.
| Repository | Stars | Detected license | Last push (UTC) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider-AI/aider | 49,919 | Apache-2.0 | 2026-05-22 14:02 |
| anomalyco/opencode | 224,238 | MIT | 2026-11-03 05:39 |
| cline/cline | 71,249 | Apache-2.0 | 2026-11-03 03:23 |
| codewhale-hq/Codewhale | 41,162 | MIT | 2026-11-03 11:22 |
| continuedev/continue | 36,401 | Apache-2.0 | 2026-11-03 06:12 |
| google-gemini/gemini-cli | 108,699 | Apache-2.0 | 2026-11-03 01:18 |
| OpenHands/OpenHands | 92,563 | MIT | 2026-11-03 12:09 |
| openinterpreter/openinterpreter | 68,782 | Apache-2.0 | 2026-11-01 10:01 |
| QwenLM/qwen-code | 28,935 | Apache-2.0 | 2026-11-03 12:45 |
| SWE-agent/SWE-agent | 20,716 | MIT | 2026-11-02 23:40 |
What do the star and last-push fields tell me?
The star count is the repository’s public GitHub star total, captured from its direct repository API record. It reflects a form of public interest, not active installations, user satisfaction, correctness, safety, or coding performance. The last-push timestamp is GitHub’s pushed_at value, displayed to the minute in UTC. A recent push does not establish a healthy release process; an older push alone does not establish abandonment.
How should I check project maintenance before choosing?
Use this table as a starting point, then inspect the signals that matter for your use case. Check recent releases and changelog entries, whether maintainers respond to issues and review pull requests, the status of security reports, supported installation paths, and the exact license terms. Confirm that the specific code or service you plan to use is covered by the repository license. This page did not audit those areas.
How were the rows collected?
- Use the GitHub topic search as a candidate source, not as a ranking.
- Open each candidate’s repository API record and inspect its description and license field.
- Keep projects whose descriptions identify a coding agent or pair-programming tool and whose API record reports a recognized SPDX license.
- Record
stargazers_count,license.spdx_id, andpushed_atfrom the same repository endpoint. Re-run the collection to refresh the snapshot; GitHub metadata can change at any time.
There is no combined score, winner, or performance claim here. The list is limited to ten selected repositories and may omit relevant projects. GitHub topic assignment, repository descriptions, and license detection can all be incomplete.
Frequently asked questions
Are these the best open-source coding agents?
No. This is a curated snapshot of repository metadata, not a quality ranking or performance comparison. The selection is limited and depends on repository descriptions and GitHub’s detected license field.
Do GitHub stars show code quality or active use?
No. Stars are a public interest signal for a repository; they do not establish product quality, current usage, or suitability for a particular workflow.
Does a recent last-push date prove a project is maintained?
No. GitHub’s pushed_at field records the latest push to any branch. It does not tell you whether releases are regular, issues are handled, dependencies are current, or security reports are addressed.
Why are some coding-agent projects missing?
The table is a small, non-exhaustive sample. It includes repositories whose descriptions identify a coding agent or pair-programming tool and whose GitHub API record reports an SPDX license. Search topics and descriptions are imperfect, so projects may be omitted or misclassified.
Sources · checked November 3, 2026
- GitHub REST API: Get a repository — repository metadata fields.
- GitHub topic search for coding-agent — candidate discovery only.
- API: anomalyco/opencode; Aider-AI/aider; cline/cline; codewhale-hq/Codewhale; continuedev/continue.
- google-gemini/gemini-cli; OpenHands/OpenHands; openinterpreter/openinterpreter; QwenLM/qwen-code; SWE-agent/SWE-agent.
Related: the selected coding-assistant star snapshot and the Codex CLI profile.
Methodology and limitations
Snapshot collected November 3, 2026 from GitHub REST API repository records for each linked project. Candidate discovery began with GitHub’s topic:coding-agent search, which returned 7,947 matches and mixed agents with tutorials, plugins, and other tools. This page includes a small, non-exhaustive sample whose repository descriptions identify an agent or pair-programming tool and whose API record reports an SPDX license. The fields are shown side by side, not combined into a score or recommendation. Stars indicate repository attention; pushed_at indicates the latest recorded push, not overall maintenance quality. No code, issue response, release cadence, security, or product capability was audited.
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