Niche
Coding Agents: 20 open-source systems measured weekly
Evidaxis measures 20 systems in Coding Agents every week. In snapshot 2026-w39 (2026-09-26) the niche median is ≈28.15 commits per week, 30 citations to date (on the 5 systems with a citation count) and 21 direct dependents (on the 15 systems with a dependents reading). Systems at 2× the niche median or more: 3. Rising: Qwen Code.
Systems
Default order: system name, A to Z. Click a column to reorder. Order is not a rank.
What the columns mean: commits per week · citations to date · verified dependents · not measured, count only · medals · Rising
| Measured line | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agentless | 0 commits/week, 17 citations to date (count only), verified dependents not measured. | 0 | 17count only | not measured | 2,114 | |
| Aider | 0 commits/week, citations not measured, verified dependents not measured. | 0 | not measured | not measured | 49,204 | |
| ChatDev | 0.1 commits/week, 372 citations to date (count only), verified dependents not measured. | 0.1 | 372count only | not measured | 34,399 | 12× citations |
| Cline | 83 commits/week, citations not measured, 65 verified direct dependents. | 83 | not measured | 65 | 69,385 | 3.0× dependents |
| Codex CLI | 288.8 commits/week, citations not measured, verified dependents not measured. | 288.8 | not measured | not measured | 126,605 | |
| Continue | 0.3 commits/week, citations not measured, verified dependents not measured. | 0.3 | not measured | not measured | 36,033 | |
| Crush | 43.1 commits/week, citations not measured, verified dependents not measured. | 43.1 | not measured | not measured | 28,317 | |
| Gemini CLI | 13.2 commits/week, citations not measured, verified dependents not measured. | 13.2 | not measured | not measured | 107,163 | |
| Goose | 63.9 commits/week, citations not measured, verified dependents not measured. | 63.9 | not measured | not measured | 54,684 | |
| Kilo Code | 528.1 commits/week, citations not measured, verified dependents not measured. | 528.1 | not measured | not measured | 27,421 | |
| mini-swe-agent | 0.8 commits/week, 147 citations to date (count only), 6 verified direct dependents. | 0.8 | 147count only | 6 | 7,995 | 4.9× citations |
| Open Interpreter | 229 commits/week, citations not measured, verified dependents not measured. | 229 | not measured | not measured | 68,450 | |
| OpenCode | 98.2 commits/week, citations not measured, verified dependents not measured. | 98.2 | not measured | not measured | 210,217 | |
| OpenHands | 52.2 commits/week, 11 citations to date (count only), verified dependents not measured. | 52.2 | 11count only | not measured | 89,224 | |
| Qwen Code | 456.5 commits/week, citations not measured, 21 verified direct dependents. | 456.5 | not measured | 21 | 28,142 | Rising |
| SWE-agent | 0.5 commits/week, 30 citations to date (count only), verified dependents not measured. | 0.5 | 30count only | not measured | 20,415 | |
| SWE-bench | 8.2 commits/week, citations not measured, 6 verified direct dependents. | 8.2 | not measured | 6 | 5,917 | |
| Tabby | 0 commits/week, citations not measured, verified dependents not measured. | 0 | not measured | not measured | 33,894 | |
| Void | 0 commits/week, citations not measured, verified dependents not measured. | 0 | not measured | not measured | 28,791 | |
| Zed | 142.2 commits/week, citations not measured, verified dependents not measured. | 142.2 | not measured | not measured | 90,932 |
2×, 10× and 100× are that multiple of this niche median, on citations or verified dependents (bronze, silver, gold).
Rising means at least two of the three measures are rising together in this niche on this snapshot; it describes the recorded series, not a forecast.