Niche
Coding Agents: 20 open-source systems measured weekly
Evidaxis measures 20 systems in Coding Agents every week. In snapshot 2026-w45 (2026-11-07) the niche median is ≈27.8 commits per week, 438 citations to date (on the 5 systems with a citation count) and 18 direct dependents (on the 14 systems with a dependents reading). Systems at 2× the niche median or more: 0. 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, 246 citations to date (count only), verified dependents not measured. | 0 | 246count only | not measured | 2,136 | |
| Aider | 0 commits/week, citations not measured, verified dependents not measured. | 0 | not measured | not measured | 49,992 | |
| ChatDev | 0.4 commits/week, 493 citations to date (count only), verified dependents not measured. | 0.4 | 493count only | not measured | 34,700 | |
| Cline | 62.8 commits/week, citations not measured, 21 verified direct dependents. | 62.8 | not measured | 21 | 71,410 | |
| Codex CLI | 308.6 commits/week, citations not measured, verified dependents not measured. | 308.6 | not measured | not measured | 133,492 | |
| Continue | 0 commits/week, citations not measured, verified dependents not measured. | 0 | not measured | not measured | 36,426 | |
| Crush | 36.2 commits/week, citations not measured, verified dependents not measured. | 36.2 | not measured | not measured | 28,982 | |
| Gemini CLI | 19.4 commits/week, citations not measured, verified dependents not measured. | 19.4 | not measured | not measured | 108,756 | |
| Goose | 48.2 commits/week, citations not measured, verified dependents not measured. | 48.2 | not measured | not measured | 56,314 | |
| Kilo Code | 378.1 commits/week, citations not measured, verified dependents not measured. | 378.1 | not measured | not measured | 27,883 | |
| mini-swe-agent | 0.2 commits/week, 438 citations to date (count only), 9 verified direct dependents. | 0.2 | 438count only | 9 | 9,236 | |
| Open Interpreter | 97.5 commits/week, citations not measured, verified dependents not measured. | 97.5 | not measured | not measured | 68,821 | |
| OpenCode | 317.5 commits/week, citations not measured, verified dependents not measured. | 317.5 | not measured | not measured | 225,077 | |
| OpenHands | 77.3 commits/week, 154 citations to date (count only), verified dependents not measured. | 77.3 | 154count only | not measured | 92,839 | |
| Qwen Code | 458.9 commits/week, citations not measured, 22 verified direct dependents. | 458.9 | not measured | 22 | 29,057 | Rising |
| SWE-agent | 0 commits/week, 438 citations to date (count only), verified dependents not measured. | 0 | 438count only | not measured | 20,746 | |
| SWE-bench | 2.8 commits/week, citations not measured, 7 verified direct dependents. | 2.8 | not measured | 7 | 6,154 | |
| Tabby | 0 commits/week, citations not measured, verified dependents not measured. | 0 | not measured | not measured | 33,922 | |
| Void | 0 commits/week, citations not measured, verified dependents not measured. | 0 | not measured | not measured | 28,714 | |
| Zed | 126 commits/week, citations not measured, verified dependents not measured. | 126 | not measured | not measured | 93,673 |
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.