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Code Assistants

Ranked by momentum — measured, not bought.

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    OpenCode↘ Cooling

    Open-source, model-agnostic terminal coding agent that routes across 75+ providers with a client-server architecture

    Score 80.43

    Why it's cooling

    OpenCode's engagement has declined 8% over the past week despite maintaining significant activity across Hacker News and GitHub.

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    Cline↘ Cooling

    Open-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code and JetBrains with human-in-the-loop approval on every file edit and command

    Score 65.74

    Why it's cooling

    Cline's engagement has declined 50% over the past week despite maintaining significant GitHub adoption with 65,096 stars.

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    Claude Code↘ Cooling

    Agentic command-line coding tool that reads a codebase, edits files, and runs commands across terminal, IDE, and CI

    Score 57.65

    Why it's cooling

    Claude Code's engagement has declined 11% over the past week.

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    Cursor↘ Cooling

    AI-first code editor built on a VS Code fork with multi-file agent edits, a Composer mode, and inline autocomplete

    Score 39.71

    Why it's cooling

    Cursor's engagement has declined 48% compared to approximately one week ago.

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    OpenAI Codex↘ Cooling

    Cloud and CLI coding agent that drafts, edits, reviews, and tests code across CLI, IDE, web, and desktop surfaces

    Score 35.29

    Why it's cooling

    OpenAI Codex has experienced an 81% decline in engagement over the past week.

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    OpenHandsWatchlist — not enough signal yet

    Open-source autonomous coding agent that runs in a sandbox to write code, run tests, and open pull requests end-to-end

    Score 27.00

    What the data shows

    OpenHands has accumulated 82,281 stars and 10,530 forks on GitHub with its most recent push on July 27, 2026.

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    GitHub Copilot↘ Cooling

    AI pair programmer offering inline code completions and an agent mode across major IDEs, with selectable models

    Score 21.31

    Why it's cooling

    GitHub Copilot's engagement has declined 72% over the past week.

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    KiroWatchlist — not enough signal yet

    Spec-driven agentic IDE that turns prompts into structured requirements, designs, and tasks before generating code

    Score 19.63

    What the data shows

    Kiro has generated minimal engagement with 1 story, 4 points, and 3 comments on Hacker News over the past 7 days.

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    LovableWatchlist — not enough signal yet

    Prompt-driven app builder that generates full-stack React applications with an automatically provisioned Supabase backend

    Score 15.87

    What the data shows

    Lovable has minimal recent visibility with one Hacker News story receiving 3 points and 1 comment over the past 7 days.

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    DevinWatchlist — not enough signal yet

    Autonomous AI software engineer that plans, writes, tests, and opens pull requests, with an integrated desktop IDE

    Score 15.87

    What the data shows

    Devin has generated minimal engagement on Hacker News with 2 stories and 4 points over the past 7 days.

Watchlist — building baseline

Not enough cross-source signal yet for a score or a trend. These are measured nightly — they move up the moment the data does.

  • Google Antigravity

    Agent-first IDE with multi-agent orchestration, a built-in browser for verification, and Gemini model integration