Gemini CLIgoogle-gemini/gemini-cli
Gemini as an agent in your terminalPersonalEnterpriseCoding assistantsCLI★ 107kApache-2.0commit yesterday90worth
Open-source alternatives to Loop Engineering
24 projects in the catalog are in the same category as Loop Engineering: Coding assistants. They are ranked by how closely their categories, platforms and GitHub topics match, then by worth score. Of these, 1 runs with Docker, 22 have a permissive license and 24 had a commit in the last 90 days.
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| Project | Runs on | Self-host with Docker | License | Stars | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loop Engineering (this project) | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 11k | |
| Gemini CLI | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 107k | |
| goose | Desktop, CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 55k | |
| Caveman | CLI, Extension / plugin | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 109k | |
| Oh My Pi | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 34k | |
| OpenCode | Desktop, CLI | Not listed | MIT | 212k | |
| Codewhale | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 41k | |
| ECC | CLI, Extension / plugin | Not listed | MIT | 271k | |
| Spec Kit | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 140k | |
| Qwen Code | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 28k | |
| RTK | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 82k | |
| Open Interpreter | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 68k | |
| AI Website Cloner | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 36k | |
| Codex CLI | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 128k | |
| OpenHands | Web, Docker / self-host, CLI | Yes | MIT | 90k | |
| OpenSpec | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 71k | |
| Repomix | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 29k | |
| Pi | CLI, Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 112k | |
| Codebase Memory MCP | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 46k | |
| Kilo Code | CLI, Extension / plugin | Not listed | MIT | 27k | |
| Open Code Review | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 43k | |
| Claude Code Router | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 38k | |
| DeepSeek Reasonix | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 36k | |
| OpenClaude | CLI | Not listed | Custom (read before use) | 34k | |
| Claude Code Templates | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 32k |
Command-line tools (24)
gooseaaif-goose/goose
Extensible on-machine AI agent from BlockPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsDesktopCLI★ 55kApache-2.0commit 22 hours ago88worth
CavemanJuliusBrussee/caveman
Cut coding agent tokens by making it talk lessPersonalAgent skillsCoding assistantsCLIExtension / plugin★ 109kApache-2.0commit 12 hours ago87worth
Oh My Pican1357/oh-my-pi
Coding agent with the IDE wired inPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 34kMITcommit 12 hours ago87worth
OpenCodeanomalyco/opencode
Open-source coding agent for the terminalPersonalCoding assistantsDesktopCLI★ 212kMITcommit 16 hours ago86worth
CodewhaleHmbown/Codewhale
Rust coding agent for the terminalPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 41kMITcommit yesterday86worth
ECCaffaan-m/ECC
Skills, memory and guardrails that make coding agents work betterPersonalAgent skillsCoding assistantsCLIExtension / plugin★ 271kMITcommit yesterday85worth
Spec Kitgithub/spec-kit
Toolkit for spec-driven development with AI agentsPersonalEnterpriseDeveloper toolsCoding assistantsCLI★ 140kMITcommit 15 hours ago85worth
Qwen CodeQwenLM/qwen-code
Open-source coding agent in the terminalPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 28kApache-2.0commit 10 hours ago85worth
RTKrtk-ai/rtk
Cut LLM token use on common dev commandsPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 82kApache-2.0commit 13 hours ago84worth
Open Interpreteropeninterpreter/openinterpreter
Coding agent for open modelsPersonalAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsCLI★ 68kApache-2.0commit yesterday84worth
AI Website ClonerJCodesMore/ai-website-cloner-template
Clone a website with AI coding agentsPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 36kMITcommit 6 days ago84worth
Codex CLIopenai/codex
Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminalPersonalEnterpriseCoding assistantsCLI★ 128kApache-2.0commit 10 hours ago83worth
OpenHandsOpenHands/OpenHands
AI software engineering agent platformPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsWebDocker / self-host★ 90kMITcommit 18 hours ago83worth
OpenSpecFission-AI/OpenSpec
Spec-driven development for AI coding assistantsPersonalEnterpriseDeveloper toolsCoding assistantsCLI★ 71kMITcommit 19 hours ago83worth
Repomixyamadashy/repomix
Pack a repository into one AI-friendly filePersonalDeveloper toolsCoding assistantsCLI★ 29kMITcommit 5 days ago83worth
Piearendil-works/pi
Minimal agent toolkit and coding agent CLIPersonalAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsCLILibrary / SDK★ 112kMITcommit 15 hours ago82worth
Codebase Memory MCPDeusData/codebase-memory-mcp
Code intelligence MCP server with a knowledge graphPersonalEnterpriseMCP serversCoding assistantsCLI★ 46kMITcommit yesterday82worth
Kilo CodeKilo-Org/kilocode
Open-source agentic engineering platformPersonalCoding assistantsCLIExtension / plugin★ 27kMITcommit 18 hours ago82worth
Open Code Reviewalibaba/open-code-review
Hybrid AI code review tool from AlibabaEnterpriseDeveloper toolsCoding assistantsCLI★ 43kApache-2.0commit 4 days ago81worth
Claude Code Routermusistudio/claude-code-router
Route coding agents across modelsPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 38kMITcommit 7 days ago81worth
DeepSeek Reasonixesengine/DeepSeek-Reasonix
DeepSeek-native coding agentPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 36kMITcommit 12 hours ago81worth
OpenClaudeTwigpine/openclaude
Coding agent that runs anywhere with any modelPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 34kcommit 4 days ago81worth
Claude Code Templatesdavila7/claude-code-templates
Install and monitor Claude Code componentsPersonalAgent skillsCoding assistantsCLI★ 32kMITcommit 14 hours ago81worth