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AIPOCH Open-Science review

The open-source AI research workbench for scientific research and agent workflows. Local-first, model-agnostic desktop app with extensible skills, MCP tools and connectors, Python/R execution and traceable artifacts for reproducible research on macOS, Windows and Linux.

Updated Nov 1, 2026. Review written Nov 1, 2026 from the project's own sources; usage data refreshed every Monday.

AIPOCH Open-Science at a glance

Category
Coding agents
Website
aipoch.com/open-science

Is AIPOCH Open-Science growing? Usage data

In the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, AIPOCH Open-Science ranked #214 on the Devtoolwatch Board and #75 in Coding agents, with a momentum score of 43 out of 100.

New GitHub stars per week for AIPOCH Open-Science12 weeks from Aug 9, 2026: 533, 252, 254, 410, 579, 534, 243, 432, 156, 383, 199, 72 new stars, an average of 337 a week.Aug 9week of Oct 25
New GitHub stars per week for the last 12 weeks, from GitHub's stargazer history (today's stargazers by the week they starred).
Show the weekly numbers
New GitHub stars per week for AIPOCH Open-Science
Week ofNew stars
Aug 9, 2026533
Aug 16, 2026252
Aug 23, 2026254
Aug 30, 2026410
Sep 6, 2026579
Sep 13, 2026534
Sep 20, 2026243
Sep 27, 2026432
Oct 4, 2026156
Oct 11, 2026383
Oct 18, 2026199
Oct 25, 202672

The Board ranks tools by four signals each week: new stars, new stars for the repo's size, added downloads and download growth beyond the market. How the ranking works.

AIPOCH Open-Science alternatives

Other AI coding agents on the Board in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, by momentum:

Coding agents ranked by momentum, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026
RankToolStarsDownloads/wk
#1CindyCindy is an open-source AI agent app for desktop and mobile that combines Claude Code, Codex and Pi across your connected devices.8.8k–
#2OpenMausBotOpenMausBot is an open-source desktop chat app where each contact is a local Claude, Codex, or Grok CLI agent with its own computer.9.6k–
#3OrcaOrca is a desktop agent development environment for running Claude Code, Codex, and other CLI coding agents in parallel, each in its own…111.7k–
#4OpenBotOpenBot is an open-source, self-hosted template for AI coworkers that each get their own browser, files and granted tools, with every…9.1k–
#5Agent ReachAgent Reach is a Python CLI that lets AI agents search and read platforms such as Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, GitHub, Bilibili and…107.2k–
#6Skill RecorderSkill Recorder is a desktop app that records your on-screen work session and turns it into a reusable agent Skill or Automation.5.6k–

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AIPOCH Open-Science FAQ

How popular is AIPOCH Open-Science?

AIPOCH Open-Science has 5.4k GitHub stars as of Nov 1, 2026. It gained 72 new stars in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, against a 12-week average of 337 a week. That made it #75 among AI coding agents on the Devtoolwatch Board.

What are the best alternatives to AIPOCH Open-Science?

Other AI coding agents on the Devtoolwatch Board in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, by momentum: Cindy (#1), OpenMausBot (#2), Orca (#3), OpenBot (#4), Agent Reach (#5). The alternatives table above has their numbers.

Sources

  1. Devtoolwatch Board, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026

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