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Eigent: The Open Source Cowork Desktop - Local and Free Alternative to Claude Cowork and Codex

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

Eigent at a glance

Category
Coding agents
Website
www.eigent.ai

Is Eigent growing? Usage data

In the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, Eigent ranked #341 on the Devtoolwatch Board and #103 in Coding agents, with a momentum score of 23 out of 100.

New GitHub stars per week for Eigent12 weeks from Aug 9, 2026: 175, 75, 93, 48, 69, 78, 112, 45, 49, 101, 76, 57 new stars, an average of 82 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 Eigent
Week ofNew stars
Aug 9, 2026175
Aug 16, 202675
Aug 23, 202693
Aug 30, 202648
Sep 6, 202669
Sep 13, 202678
Sep 20, 2026112
Sep 27, 202645
Oct 4, 202649
Oct 11, 2026101
Oct 18, 202676
Oct 25, 202657

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.

Eigent 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–

All AI coding agents, ranked

Eigent FAQ

How popular is Eigent?

Eigent has 15.7k GitHub stars as of Nov 1, 2026. It gained 57 new stars in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, against a 12-week average of 82 a week. That made it #103 among AI coding agents on the Devtoolwatch Board.

What are the best alternatives to Eigent?

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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