# agents-cli review

> The CLI and skills that turn any coding assistant into an expert at creating, evaluating, and deploying AI agents on Google Cloud.

Devtoolwatch Board, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026. Canonical page: https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/google-agents-cli/

## agents-cli at a glance

- **Category:** [Coding agents](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/categories/coding-agents/)
- **Website:** [google.github.io/agents-cli](https://google.github.io/agents-cli/)

## Usage data (the week of Oct 25–31, 2026)

- Board rank: #179 overall, #63 in Coding agents, momentum score 47
- Downloads that week: 42.1k (+6% vs 4-week average)
- New GitHub stars per week (last 12 weeks): Aug 9: 134; Aug 16: 74; Aug 23: 54; Aug 30: 73; Sep 6: 100; Sep 13: 53; Sep 20: 42; Sep 27: 42; Oct 4: 33; Oct 11: 34; Oct 18: 80; Oct 25: 104

## agents-cli alternatives

| Rank | Tool | Stars | Downloads/wk |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | [Cindy](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/makecindy-cindy/) | 8.8k | – |
| #2 | [OpenMausBot](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/milind-soni-openmausbot/) | 9.6k | – |
| #3 | [Orca](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/stablyai-orca/) | 111.7k | – |
| #4 | [OpenBot](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/copilotkit-openbot/) | 9.1k | – |
| #5 | [Agent Reach](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/panniantong-agent-reach/) | 107.2k | – |
| #6 | [Skill Recorder](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/microsoft-skill-recorder/) | 5.6k | – |

## agents-cli FAQ

### How popular is agents-cli?

agents-cli has 6.3k GitHub stars as of Nov 1, 2026. It gained 104 new stars in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, against a 12-week average of 69 a week. Its main package had 42.1k downloads that week, +6% against its own 4-week average. That made it #63 among AI coding agents on the Devtoolwatch Board.

### What are the best alternatives to agents-cli?

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](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/)