# Honcho review

>  Memory library for building stateful agents

Devtoolwatch Board, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026. Canonical page: https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/plastic-labs-honcho/

## Honcho at a glance

- **Category:** [Model SDKs and gateways](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/categories/model-sdks-and-gateways/)
- **Website:** [honcho.dev/docs](https://honcho.dev/docs)

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

- Board rank: #145 overall, #4 in Model SDKs and gateways, momentum score 54
- New GitHub stars per week (last 12 weeks): Aug 9: 129; Aug 16: 132; Aug 23: 145; Aug 30: 119; Sep 6: 104; Sep 13: 121; Sep 20: 107; Sep 27: 108; Oct 4: 114; Oct 11: 109; Oct 18: 103; Oct 25: 111

## Honcho alternatives

| Rank | Tool | Stars | Downloads/wk |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | [thinking-orbs](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/jakubantalik-thinking-orbs/) | 3.9k | 1.4M |
| #2 | [Headroom](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/headroomlabs-ai-headroom/) | 78.5k | 125.8k |
| #3 | [LiteLLM](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/litellm/) | 62.5k | 23.1M |
| #5 | [Anthropic SDK](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/anthropic-sdk/) | 4k | 111M |
| #6 | [Hugging Face Hub](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/hf-hub/) | 4k | 68.3M |
| #7 | [OpenAI SDK](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/openai-sdk/) | 32k | 141.3M |

## Honcho FAQ

### How popular is Honcho?

Honcho has 7.9k GitHub stars as of Nov 1, 2026. It gained 111 new stars in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, against a 12-week average of 117 a week. That made it #4 among LLM SDKs and gateways on the Devtoolwatch Board.

### What are the best alternatives to Honcho?

Other LLM SDKs and gateways on the Devtoolwatch Board in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, by momentum: thinking-orbs (#1), Headroom (#2), LiteLLM (#3), Anthropic SDK (#5), Hugging Face Hub (#6). The alternatives table above has their numbers.

## Sources

1. [Devtoolwatch Board, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/)