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OpenScience review

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

OpenScience at a glance

Category
Coding agents
Website
openscience.sh

Is OpenScience growing? Usage data

In the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, OpenScience ranked #152 on the Devtoolwatch Board and #55 in Coding agents, with a momentum score of 52 out of 100.

New GitHub stars per week for OpenScience12 weeks from Aug 9, 2026: 124, 82, 47, 133, 78, 44, 47, 270, 63, 98, 193, 79 new stars, an average of 105 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).
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New GitHub stars per week for OpenScience
Week ofNew stars
Aug 9, 2026124
Aug 16, 202682
Aug 23, 202647
Aug 30, 2026133
Sep 6, 202678
Sep 13, 202644
Sep 20, 202647
Sep 27, 2026270
Oct 4, 202663
Oct 11, 202698
Oct 18, 2026193
Oct 25, 202679

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.

OpenScience 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

OpenScience FAQ

How popular is OpenScience?

OpenScience has 4.3k GitHub stars as of Nov 1, 2026. It gained 79 new stars in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, against a 12-week average of 105 a week. That made it #55 among AI coding agents on the Devtoolwatch Board.

What are the best alternatives to OpenScience?

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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