Codewhale alternatives

Tools that could take the place of Codewhale, ranked by the stacks builders put them in rather than by stars alone.

Other agents in the runchr registry that do the work of Codewhale — a tool somebody pairs with it ranks above a more popular stranger. Read the Codewhale page or browse every agents.

  • hermes-agentAgentsdoes the same work261.3k

    Self-improving terminal agent with memory, skills, and multi-platform gateway.

  • gemini-cliAgentsdoes the same work108.8k

    Open-source Gemini agent that runs in your terminal for coding and automation.

  • strixAgentsdoes the same work74.2k

    Autonomous AI pentesting agents that find and validate app vulnerabilities.

  • oh-my-piAgentsdoes the same work38.1k

    Terminal coding agent with IDE, LSP, and debugger integration.

  • qwen-codeAgentsdoes the same work29.1k

    Open-source terminal AI coding agent with subagents, MCP, and multi-model

  • PentestGPTAgentsdoes the same work16.3k

    Autonomous LLM-powered penetration testing and CTF agent.

  • redamonAgentsdoes the same work3.3k

    Self-hosted AI pentesting agent that maps attack surface and exploits it.

  • LongHorizon-HarnessAgentsdoes the same work1.9k

    Long-running computer-use harness that keeps Claude Code, Codex, or OpenCode

  • invisible_dotsAgentsdoes the same work44

    Self-hosted agent that runs each task in its own VM with a stealth browser.

  • opencodeAgentsdoes the same work225.1k

    Open source terminal AI coding agent with build and plan modes.

  • oh-my-openagentAgentsdoes the same work70.8k

    Multi-model coding agent orchestrator with graph engineering and memory.

  • shannonAgentsdoes the same work51.4k

    Autonomous AI pentester that analyzes source code and executes real exploits.