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AI coding tools: star history compared

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openai/codex

No category on GitHub has grown faster in the 2020s than open-source AI coding tools. Aider made terminal-native pair programming credible, Cline and Continue brought agents into the editor, and OpenHands pushed toward fully autonomous software work — each with a star curve that would have led any other category's chart. When the model labs themselves started shipping open CLIs, the growth only compounded. Recent velocity matters more than totals here; leaders change by the quarter.

Ranked by current GitHub stars · growth = stars gained in the trailing 90 days · data updated Nov 2026

AI coding tools — star history
135k STARS3 YR 6 MOopenai/codex135kgoogle-gemini/gemini-cli109kall-hands-ai/openhands93kcline/cline72kaider-ai/aider50kcontinuedev/continue36k

openai/codex: 135,244 stars on November 14, 2026. google-gemini/gemini-cli: 108,820 stars on November 14, 2026. all-hands-ai/openhands: 93,438 stars on November 13, 2026. cline/cline: 71,605 stars on November 13, 2026. aider-ai/aider: 50,116 stars on November 14, 2026. continuedev/continue: 36,479 stars on November 13, 2026.

Star history for openai/codex
DateStars
April 16, 20259040
April 23, 202518627
April 30, 202519849
May 7, 202520434
May 14, 202520994
May 22, 202525259
May 29, 202525955
June 5, 202526783
June 12, 202527340
June 20, 202527836
June 28, 202528520
July 5, 202528936
July 13, 202529310
July 20, 202529651
July 27, 202529960
August 3, 202530250
August 11, 202532910
August 18, 202533879
August 25, 202534791
September 1, 202536189
September 9, 202538056
September 16, 202539822
September 23, 202542066
September 30, 202543411
October 7, 202544358
October 15, 202545705
October 22, 202546559
October 29, 202547253
November 5, 202547852
November 13, 202548453
November 21, 202549077
November 29, 202549502
December 6, 202550109
December 13, 202550573
December 20, 202552389
December 27, 202552814
January 4, 202653267
January 11, 202653976
January 18, 202654606
January 25, 202655705
February 2, 202656782
February 9, 202657921
February 16, 202658928
February 23, 202659848
March 3, 202661133
March 10, 202662728
March 17, 202664227
March 24, 202665685
March 31, 202668919
April 8, 202672281
April 16, 202674128
April 24, 202676054
May 1, 202677763
May 8, 202679448
May 15, 202681312
May 23, 202683349
May 30, 202685553
June 6, 202687594
June 13, 202689318
June 20, 202690813
June 28, 202692772
July 5, 202694244
July 12, 202696062
July 19, 202698400
July 27, 2026100618
August 3, 2026102416
August 10, 2026103937
August 17, 2026105365
August 25, 2026117171
September 1, 2026119656
September 9, 2026121838
September 17, 2026123941
September 24, 2026125373
October 1, 2026126662
October 8, 2026127693
October 16, 2026129092
October 23, 2026130235
October 30, 2026131858
November 6, 2026133289
November 14, 2026135244
Star history for google-gemini/gemini-cli
DateStars
April 20, 20251
May 23, 20257
June 18, 202515
June 25, 202517814
July 2, 202547150
July 8, 202552503
July 15, 202556018
July 22, 202558762
July 28, 202561100
August 4, 202562889
August 12, 202564889
August 18, 202566193
August 25, 202567687
September 1, 202568944
September 7, 202569915
September 14, 202570999
September 20, 202571806
September 27, 202573037
October 3, 202573761
October 10, 202574578
October 17, 202575540
October 23, 202576184
October 30, 202576980
November 5, 202577643
November 12, 202578391
November 19, 202579669
November 25, 202580748
December 2, 202581713
December 8, 202582577
December 15, 202583662
December 23, 202584676
December 29, 202585356
January 5, 202686056
January 12, 202686991
January 18, 202687905
January 25, 202688883
January 31, 202689600
February 7, 202690368
February 14, 202691078
February 20, 202691711
February 27, 202692588
March 5, 202693309
March 12, 202694174
March 19, 202695173
March 25, 202695934
April 1, 202696865
April 7, 202697528
April 14, 202698320
April 21, 202699138
April 27, 202699707
May 5, 2026100432
May 12, 2026101117
May 18, 2026101629
May 25, 2026102163
May 31, 2026102480
June 7, 2026102839
June 14, 2026103184
June 20, 2026103472
June 27, 2026103735
July 3, 2026103944
July 10, 2026104219
July 17, 2026104437
July 23, 2026104642
July 30, 2026104849
August 5, 2026105027
August 12, 2026105226
August 18, 2026105382
August 25, 2026105592
September 1, 2026105768
September 7, 2026105937
September 15, 2026106166
September 22, 2026106366
September 28, 2026106497
October 5, 2026106669
October 12, 2026106848
October 18, 2026107071
October 25, 2026108135
October 31, 2026108393
November 7, 2026108623
November 14, 2026108820
Star history for all-hands-ai/openhands
DateStars
March 12, 2024150
March 24, 20242701
April 5, 202416823
April 17, 202420524
April 29, 202421764
May 12, 202423515
May 24, 202424286
June 5, 202425082
June 17, 202425499
June 30, 202426289
July 14, 202426820
July 26, 202427209
August 8, 202427800
August 20, 202428460
September 1, 202429111
September 13, 202429500
September 26, 202430367
October 8, 202431029
October 20, 202431350
November 1, 202431694
November 14, 202434648
November 26, 202435616
December 8, 202436287
December 20, 202437018
January 1, 202537843
January 14, 202541386
January 26, 202542610
February 7, 202543466
February 19, 202545027
March 4, 202546709
March 18, 202548747
March 31, 202549663
April 12, 202550698
April 24, 202551375
May 6, 202551873
May 18, 202552385
May 31, 202554957
June 12, 202555904
June 24, 202557110
July 6, 202557967
July 19, 202558781
July 31, 202559578
August 12, 202560087
August 24, 202560619
September 6, 202561361
September 18, 202561754
September 30, 202562088
October 12, 202562396
October 24, 202562721
November 6, 202563086
November 20, 202563523
December 3, 202563816
December 15, 202564142
December 27, 202564445
January 8, 202664908
January 21, 202665473
February 2, 202666006
February 14, 202666455
February 26, 202666911
March 10, 202667602
March 23, 202668363
April 4, 202669425
April 16, 202670236
April 28, 202671233
May 11, 202672159
May 23, 202673647
June 4, 202674889
June 16, 202676502
June 29, 202677817
July 11, 202679631
July 25, 202681296
August 7, 202682707
August 19, 202683870
August 31, 202685207
September 12, 202687174
September 25, 202688719
October 7, 202689869
October 19, 202691108
October 31, 202692274
November 13, 202693438
Star history for cline/cline
DateStars
July 11, 20241
July 22, 2024926
August 2, 20241191
August 13, 20241761
August 23, 20242259
September 3, 20242707
September 14, 20243829
September 24, 20244855
October 5, 20245520
October 16, 20247617
October 29, 20248943
November 8, 202410275
November 19, 202411400
November 30, 202412194
December 10, 202413191
December 21, 202414636
January 1, 202517011
January 12, 202520273
January 22, 202522273
February 2, 202524960
February 13, 202527339
February 23, 202529087
March 6, 202531272
March 17, 202533139
March 27, 202534931
April 7, 202536838
April 18, 202538576
April 29, 202539898
May 9, 202540873
May 20, 202541749
June 2, 202542707
June 13, 202543357
June 23, 202543817
July 4, 202544668
July 15, 202545329
July 25, 202545922
August 5, 202546511
August 16, 202547115
August 26, 202547567
September 6, 202548003
September 17, 202548389
September 28, 202548771
October 8, 202549075
October 19, 202549394
October 30, 202549835
November 9, 202550243
November 20, 202550579
December 1, 202551844
December 11, 202553770
December 22, 202554160
January 4, 202654573
January 15, 202654917
January 25, 202655209
February 5, 202655750
February 16, 202656259
February 27, 202656731
March 9, 202657138
March 20, 202657588
March 31, 202658207
April 10, 202658688
April 21, 202659148
May 2, 202659958
May 12, 202660408
May 23, 202661012
June 3, 202661593
June 14, 202662240
June 24, 202662873
July 5, 202663398
July 16, 202663885
July 26, 202664303
August 8, 202665185
August 19, 202665878
August 30, 202666648
September 9, 202667252
September 20, 202668486
October 1, 202669339
October 11, 202669901
October 22, 202670535
November 2, 202671125
November 13, 202671605
Star history for aider-ai/aider
DateStars
May 10, 202315
May 26, 2023202
June 12, 2023305
June 30, 2023515
July 16, 20232207
August 1, 20232661
August 17, 20233125
September 2, 20233418
September 18, 20233583
October 4, 20233730
October 23, 20233999
November 8, 20234449
November 24, 20234837
December 10, 20235104
December 26, 20235357
January 12, 20245571
January 28, 20245813
February 13, 20246009
February 29, 20246178
March 16, 20246417
April 1, 20246779
April 17, 20248658
May 3, 20249257
May 19, 20249630
June 4, 202410007
June 20, 202411471
July 6, 202412215
July 22, 202413626
August 7, 202414920
August 23, 202415862
September 12, 202417174
September 28, 202418512
October 14, 202419531
October 30, 202420227
November 15, 202421159
December 1, 202421745
December 17, 202422356
January 2, 202523161
January 18, 202524050
February 3, 202525303
February 19, 202526475
March 7, 202527678
March 23, 202528641
April 8, 202529696
April 24, 202530770
May 10, 202531555
May 26, 202532309
June 11, 202532995
June 27, 202533708
July 14, 202534317
August 2, 202535070
August 18, 202535579
September 3, 202536010
September 19, 202536363
October 5, 202536654
October 21, 202536935
November 6, 202537191
November 22, 202537515
December 8, 202537832
December 24, 202538185
January 9, 202638641
January 25, 202639112
February 10, 202639579
February 26, 202640103
March 15, 202641090
March 31, 202641771
April 16, 202642651
May 2, 202643479
May 18, 202644262
June 3, 202645059
June 22, 202645971
July 8, 202646630
July 24, 202647178
August 9, 202647640
August 25, 202648128
September 10, 202648579
September 26, 202648967
October 12, 202649339
October 28, 202649714
November 14, 202650116
Star history for continuedev/continue
DateStars
May 29, 20231
July 3, 2023113
July 24, 2023151
August 9, 20232453
August 25, 20232830
September 9, 20233717
September 25, 20233932
October 10, 20234088
October 26, 20234380
November 10, 20234666
November 29, 20234944
December 14, 20235165
December 30, 20235441
January 14, 20245610
January 30, 20246092
February 14, 20246729
March 1, 20247502
March 16, 20248260
April 1, 20249214
April 16, 20249742
May 2, 202410427
May 17, 202410842
June 2, 202411465
June 17, 202411811
July 3, 202412291
July 18, 202412716
August 3, 202413150
August 18, 202413599
September 3, 202414340
September 19, 202415145
October 7, 202416727
October 23, 202417326
November 7, 202417850
November 23, 202418358
December 8, 202418758
December 24, 202419305
January 8, 202519954
January 24, 202520650
February 8, 202521569
February 24, 202522503
March 11, 202523104
March 27, 202523698
April 11, 202524191
April 27, 202524662
May 12, 202524952
May 28, 202525298
June 12, 202525691
June 28, 202526164
July 13, 202526449
July 29, 202526821
August 16, 202527248
September 1, 202527601
September 17, 202527922
October 2, 202528140
October 18, 202528409
November 2, 202528685
November 18, 202528989
December 3, 202529255
December 19, 202529575
January 3, 202629839
January 19, 202630212
February 3, 202630507
February 19, 202630755
March 6, 202631009
March 22, 202631350
April 6, 202631731
April 22, 202632165
May 7, 202632493
May 23, 202632833
June 7, 202633118
June 26, 202634067
July 11, 202634420
July 27, 202634801
August 11, 202635130
August 27, 202635387
September 11, 202635662
September 27, 202635873
October 12, 202636086
October 28, 202636311
November 13, 202636479

How each series was read

  • openai/codex

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • google-gemini/gemini-cli

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • all-hands-ai/openhands

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • cline/cline

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • aider-ai/aider

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • continuedev/continue

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

Ranking

6 repositories

AI coding tools ranked by current total GitHub stars
#RepositoryStars+90dFirst starHealth
1openai/codex135,244~30k2025debt charts
2google-gemini/gemini-cli108,825~3.5k2025debt charts
3all-hands-ai/openhands93,459~10k2024debt charts
4cline/cline71,614~6k2024debt charts
5aider-ai/aider50,118~2.3k2023debt charts
6continuedev/continue36,480~1.3k2023debt charts

Repository health compared

Live analysis · unavailable data stays labelled

Popularity is only one axis. Compare technical scale, maintenance cadence, ownership resilience and change pressure against the same completed analysis that sits behind each report.

Reach

Popularity and real-world adoption

Signalopenai/codexgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliall-hands-ai/openhandscline/clineaider-ai/aidercontinuedev/continue
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 135,244108,82593,45971,61450,11836,480
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +30,092+3,495+10,051+6,013+2,253+1,283
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Largest package audienceLargest resolved registry total; sources are shown explicitly.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.1.6 years1.6 years2.7 years2.4 years3.5 years3.5 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalopenai/codexgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliall-hands-ai/openhandscline/clineaider-ai/aidercontinuedev/continue
Dominant languageLargest share of analyzed code lines at current HEAD.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Maintenance

Commit volume and recent operating cadence

Signalopenai/codexgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliall-hands-ai/openhandscline/clineaider-ai/aidercontinuedev/continue
Repository commitsFull repository commit total reported by the analysis.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Ownership

How broadly maintenance responsibility is distributed

Signalopenai/codexgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliall-hands-ai/openhandscline/clineaider-ai/aidercontinuedev/continue
Bus factorFewest analyzed contributors carrying at least half the commits.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Change signals

Debt markers and fix pressure in frequently changed files

Signalopenai/codexgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliall-hands-ai/openhandscline/clineaider-ai/aidercontinuedev/continue
Fix-labelled share · frequently changed filesFix-labelled commits divided by commits across the analyzed high-frequency file set.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Recent TODO/FIXME movementLatest cumulative marker count and its change over the trailing 90 days.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Head to head

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Frequently asked

Which of these ai coding tools has the most GitHub stars?

openai/codex is the most-starred of the ai coding tools gitdebt compares, with 135,244 GitHub stars as of Nov 2026. It earned its first star in 2025.

Which of these ai coding tools is growing the fastest?

openai/codex added the most stars over the last 90 days of its cached history — about 30,092 new stars. 90-day figures are approximate for older repos, whose history is downsampled.

How is this comparison computed?

The table ranks public repository metadata by current total stars. Each curve is that repository's stored star series — read from GitHub's own star history, or from an older stargazer-list or historical-data read until gitdebt reads it again — drawn on shared axes, with trailing 90-day growth estimated from it. The legend under the chart names each series' own source and coverage date. Repo-health charts come independently from each repository's commit history.

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