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HKUDS/DeepCode

HKUDS/DeepCode is a framework that RepoRadar is tracking in its Coding Agents section, currently rated Gold tier with a 'try now' verdict. Its strongest signal is workflow potential, scored 9.5 out of 10.

Score8.0
Popularity100.0
Risklow
TierGold
Score breakdown
Usefulness8.0
Novelty7.8
Momentum8.5
Maturity8.8
Open-source/build8.4
Evidence7.2
Workflow potential9.5
Setup ease6.8

Popularity is tracked separately. Support, ads, sponsorships, and tips never affect these signals.

Why it matters

Useful for developers and AI-coding-agent teams who want a maintained MIT agentic-coding harness from a lab with a proven RAG track record (HKUDS/LightRAG, HKUDS/DeepTutor, HKUDS/AgentSpace are already canonical), for anyone evaluating a real MIT alternative to closed-pipeline code-generation harnesses that ships multi-agent orchestration + loop engineering + code-understanding in one surface

Where this stands now

HKUDS/DeepCode ranks #17 of 33 tracked Coding Agents items by composite score (8.0 against a section median of 8.0). The section currently carries 20 Gold, 10 Silver, 3 Bronze. RepoRadar has retained observations for this record since 2026-08-14 (30 days in the current window). Signal extremes versus the section: momentum at the 76th percentile.

Who should use it

developers and AI-coding-agent teams who want a maintained MIT agentic-coding harness from a lab with a proven track record (HKUDS/LightRAG, HKUDS/DeepTutor, HKUDS/AgentSpace are already canonical) anyone evaluating a real MIT alternative to closed-pipeline code-generation harnesses that ships multi-agent orchestration + loop engineering + code-understanding in one surface research teams studying agent harness engineering at the loop / planning / tool-use boundaries

Who should skip it

Skip HKUDS/DeepCode unless the captured evidence suggests it solves a problem you are actively working on.

About this signal

HKUDS/DeepCode is tracked by RepoRadar as a framework in the Coding Agents section. First seen 2026-08-14; the source record was last checked on 2026-08-14. The current verdict is 'try now' with a Gold tier and moderate setup difficulty. HKUDS/DeepCode leads on workflow potential (9.5) and maturity (8.8); its lowest signal is setup ease (6.8), so factor that in before investing setup time. This page summarizes the evidence RepoRadar captured from https://github.com/HKUDS/DeepCode.

How this item is evaluated

The HKUDS/DeepCode record combines a 8.0/10 composite score with separate popularity (100.0), risk (low), and setup (moderate) signals. See the scoring methodology for the current weights and evidence definitions.

Questions worth asking before you adopt this

Putting this into practice? Read How to vet an AI agent or MCP server before you wire it in for the checklist behind this score.

Risk explanation

agentic-coding outputs require human review -- verify the verifiable-code-generation claim on real tasks before scaling; the bootstrapper hands off to Claude Code / Codex / OpenCode when they are on the PATH, which means the harness assumes a coding-agent CLI is installed and authenticated; SOTA benchmark claims in the README are author-reported -- validate against your own tasks before adopting as the default surface.

Evidence links
Closest alternatives / related signals
agentic-coding agent-harness multi-agent loop-engineering code-generation code-understanding deepcode open-source
Verification record

What RepoRadar actually verified

Discovered

Automated discovery and source capture. Last checked 2026-09-13T05:04:21.529456Z.

No editorial or hands-on review is claimed. This record remains at Discovered.

Verification sources

Longitudinal intelligence

How this decision record is moving

Raw history JSON →

22 dated snapshots retained from 2026-08-14 through 2026-09-13; see the snapshot index for explicit coverage gaps. Stars, version, release, pricing, integration, risk, maintenance, verdict, score, and momentum fields remain explicit even when a source has not reported them. Repository momentum is a normalized 0–10 RepoRadar signal; GitHub stars appear only where the popularity monitor retained exact timestamped observations.

RepoRadar score8.0 current · +0.0 net
Repository momentum9.0 current · +0.5 net
GitHub stars (observed)16,523 current · +159 net
GitHub stars16,523 exact observation
Versionv2.2.0
Last release2026-09-06T10:17:59Z
Maintenanceactive
Current risklow
Current verdicttry now
Pricing baselineNo structured commercial pricing baseline
Pricing checkedNot applicable or not recorded
Pricing freshnessNo dated commercial pricing review
Integrations baselineNo structured integrations recorded

Recent dated points

DateScoreMomentumStarsRiskVerdictMaintenance
2026-09-138.09.016,523lowtry nowactive
2026-09-128.09.016,520lowtry nowactive
2026-09-118.09.316,518lowtry nowactive
2026-09-088.09.016,497lowtry nowactive
2026-09-078.08.5Not recordedlowtry nownot recorded
2026-09-058.09.316,487lowtry nowactive
2026-09-048.09.316,487lowtry nowactive
2026-09-038.08.5Not recordedlowtry nownot recorded
2026-09-028.09.016,464lowtry nowactive
2026-09-018.09.016,464lowtry nowactive
2026-08-308.09.316,449lowtry nowactive
2026-08-298.09.016,434lowtry nowactive

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