- Add conversationlink chat field rendered into the system prompt
- Surface MCP structuredContent and drop null optional params
- Add configurable request timeout for New Relic toolset
- Anonymize project slug in MCP toolset test fixture
- Add GPU node diagnostics support to kubernetes-remediation MCP
- Add namespaceScopedRBAC helm value for namespace-scoped Holmes installs
HolmesGPT by Robusta (CNCF Sandbox)
Pulse Score
14 / 100
Rank #203 of 258
Downloads, last 7 days
2,330
up 24.5% vs previous week
Downloads, last 30 days
10.5K
down 26.0% vs previous 30 days
GitHub stars
3,511
about +5 a day
Latest release
0.42.0
20d ago · 2 in 30 days
Price
Free (OSS)
checked Oct 6, 2026
Overview
An open-source agent that investigates production incidents and alerts across Kubernetes, Prometheus, Datadog and other sources to find root causes; a CNCF Sandbox project that runs as a CLI or in-cluster operator.
HolmesGPT was downloaded 2,330 times from PyPI in the week ending Oct 4, 2026, up 24.5% on the week before and down 26.0% over the last 30 days compared with the 30 before. The GitHub repository has 3,511 stars, 306 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 0.42.0, published Sep 16, 2026; there were 2 stable releases in the past 30 days.
HolmesGPT usage and attention over time
Download the raw daily series: holmesgpt.csv
Install HolmesGPT
| PyPI | pip install holmesgpt |
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These commands use the packages tracked on this page. The vendor may recommend a different installer; see the official documentation.
Key facts
| Maker | Robusta (CNCF Sandbox) |
|---|---|
| Type | Open-source SRE agent for incident root cause analysis |
| First released | 2024 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Main language | Python |
| Open issues and PRs | 457 |
Pricing
Free and open source (Apache-2.0); bring your own model API key.
Source: official pricing page, checked Oct 6, 2026. Prices change often; confirm before you buy.
Pulse Score breakdown
Adoption8
Community23
Attention—
Momentum24
Each component is scored 0 to 100 from public signals; a dash means no data for it. Methodology.
HolmesGPT news and signals
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What changed: recent HolmesGPT releases
9 stable releases in the last 90 days · Full changelog
- ROB-1161 Fetch the Supabase api key from relay with caching and local fallback
- Patch all High CVEs (and Mediums >60 days) in the holmes image
- ROB-1258 Live-refresh git-synced skills via first-class skillrepos
- ROB-889 Refresh the realtime JWT before it expires
- ROB-878 remove stale Sonnet 4.0/4.5 model recommendations from docs
- Remove experimental Azure SQL toolset
- ROB-893 Fix command injection vulnerability in Kubernetes toolset
- Remove MariaDB MCP integration, consolidate to native MariaDB datasource
- Fix command injection in slab/kubevela/inspektorgadget/aks toolsets (ROB-893 follow-up)
- Fix SSRF in internet/fetchwebpage and connectivitycheck toolsets (ROB-896)
- ROB-856 Add Atlassian Rovo MCP integration documentation
- ROB-855 pulling skills with github app credentials
- Weekly Benchmark Results 2026-08-0512-14
- ROB-853: support GitHub App installed on multiple orgs in github MCP addon
- ROB-770 Add cross-cluster tools documentation
- ROB-808 docs: add Bitbucket instructions for loading custom skills
- ROB-836 Pin .sha256 manifests to LF so the Docker build works on Windows clones
- ROB-841 Add RFC 8707 resource indicator support to MCP OAuth flow
- Behavior-guard tests: log-fetch transparency eval, fix permissions eval setup
- Fix operator image startup by removing holmes package dependency
- ROB-679 Log the TOOLMEMORYLIMITMB remedy when a tool is OOM killed
HolmesGPT alternatives
| # | Agent | Pulse | Downloads 7d | 7d | 30d | VS Code installs | Stars | Latest release | Price | Last 90 days | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 188 |
K8sGPTK8sGPT (CNCF Sandbox) |
17 | — | — | — | — | 8,218+2/day | 0.4.3922d ago | Free (OSS) | — | |
| 218 |
Resolve AIResolve AI |
4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Usage-based | — | |
| 225 |
ClericCleric |
0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Free + $700/mo | — | |
| 234 |
TraversalTraversal |
0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Custom | — | |
| 236 |
Bits AI SREDatadog |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Usage-based | — | |
| 248 |
incident.io AI SREincident.io |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | $25/mo | — | |
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HolmesGPT FAQ
How much does HolmesGPT cost?
Free and open source (Apache-2.0); bring your own model API key.
Is HolmesGPT open source?
Yes. HolmesGPT is open source, released under the Apache-2.0 license.
How popular is HolmesGPT?
HolmesGPT was downloaded 2,330 times from PyPI in the week ending Oct 4, 2026, up 24.5% on the week before and down 26.0% over the last 30 days compared with the 30 before. The GitHub repository has 3,511 stars, 306 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 0.42.0, published Sep 16, 2026; there were 2 stable releases in the past 30 days.
What is the latest version of HolmesGPT?
The latest stable release we track is 0.42.0, published on Sep 16, 2026.
What are the alternatives to HolmesGPT?
The closest alternatives in the same category by Pulse Score are K8sGPT, Resolve AI, Cleric, Traversal.
Where these numbers come from
PyPI: holmesgpt. GitHub: HolmesGPT/holmesgpt. Site rank: holmesgpt.dev on the Tranco list. See data sources for how each one is collected.
Product facts and pricing were checked against: github.com, pypi.org, cncf.io.