- A Loki PR title now names the work, for example "[PARTIAL] Retry utility and recovery handlers (#21 s2)", instead of "[PARTIAL] Loki 10: PARTIAL (e10-<run id>)". The outcome appears once and the…
- On a split issue (loki start owner/repo#N or loki issues run), a slice's working copy is no longer deleted while Loki's background deep verify is still running in it, which left the…
- A stacked slice PR says when the repository's pull-request workflows skip its base branch, and that GitHub retargets it to the default branch once the PR it is stacked on merges.
Loki Mode by Lokesh Mure
Autonomous coding agent CLI that turns a task or issue into a pull request with a signed receipt of the checks it ran.
On this page
Price
Free
free tier available
Popularity
#31 in Terminal
Gid Score 23 / 100 · #206 of 285 ranked AI agents
Trend
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about +1 GitHub stars a day
Development
Updated recently
latest 11.125.0, today
Community
1,116 GitHub stars
15.3K package downloads a week
Usage data: latest readings Nov 1 to Nov 3, 2026, last checked Nov 3, 06:34 UTC. Date of each number
What Loki Mode does
It has a free tier.
Key facts
| Maker | Lokesh Mure |
|---|---|
| First released | December 2025 |
| License | BUSL-1.1 |
| Main language | TypeScript |
| Open issues and PRs | 189 |
Pricing
Source-available under the Business Source License 1.1; you bring your own model provider. Check the website for any paid plans.
Checked Oct 27, 2026. Prices change often; confirm before you buy.
Quick answers
- Free to start?Yes
- Open source?No
- Closest alternativeOpenAI Codex · all alternatives
What's new in Loki Mode: November 2026 so far
November brought major language and platform support expansions, including full .NET coverage and improved Java testing, alongside significant performance improvements and a streamlined codebase. The month also introduced learning from past runs, refined verify logic, and made provider and CLI setup more flexible.
Action needed: Factory-operations and release-cadence skill modules removed; projects should not reference these.
- Added .NET support with detection of .csproj, .sln and global.json files, running scoped dotnet test and writing acceptance tests for xUnit, NUnit and MSTest.
- Improved Java testing with test file mapping for Maven and Gradle, detection of changed classes by name and reference, and automatic use of repo-local ./mvnw or ./gradlew.
- Removed the separate Bun and SDK run loops, consolidating to one default engine while keeping legacy support for large PRDs.
- Loki now records lessons from each run to brief future work on the same codebase, capturing failing checks, test edits and spec conflicts.
24 releases this month · summarised from the official release notes · all months
Get started with Loki Mode
| npm | npm install -g loki-mode |
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These commands use the packages tracked on this page. The vendor may recommend a different installer.
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Loki Mode news
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Loki Mode 11.125.0 released
A Loki PR title now names the work, for example "[PARTIAL] Retry utility and recovery handlers (#21 s2)", instead of "[PARTIAL] Loki 10: PARTIAL (e10- )". The outcome appears once and the…; On a split issue (loki start owner/repo#N or loki issues run), a…
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Loki Mode 11.124.0 released
haiku and --cost lean now turn on the router's auto preset (LOKI_ROUTER=auto): Haiku runs implement and fix, and a failure the code owns climbs to Sonnet, then Opus; it never steps back down. An…; On bench v2 (24 tasks x 2 reps): the new --haiku passed 48/48…
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8 agents added to AgentGid
LayerFS, ThinkRail, Loki Mode, Switch, Omnara, Andee, OpenFilm, SPACE (Perplexity)
What changed: recent Loki Mode releases
- benchmarks/h2h gains raw-opus-low (claude --model opus --effort low) and loki-opus-low (the Opus pin with LOKI_E10_EFFORT=low, which every Loki session honors). A run that sets a conflicting…
Earlier releases
- A project with codex, cline, aider or gemini saved in .loki/state/provider now gets the removed-provider line plus switch it with: loki provider set claude and exits 2 from loki start, loki quick,…
- A task that names one file such as index.ts in a monorepo where many packages have a file of that name is no longer sized large and split into slices; a task that spells out many paths (including…
- loki failover --chain with an unknown provider now names the right provider in its error.
- loki doctor reads the project's opencode config when reporting the detected provider.
- haiku and --cost lean now turn on the router's auto preset (LOKI_ROUTER=auto): Haiku runs implement and fix, and a failure the code owns climbs to Sonnet, then Opus; it never steps back down. An…
- On bench v2 (24 tasks x 2 reps): the new --haiku passed 48/48 at $0.0433 per passed task, against 47/48 at $0.0574 for the old --haiku…
- LOKI_MODEL_DEVELOPMENT and --model now override the preset like LOKI_CLAUDE_MODEL_DEVELOPMENT.
- LOKI_IMPLEMENT_HAIKU_FIRST prints a one-time note and maps to LOKI_ROUTER=auto when LOKI_ROUTER is unset. With an explicit LOKI_ROUTER, --haiku and --cost lean print one line and keep your value.
- A large multi-part issue (for example a monorepo epic) is split into slices even when the model's split has an over-long acceptance item; a split that is still refused is asked for once more with…
- Verify runs each package's selected vitest files in one process instead of one process per file (on a FireLater-shaped monorepo fixture: 7.2 s instead of 73.5 s). A file is never counted as…
- Tests that were already failing on the base commit with the same error are not sent to fix rounds; a test that fails differently, including another case under a repeated test.each title, still is.…
- When only Loki's own acceptance test still fails after a fix round that made no progress on it, and the repo's own tests pass on the delivered tree, the work is delivered as PARTIAL with that test…
- The checkout returns to your branch after a run: your own uncommitted .loki deletions are never committed onto the run branch, and Loki removes only its own leftover acceptance-test file, and only…
- In a monorepo, Loki's acceptance test runs its base check inside the right package.
- benchmarks/h2h gains a replay suite (8 recent closed issues) and a hard suite (8 multi-file issues that raw Haiku with a verify instruction failed in a pilot), plus Sonnet, Opus and…
- Task repositories are no longer stored in this repository: each task keeps only its description and pinned commits, and the harness fetches and rebuilds it at run time into ~/.cache/loki-h2h,…
- A benchmark run is not citable when the benchmark tree has uncommitted or gitignored files.
- The redaction speed test no longer fails under machine load: a sub-millisecond baseline timing produced a false 12.3x growth ratio. A real quadratic slowdown still fails it (15.5x).
Loki Mode popularity and usage data
Loki Mode was downloaded 15.3K times from npm in the week ending Nov 1, 2026, down 79.6% on the week before. Its download count moved to a different level overnight on Sep 26, 2026. A jump like that comes from automated installs switching on or off or from a change in how the registry counts, so growth rates across that date are not shown. The GitHub repository has 1,116 stars, 38 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 11.125.0, published Nov 3, 2026.
Download the raw daily series: loki-mode.csv
Gid Score breakdown
Adoption26
Community2
Attention—
Momentum52
Each component is scored 0 to 100 from public signals; a dash means no data for it. Methodology.
How fresh these numbers are
| Number | Latest reading | Last checked |
|---|---|---|
| Package downloads | Nov 1, 2026 | Nov 3, 06:30 UTC |
| GitHub stars | Nov 3, 2026 | Nov 3, 06:34 UTC |
We fetch every source once a day. Registries publish downloads and page views a day or two late, so their latest reading trails the check. A reading more than 4 days old is marked out of date; the Gid Score still uses it until a newer one arrives.
Loki Mode FAQ
How much does Loki Mode cost?
Source-available under the Business Source License 1.1; you bring your own model provider. Check the website for any paid plans.
Is Loki Mode open source?
No. Loki Mode is a proprietary product from Lokesh Mure.
How popular is Loki Mode?
Loki Mode was downloaded 15.3K times from npm in the week ending Nov 1, 2026, down 79.6% on the week before. Its download count moved to a different level overnight on Sep 26, 2026. A jump like that comes from automated installs switching on or off or from a change in how the registry counts, so growth rates across that date are not shown. The GitHub repository has 1,116 stars, 38 of them added in the last 30 days.
What is the latest version of Loki Mode?
The latest stable release we track is 11.125.0, published on Nov 3, 2026.
What are the alternatives to Loki Mode?
The closest alternatives in the same category by Gid Score are OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, OpenCode, Pi.
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Where these numbers come from
npm: loki-mode. GitHub: asklokesh/loki-mode. Site rank: autonomi.dev on the Tranco list. See data sources for how each one is collected.
Product facts and pricing were checked against: autonomi.dev, github.com, npmjs.com.