- memory export can now target an explicit store (#4341, fixes #3196). It was the only primary
- @claude-flow/cli@3.59.6, claude-flow@3.59.6, ruflo@3.59.6 — latest/alpha/v3alpha
Ruflo by rUv
Open-source agent meta-harness for Claude Code and Codex by rUv: it installs as Claude Code plugins (core tools, a visual console and mods that add routing and policy enforcement) or runs as an MCP server for Codex and other MCP clients, and coordinates teams (swarms) of agents with shared memory, self-learning and vector search.
Agent orchestration and team workspaces
New · Added to AgentGid on Oct 11, 2026Agent meta-harness for Claude Code and CodexOpen source · MITFree to start
Use it in: CLI MCP server Works with: MCP Local models Multi-agent
Price
Free (OSS)
free and open source
Popularity
#4 in Orchestration
Gid Score 46 / 100 · #53 of 260 ranked AI agents
Trend
Growing
usage up 9.9% over 30 days
Development
Actively updated
latest 3.59.6, today
Community
78K GitHub stars
43.1K package downloads a week
Usage data: latest readings Oct 18 to Oct 21, 2026, last checked Oct 21, 06:39 UTC. Date of each number
What Ruflo does
Ruflo is an agent meta-harness for Claude Code and Codex from rUv, first released in June 2025. You use it through a command-line tool and MCP server. Its documentation covers subagents or parallel agents and local models. It is free and open source (MIT); you pay only for the models it calls.
Key facts
| Maker | rUv |
|---|---|
| Type | Agent meta-harness for Claude Code and Codex |
| First released | June 2025 |
| License | MIT |
| Interfaces | CLI, MCP server |
| Main language | TypeScript |
| Open issues and PRs | 977 |
Pricing
Free and open source (MIT).
Source: official pricing page, checked Oct 11, 2026. Prices change often; confirm before you buy.
Quick answers
- Free to start?Yes
- Open source?Yes (MIT)
- Where you use itCLI, MCP server
- Subagents / multi-agent?Yes
- Feature comparisonAll agents
- Closest alternativeSymphony · all alternatives
Get started with Ruflo
| npm | npm install -g ruflo |
|---|---|
| npm | npm install -g claude-flow |
These commands use the packages tracked on this page. The vendor may recommend a different installer.
Ruflo alternatives
Best Ruflo alternatives compared · All agent orchestration and team workspaces
| # | Agent | Gid Score | Downloads 7d | 7d | 30d | Stars | Latest release | Price | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 |
SymphonyOpenAI |
76 | — | — | — | 27.8K+15/day | 0.0.336d ago | Free (OSS) | |||
| 23 |
|
58 | 41.1K | down 13.0% | up 100.4% | 105K+533/day | 2026.1012.09d ago | Free (OSS) | |||
| 36 |
|
51 | — | — | — | 100K+1,211/day | 1.4.235yesterday | Free (OSS) | |||
| 71 |
BuzzBlock |
43 | — | — | — | 36.2K+42/day | 0.5.2812d ago | Free (OSS) | |||
| 73 |
MulticaIndex Labs (Hong Kong) Limited |
42 | — | — | — | 53.4K+98/day | 0.6.4yesterday | Free | |||
| 89 |
cmuxmanaflow-ai |
39 | — | — | — | 28.3K+30/day | 0.65.25d ago | Free + $50/mo | |||
| No agents match that filter. | |||||||||||
Head to head: Ruflo vs Symphony · Ruflo vs Paperclip · Ruflo vs Orca · Ruflo vs Buzz
Tools used with Ruflo
What 14 public GitHub projects that depend on Ruflo use with it, from their dependency files.
- TypeScript42.9%
- dotenv21.4%
- Supabase JS21.4%
- Express21.4%
- Tailwind CSS21.4%
- Vite21.4%
- React21.4%
- Zod14.3%
- Axios14.3%
- Vitest14.3%
Used far more often here than in AI-built projects overall: what sets Ruflo projects apart.
- ink-gradient7.1% · 221.8×
- imbalanced-learn7.1% · 221.8×
- ink-select-input7.1% · 110.9×
- TorchMetrics7.1% · 110.9×
- Dagre7.1% · 63.4×
- einops7.1% · 44.4×
- tomlkit7.1% · 37.0×
- FastEmbed (Python)7.1% · 34.1×
Ratings from people who use Ruflo
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Ruflo news
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Ruflo 3.59.6 released
memory export can now target an explicit store (#4341, fixes #3196). It was the only primary; @claude-flow/cli@3.59.6, claude-flow@3.59.6, ruflo@3.59.6 — latest/alpha/v3alpha (+4 more releases that day)
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Ruflo 3.59.1 released
npx ruflo tui: mouse clicking is now on by default — click a page name in the top bar, scroll with the wheel. --mouse had been opt-in since ADR-489 with only a one-time startup notice (#4305), but…; @claude-flow/cli@3.59.1, claude-flow@3.59.1, ruflo@3.59.1 —…
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Ruflo downloads down 33% in a week
47.4K npm and PyPI downloads in the 7 days to Oct 16, against 70.6K the week before.
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Ruflo gained 1,590 GitHub stars in a week
Now at 75.7K stars, against about 580 a week over the month before.
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Ruflo downloads up 34% in a week
84.2K npm and PyPI downloads in the 7 days to Oct 13, against 62.9K the week before.
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10 agents added to AgentGid
Paperclip, Graphify, Agent-Reach, ECC, OpenMontage, Ruflo, OmniRoute, Claude Mem, Ragflow, Openhuman
What changed: recent Ruflo releases
- Memory distillation now covers both project stores (#4338, fixes #3446). memory distill run
- @claude-flow/cli@3.59.5, claude-flow@3.59.5, ruflo@3.59.5 — latest/alpha/v3alpha
Earlier releases
- hive-mindinit now honors its own advertised persistence contract (#4336). maxAgents,
- @claude-flow/cli@3.59.4, claude-flow@3.59.4, ruflo@3.59.4 — latest/alpha/v3alpha
- memory list (and other CLI commands) could intermittently crash on exit with a libuv
- @claude-flow/cli@3.59.3, claude-flow@3.59.3, ruflo@3.59.3 — latest/alpha/v3alpha
- task cancel (#4331): previously claimed success for an unknown or already-finished task id (and printed Previous status: undefined), and overwrote a completed task's result with the cancel reason.…
- task status (#4332): the status box titled every task Task: undefined — the command read result.id, but taskstatus returns taskId. Now reads the correct field.
- @claude-flow/cli@3.59.2, claude-flow@3.59.2, ruflo@3.59.2 — latest/alpha/v3alpha dist-tags all verified on the live registry.
- npx ruflo tui: mouse clicking is now on by default — click a page name in the top bar, scroll with the wheel. --mouse had been opt-in since ADR-489 with only a one-time startup notice (#4305), but…
- @claude-flow/cli@3.59.1, claude-flow@3.59.1, ruflo@3.59.1 — latest/alpha/v3alpha dist-tags all verified on the live registry.
- plugins/ruflo-core: witness manifests support an optional external signing key (RUFLOWITNESSSEED/--public-key) for real authenticity; the legacy commit-derived seed is now labeled self-attested…
Ruflo popularity and usage data
Ruflo was downloaded 43.1K times from npm in the week ending Oct 18, 2026, down 45.5% on the week before and up 9.9% over the last 30 days compared with the 30 before. The GitHub repository has 78K stars, 5,361 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 3.59.6, published Oct 21, 2026; there were 42 stable releases in the past 30 days.
Download the raw daily series: ruflo.csv
Gid Score breakdown
Adoption36
Community79
Attention—
Momentum55
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 | Oct 18, 2026 | Oct 21, 06:30 UTC |
| GitHub stars | Oct 21, 2026 | Oct 21, 06:32 UTC |
| Website rank (Tranco) | Oct 20, 2026 | Oct 21, 06:39 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.
Ruflo FAQ
How much does Ruflo cost?
Free and open source (MIT).
Is Ruflo open source?
Yes. Ruflo is open source, released under the MIT license.
How popular is Ruflo?
Ruflo was downloaded 43.1K times from npm in the week ending Oct 18, 2026, down 45.5% on the week before and up 9.9% over the last 30 days compared with the 30 before. The GitHub repository has 78K stars, 5,361 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 3.59.6, published Oct 21, 2026; there were 42 stable releases in the past 30 days.
What is the latest version of Ruflo?
The latest stable release we track is 3.59.6, published on Oct 21, 2026.
What are the alternatives to Ruflo?
The closest alternatives in the same category by Gid Score are Symphony, Paperclip, Orca, Buzz.
For the makers of Ruflo badges, corrections
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Where these numbers come from
npm: ruflo, claude-flow. GitHub: ruvnet/ruflo. Site rank: cognitum.one on the Tranco list. See data sources for how each one is collected.
Product facts and pricing were checked against: Cognitum.One, github.com, npmjs.com.