Record
Context Mode hits 59.1K weekly downloads, up 112% on its 4-week average
Context Mode, an MCP server for AI coding agents, set a weekly download record in the week ending Nov 5, 2026. The previous best was 36.4K, and the prior four-week average was 27.8K.
What the record shows
Context Mode runs tool output in a sandbox so raw data stays out of the context window, and it stores session events in SQLite so they can be retrieved after compaction. Across npm and PyPI it reached 59.1K downloads this week, the highest in 27 weeks of data. That is 112% above its average of the previous four weeks. Downloads include automated installs such as CI runs, so the figure does not count individual users.
Where it sits in agent tooling
The record still leaves Context Mode at 23 of 42 in agent-tooling by weekly downloads. The category leaders work at another scale: LiteLLM (an LLM gateway) has 22.6M, Langfuse (observability) 14.3M and E2B (sandboxes) 5.2M, so they are different kinds of tools rather than direct rivals. Context Mode is at position 154 overall on the Gid Score, which combines usage, community, attention and momentum.
A release in the same week
Version v2.1.4 was released on Nov 5, 2026, inside the record week. The data does not show whether the release caused the jump, and no other cause is visible. A single week also does not show whether the new level will hold.
What it means for you
- If you use Context Mode, v2.1.4 shipped inside the record week and v2.1.5 followed on Nov 6; their release notes on GitHub list what changed.
- If you are comparing context-management tools for coding agents, treat this as a sign of rising downloads, not proof of adoption: CI traffic is included.
- If the next weekly figure falls back toward the 27.8K four-week average, this week was a spike rather than a new baseline.
The data behind this story
| Agent | Context Mode |
|---|---|
| Category | agent-tooling |
| Category top by downloads | LiteLLM · 22.6M; Langfuse · 14.3M; E2B · 5.2M |
| Downloads this week | 59.1K |
| Gid rank means | position among all tracked agents by Gid Score (usage, community, attention, momentum) |
| Gid rank overall | 154 |
| Growth vs 4 week average | 112% |
| Latest release | v2.1.4 |
| Latest release date | Nov 5, 2026 |
| Maker | Mert Köseoğlu |
| Previous weekly record | 36.4K |
| Rank in category by weekly downloads | 23 of 42 |
| Registries | npm and PyPI |
| Release inside the record week | yes |
| Week ending | Nov 5, 2026 |
| Weekly average of the previous 4 weeks | 27.8K |
| Weeks of data | 27 |
| What it is | Context Mode is an MCP server and plugin for AI coding agents that runs tool output in a sandbox to keep raw data out of the context window and stores session events in SQLite for retrieval after compaction. |
Written by an AI model from these figures only, checked automatically against them and reviewed before publishing.
Agents in this story
| # | Agent | Gid Score | Downloads 7d | 7d | 30d | Stars | Latest release | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 |
Context ModeMert Köseoğlu |
42 | 59.1K | up 95.3% | up 47.2% | 33.6K+104/day | 2.1.5yesterday | ||||
