Buzz vs Ruflo
Buzz (Block) and Ruflo (rUv) side by side on public data, as of Oct 21, 2026.
Ruflo has 2.2x the GitHub stars of Buzz (78K against 36.2K). Buzz shipped 27 stable releases in the past 90 days.
Which should you choose?
Choose Ruflo if
- you need to run local models
Built from documented features, official prices, status pages and usage data on this page; it does not judge output quality.
Side-by-side numbers
| Metric | Buzz | Ruflo |
|---|---|---|
| Gid Score | 43 | 46 |
| Usage data as of | Oct 21 | Oct 21 |
| Rank by Gid Score | #71 | #53 |
| Downloads, last 7 days | — | 43.1K |
| Downloads, 7-day change | — | down 45.5% |
| Downloads, 30-day change | — | up 9.9% |
| VS Code installs | — | — |
| Marketplace rating | — | — |
| GitHub stars | 36.2K | 78K |
| Homebrew installs, 30 days | — | — |
| Hacker News mentions, 30 days | 0 | 0 |
| Latest stable release | 0.5.28 · 12d ago | 3.59.6 · today |
| Stable releases, 90 days | 27 | |
| Terminal-Bench (best run) | — | — |
| Price | Free (OSS) | Free (OSS) |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| First released | March 2026 | June 2025 |
| Interfaces | Desktop app, CLI, Self-hosted | CLI, MCP server |
| Models |
Trends
Buzz
Self-hostable workspace where people and AI agents share channels, and messages, workflows, code reviews and Git events are stored as signed events on a Nostr relay the team runs. Agents have their own keys and can open repositories, send patches and run workflows.
Pricing: Free and open source (Apache-2.0).
Latest release 0.5.28:
- test(desktop): move CSP guards from Rust to the desktop JS suite (#8172) (5142cf6b2a0f44686eeda1ed07905ee3560fd78e)
- fix(desktop): repair the Windows notification shim's false denial on read (#5600) (99924a5a69200d34f5cc67e9b76748d7ece72705)
- feat: raise hosted community limit to fifty (#8186) (8f66f7051c68560feb27dbc74b069c851bc018bd)
- feat(desktop): browse and moderate every community in the Admin Console (#8027) (836e7d0d06789765b4d98a93c2b509a2a0fbd1bf)
Ruflo
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.
Pricing: Free and open source (MIT).
Latest release 3.59.6:
- 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
Buzz vs Ruflo: common questions
Which is more popular, Buzz or Ruflo?
Ruflo has a Gid Score of 46 against 43 for Buzz. The score combines package downloads, editor installs, GitHub activity and attention, updated daily.
Do Buzz and Ruflo support local models?
Ruflo documents support for local models; Buzz's documentation does not.