planning-with-files Alternatives (2026)
As of October 2026, the top alternatives to planning-with-files are cline, ECC, archify, rea, DeepSeek-Reasonix, caveman, graphify and agents — ranked open-source Coding & Software Engineering agents on The Agentic Leaderboard.
Ranked by overall score on reliability, tool selection quality, autonomous iteration, efficiency, and community mindshare. Updated weekly.
| Rank | Alternative | Score | vs planning-with-files |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | cline by cline | 87.8 | +3.9 |
| #3 | ECC by affaan-m | 87.1 | +3.2 |
| #5 | archify by tt-a1i | 86.8 | +2.9 |
| #9 | rea by morluto | 86.5 | +2.6 |
| #16 | DeepSeek-Reasonix by esengine | 85.9 | +2.0 |
| #18 | caveman by JuliusBrussee | 85.8 | +1.9 |
| #23 | graphify by Graphify-Labs | 85.4 | +1.5 |
| #26 | agents by wshobson | 85.4 | +1.5 |