Bullet coding agent
Ranked 19 of 41 coding agents by recommenders
Recommended for fast coding-agent execution that gets projects started quickly. Critics object to default chat sharing, self-attribution in commits and hidden code, and unverified benchmarks.
Recommended for fast coding-agent execution that gets projects started quickly. Critics object to default chat sharing, self-attribution in commits and hidden code, and unverified benchmarks.
28 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 15
- criticize it
- 13
- approval share
- 54%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 15 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.1 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Fast execution speed
“the speed of it makes it very nice to get projects off the ground quickly and work properly”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: Bullet (YC S26) – A Faster Coding Agent” “Focusing on execution speed for coding agents is the right bottleneck to tackle.”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: Bullet (YC S26) – A Faster Coding Agent” “It does seem faster although I haven't timed it against Claude or anything.”
Comment from 14 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: Bullet (YC S26) – A Faster Coding Agent” - Comment from 4 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: A faster coding agent than Codex and Claude Code”
Gets projects off the ground
“the speed of it makes it very nice to get projects off the ground quickly and work properly”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: Bullet (YC S26) – A Faster Coding Agent” “Gave this a try. I think this might be it.”
Comment from 14 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: Bullet (YC S26) – A Faster Coding Agent” “It just works like magic!”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: Bullet (YC S26) – A Faster Coding Agent” Good tool management and context efficiency
“we do focus on good tool management, context efficiency, etc.”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: Bullet (YC S26) – A Faster Coding Agent” “that will show the value of our harness”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: Bullet (YC S26) – A Faster Coding Agent”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Privacy and trust concerns
“Share chats with Bullet — helps us improve model routing and answer quality. Enabled by default.”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: Bullet (YC S26) – A Faster Coding Agent” “But now that you blocked the inspector tool, you'll find it harder for users to report bugs.”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: Bullet (YC S26) – A Faster Coding Agent” “If I need an account on your server to use it, I don't need to use it.”
Comment from 14 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: Bullet (YC S26) – A Faster Coding Agent” - Comment from 14 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: Bullet (YC S26) – A Faster Coding Agent”
Adds itself to commits and code
“Is it even hidden when your AI ends up tagging it with `aria-label="Hidden secret code"`?”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: Bullet (YC S26) – A Faster Coding Agent” “Since I can't get this thing not to annotate its commits with itself as an author, I can't use it.”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: Bullet (YC S26) – A Faster Coding Agent” Benchmarks and value claims doubted
“I think the benchmark result here is essentially meaningless.”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: Bullet (YC S26) – A Faster Coding Agent” “I think this adds no value.”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: Bullet (YC S26) – A Faster Coding Agent”
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The four most recommended other coding agents, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 571 | 993 | 37% | 12 | 1 yr46 owners | — |
| oh-my-pi | 104 | 28 | 79% | 9 | 2 mo5 owners | Approved |
| Grok Build CLI | 66 | 114 | 37% | 6 | — | — |
| DeepSeek Harness | 63 | 28 | 69% | 4 | 1 mo5 owners | Approved |
| Bullet coding agentThis page | 15 | 13 | 54% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
22 of the 28 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“commercializing the same features that are free in omp”
“If I need an account on your server to use it, I don't need to use it.”
“That is an amount of trust I would not even extend to family”
“it downloaded a 200MB .dmg file onto my Android phone”
“It does seem faster although I haven't timed it against Claude or anything.”
“Gave this a try. I think this might be it.”
“But now that you blocked the inspector tool, you'll find it harder for users to report bugs.”
“Since I can't get this thing not to annotate its commits with itself as an author, I can't use it.”
“It just works like magic!”
“this post is very confusing”
“we do focus on good tool management, context efficiency, etc.”
“I think this adds no value.”
“the speed of it makes it very nice to get projects off the ground quickly and work properly”
“that will show the value of our harness”
“I think the benchmark result here is essentially meaningless.”
“The font size is literally 10px for some content, while animations distract the reader.”
“Is it even hidden when your AI ends up tagging it with `aria-label="Hidden secret code"`?”
“Focusing on execution speed for coding agents is the right bottleneck to tackle.”
“Share chats with Bullet — helps us improve model routing and answer quality. Enabled by default.”
“implementing the plan for the 100 LOC change took about 13 minutes”
“i love that we went from bullet being the only real option”
“Jolt or Bullet for physics.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.