Dirge Code
Shares rank 15 of 18 AI coding agents by recommenders
A free Rust coding agent that people recommend for its batteries-included setup, plugin customization, and noticeable gains in model capability.
A free Rust coding agent that people recommend for its batteries-included setup, plugin customization, and noticeable gains in model capability.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 89%
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: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: 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
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
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
Noticeably improves model capability in practice
“it was the only model able to, with your harness, actually do anything useful”
Comment from 2 Jul 2026 in “ZCode – Harness for GLM-5.2” “notice a significant improvement in model capability with it”
Comment from 6 Jun 2026 in “Computex 2026: Are We Heading for the Agentic PC Era Yet? – EE Times” Seen as a strong, easy choice
“it might be even easier choice for someone else”
Comment from 10 Jun 2026 in “Biff.core: system composition for Clojure web apps” “have been impressed with dirge”
Comment from 31 Jul 2026 in “qm”
Other AI coding agents people recommend
The four most recommended other AI 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | 4,522 | 3,788 | 54% | 13 | 6 mo417 owners | — |
| OpenAI Codex | 2,474 | 1,289 | 66% | 13 | 3 mo165 owners | — |
| OpenCode | 1,060 | 572 | 65% | 13 | 2 mo41 owners | — |
| Gemini CLI | 172 | 321 | 35% | 12 | 3 mo9 owners | — |
| Dirge CodeThis page | 8 | 1 | 89% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I'm gonna shamelessly plug my own here”
“You get a batteries included experience out of the box, and you can customize it to fit a specific project using plugins if needed.”
“have been impressed with dirge”
“it was the only model able to, with your harness, actually do anything useful”
“This is precisely what I've been working on targeting”
“it might be even easier choice for someone else”
“notice a significant improvement in model capability with it”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.