# Raven

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Raven and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Coordinates Claude Code, Codex and its own agents in one shared task graph; critics say it duplicates features those harnesses already have and that its coordination DAG is not durable.

## Why people recommend it

- Praised readme and writing style (2 comments): "That's one of the most beautiful readmes I've seen in my whole life." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49893267)) "describes existential dread so well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50092223))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Raven", https://hackerapproved.com/p/raven/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).