Project comparison
Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.
Persistent file-based planning for AI coding agents and long-running tasks. Crash-proof markdown plans, session recovery after /clear and compaction, per-turn re-injection against context rot, deterministic completion gate. Manus-style. Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Kiro, OpenCode and 60+ agents via the Agent Skills standard.
Best matched with other agent tools.
Turn any idea, plan, or codebase into a beautiful interactive diagram. An agent skill for Claude Code, Codex, and more.
Best matched with other agent tools.
Archify has the larger GitHub footprint with 76.9K stars.
Planning With Files is currently growing faster at +4.7K stars this week.
Planning With Files has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 80/100. This is not a security or fit verdict.
Use these signals to narrow your choice, then confirm setup, license, and fit upstream.
| Signal | Planning With Files | Archify |
|---|---|---|
| Evidence status | Needs recheck· 2026-09-07 09:36 UTC | Basic listing· 2026-10-04 09:17 UTC |
| GitHub stars | 25.6K | 76.9K |
| Weekly growth | +4.7K | 0 |
| Health score | Strong80/100 | Healthy69/100 |
| Contributors | 50 | 75 |
| Commits per week | 8.1 | 64.0 |
| Open issues | 5 | 199 |
| Language | Python | JavaScript |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-07-21 21:29 UTC | 2026-10-04 08:57 UTC |
| Last release | v3.8.1 | v3.0.1 |
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