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Planning With Files vs ponytail
Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.
Planning With Files
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.
25.6K
Stars
+4.7K
Weekly
80/100
Health
ponytail
Makes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room. The best code is the code you never wrote.
Best matched with other agent tools.
154.0K
Stars
+2.3K
Weekly
84/100
Health
Quick Take
Adoption
ponytail has the larger GitHub footprint with 154.0K stars.
Momentum
Planning With Files is currently growing faster at +4.7K stars this week.
Maintenance
ponytail has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 84/100. This is not a security or fit verdict.
Side-by-side evidence
Use these signals to narrow your choice, then confirm setup, license, and fit upstream.
| Signal | Planning With Files | ponytail |
|---|---|---|
| Evidence status | Needs recheck· 2026-09-07 09:36 UTC | Verified snapshot· 2026-10-04 09:19 UTC |
| GitHub stars | 25.6K | 154.0K |
| Weekly growth | +4.7K | +2.3K |
| Health score | Strong80/100 | Strong84/100 |
| Contributors | 50 | 62 |
| Commits per week | 8.1 | 15.8 |
| Open issues | 5 | 105 |
| Language | Python | JavaScript |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-07-21 21:29 UTC | 2026-10-03 05:12 UTC |
| Last release | v3.8.1 | v4.8.4 |
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