Project comparison

SWE Agent vs ECC

Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.

SWE-agent takes a GitHub issue and tries to automatically fix it, using your LM of choice. It can also be employed for offensive cybersecurity or competitive coding challenges. [NeurIPS 2024]

Best matched with other agent tools.

19.2K

Stars

Weekly

52/100

Health

ECC

The agent harness performance optimization system. Skills, instincts, memory, security, and research-first development for Claude Code, Codex, Opencode, Cursor and beyond.

Best matched with other agent tools.

232.2K

Stars

+52.6K

Weekly

95/100

Health

Quick Take

Adoption

ECC has the larger GitHub footprint with 232.2K stars.

Momentum

ECC is currently growing faster at +52.6K stars this week.

Maintenance

ECC has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 95/100. 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	SWE Agent	ECC
Evidence status	Basic listing· 2d ago	Recently verified· 2d ago
GitHub stars	19.2K	232.2K
Weekly growth	0	+52.6K
Health score	Watch52/100

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