bytedance/deer-flow · freshness 100/100 · rescored August 4, 2026
deer-flow
An open-source long-horizon SuperAgent harness that researches, codes, and creates. With the help of sandboxes, memories, tools, skill, subagents and message gateway, it handles different levels of tasks that could take minutes to hours.
The answer
Yes. deer-flow is actively maintained — last commit today, freshness 100/100.
| Signal | Value | Effect | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last commit | today | none | Pushed today. |
| Commits, 90 days | 100+ | none | 100+ commits in the last 12 weeks. |
| Last release | v2.0.0 · 39 days ago | +4 | Released v2.0.0 39 days ago; 1 releases in the last year. |
| Release cadence | no cadence to read | not scored | |
| Issue response | <1h | +6 | Maintainers reply to new issues in about under an hour. |
| Unanswered issues | 50% of 4 sampled | not scored | |
| Committers, 90 days | 37 | +5 | 37 people committed in the last 90 days. |
| Bus factor | 2 | not scored | |
| Archived | no | not scored | |
| Licence | MIT | not scored | |
| Stars | 79,206 | not scored | |
| Open issues | 589 | not scored |
The same verdict, in words
Against it: The signals totalled 115; 100 is the ceiling. For it: Released v2.0.0 39 days ago; 1 releases in the last year. Maintainers reply to new issues in about under an hour. 37 people committed in the last 90 days.
Last push today, 100+ commits in the last 90 days, last release v2.0.0 39 days ago, median first maintainer reply <1h, 37 committers in 90 days. Read from the GitHub API; bytedance/deer-flow carries 79,206 stars and 589 open issues.
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