SWE-agent/SWE-agent · freshness 90/100 · rescored August 4, 2026
SWE-agent
The agent-computer-interface research agent that set early SWE-bench numbers.
The answer
Yes. SWE-agent is actively maintained — last commit today, freshness 90/100.
| Signal | Value | Effect | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last commit | today | none | Pushed today. |
| Commits, 90 days | 24 | none | 24 commits in the last 12 weeks. |
| Last release | v1.1.0 · 15 months ago | -12 | Last release 438 days ago against a 17-day cadence — over three times its own gap. |
| Release cadence | 17 days, median | not scored | |
| Issue response | too few issues to sample | none | Not enough recent issues to measure a response time. |
| Unanswered issues | 100% of 4 sampled | not scored | |
| Committers, 90 days | 7 | +2 | 7 people committed in the last 90 days. |
| Bus factor | 4 | not scored | |
| Archived | no | not scored | |
| Licence | MIT | not scored | |
| Stars | 19,991 | not scored | |
| Open issues | 26 | not scored |
The same verdict, in words
Against it: Last release 438 days ago against a 17-day cadence — over three times its own gap. For it: 7 people committed in the last 90 days.
Last push today, 24 commits in the last 90 days, last release v1.1.0 15 months ago, 7 committers in 90 days. Read from the GitHub API; SWE-agent/SWE-agent carries 19,991 stars and 26 open issues.
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