SWE-agent
MIT research OSS coding agent; BYOK; mini is successor
AI Agents / Coding Agents · OSS/MIT · 20.6k
Reviewed 2026-09-08 · last push 2026-10-12 · repo checked 2026-10-19
What's Good
MIT. Academic lineage behind SWE-bench + early agent scaffolding. Configurable tools/history processors if you are experimenting. Runs with your keys/models. Still useful as a research harness when you want the classic interface.
The Catch
Vs OpenHands (productized self-host SWE) and Devin (hosted autonomous): SWE-agent is research OSS, not a polished product seat. Maintainers recommend mini-swe-agent as the successor (simpler control flow; active development). For SWE-bench numbers, read upstream.
Verdict
MIT research SWE harness. Prefer mini-swe-agent going forward per maintainers.
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