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get-bb/bb

The agent IDE that builds itself observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/get-bb/bb · homepage · TypeScript · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

82/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 99
  • Longevity 13
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 1.0
  • age_days: 190
  • days_rel: 8
  • days_push: 7
  • n_releases_24m: 43

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2663 stars · 319 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

bb is an agentic IDE that can control, customize, and automate itself, exposing desktop, web, CLI, and HTTP API surfaces for driving agent-driven development work in steerable threads. It is highly extensible via plugins, with many of its own features (GitHub integration, memory, scheduled jobs) built as plugins.

Use cases

  • run coding agents in steerable threads from a desktop IDE
  • automate development workflows with scheduled agent jobs
  • build custom plugins to extend an agent IDE
  • dispatch and hand off coding tasks between agents
  • drive an agentic IDE from the CLI or HTTP API
  • triage bugs and refactor code with AI agents

When to choose

  • you want an IDE where AI agents do the coding and you steer them
  • you need a customizable, plugin-driven agent workbench
  • you want to automate recurring dev tasks with agents

When to avoid

  • you need a traditional IDE without AI agent dependence
  • you require native Windows support (only WSL2 works)
  • you need a fully stable, mature tool - workflows are still evolving

Facets

application · maturity active

agent-framework developer-tools cli gui plugin-system workflow-automation chat-interface developer-tools cli cross-platform agentic-ide claude-code codex self-building-ide agent-threads software-factory typescript ai-agents automation command-line macos linux nodejs desktop

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Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
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