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crit vs agent-manager
crit has 1,301 GitHub stars, 114 forks, 22 open issues and last shipped yesterday. agent-manager has 690 stars, 78 forks, 58 open issues and last shipped yesterday. crit leads on adoption by 89% (1,301 vs 690 stars). crit is written in Go under MIT; agent-manager is written in Go under Apache-2.0. crit has attracted 9% as many forks as stars, agent-manager 11%. crit was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 3 topic tags (ai-agents, code-review, developer-tools), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| crit | agent-manager | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 1.3K | ★ 690 |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Go | Go |
| Last push | 2026-11-12 | 2026-11-12 |
| Forks | ⑂ 114 | ⑂ 78 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick crit if
- You weight community size — 1.3K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick agent-manager if
- You want the agent-manager feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and agent-manager fits your workflow better
About crit
Crit Review and comment on plans, code diffs, frontend elements and send feedback directly to your agent. Adaptive UI for each type of output For agents, plans and code are all the same it's just text, but for us, humans, reviewing generated plans and reviewing web application are two very different activities. Crit adds a proper interface for each type of output and lets you point at the exact thing that is wrong and leave a comment for the agent to fix: crit plan.md renders a markdown file with proper formatting and review UI crit auto detects git changes and shows syntax highlighted diffs for local review…
About agent-manager
The fastest developer workflow for every AI coding agent. Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Grok, Gemini CLI, Pi, Command Code, and Hermes Agent run side by side. Each tool runs in its own persistent tmux session. agent manager is a thin layer over the CLIs you already have. Each session launches your own installed tool as is: your login, your subscription, your config files, your MCP servers, and every feature the tool ships all carry over, exactly as they behave in a plain terminal. Instead of hunting through terminal tabs to see which agent is done and which is stuck, every session shows up in one list with live…
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Frequently asked questions
Is crit or agent-manager more popular?
crit has 1,301 GitHub stars and agent-manager has 690. crit has the larger community by that measure.
Are crit and agent-manager free?
Both are open source. crit is licensed under MIT and agent-manager under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between crit and agent-manager?
crit is written in Go and agent-manager in Go. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, crit or agent-manager?
Choose crit if you want the larger community (1,301 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose agent-manager if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.