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ksimback/looper

ksimback/looper is a developer tool in RepoRadar's Radar section, holding Silver tier and a 'try now' verdict. Its strongest signal is workflow potential, scored 9.8 out of 10.

Score8.3
Popularity52.0
Riskconditional
TierSilver
Score breakdown
Usefulness8.0
Novelty8.0
Momentum5.0
Maturity7.1
Open-source/build8.4
Evidence7.2
Workflow potential9.8
Setup ease6.4

Popularity is tracked separately. Support, ads, sponsorships, and tips never affect these signals.

Why it matters

Useful for people who keep improvising agent loops on the fly and want a more deliberate way to define goal, verification, review gates, and stop conditions before a coding agent starts changing files.

Who should use it

Claude Code users developers designing agent workflows teams using reviewer or judge models people standardizing repeatable coding loops

Who should skip it

Skip ksimback/looper if the source repository or demo is inactive, unmaintained, or no longer matches the description shown here.

About this signal

ksimback/looper is tracked by RepoRadar as a developer tool in the Radar section. First seen 2026-06-20; the source record was last checked on 2026-06-20. The current verdict is 'try now' with a Silver tier and moderate setup difficulty. ksimback/looper leads on workflow potential (9.8) and open-source/build quality (8.4); its lowest signal is momentum (5.0), so factor that in before investing setup time. This page summarizes the public evidence on the linked source page and states where additional review is still needed.

How this item is evaluated

The ksimback/looper record combines a 8.3/10 composite score with separate popularity (52.0), risk (conditional), and setup (moderate) signals. See the scoring methodology for the current weights and evidence definitions.

Putting this into practice? Read How to vet an AI agent or MCP server before you wire it in for the checklist behind this score.

Risk explanation

Looper can hand project context to a different reviewer model or vendor CLI and can write loop artifacts into the current workspace, so test it first on a non-sensitive repo and inspect what gets shared.

Evidence links
Closest alternatives / related signals
claude-code agent-loops workflow-design review-gates skills
Verification record

What RepoRadar actually verified

Discovered

Automated discovery and source capture. Last checked 2026-08-13T20:20:15Z.

No editorial or hands-on review is claimed. This record remains at Discovered.

Verification sources

Longitudinal intelligence

How this decision record is moving

Raw history JSON →

45 dated snapshots retained from 2026-06-20 through 2026-08-13; see the snapshot index for explicit coverage gaps. Stars, version, release, pricing, integration, risk, maintenance, verdict, score, and momentum fields remain explicit even when a source has not reported them. Repository momentum is a normalized 0–10 RepoRadar signal; GitHub stars appear only where the popularity monitor retained exact timestamped observations.

RepoRadar score8.3 current · +0.0 net
Repository momentum9.0 current · +4.0 net
GitHub stars (observed)703 current · +32 net
GitHub stars703 exact observation
Versionv0.4.0
Last release2026-07-07T22:17:44Z
Maintenanceactive
Current riskconditional
Current verdicttry now
Pricing baselineNo structured commercial pricing baseline
Pricing checkedNot applicable or not recorded
Pricing freshnessNo dated commercial pricing review
Integrations baselineClaude Code

Recent dated points

DateScoreMomentumStarsRiskVerdictMaintenance
2026-08-138.39.0703conditionaltry nowactive
2026-08-128.39.0702conditionaltry nowactive
2026-08-118.39.0701conditionaltry nowactive
2026-08-108.38.5701conditionaltry nowactive
2026-08-098.35.5702conditionaltry nowmaintained
2026-08-088.35.5701conditionaltry nowmaintained
2026-08-078.37.8697conditionaltry nowactive
2026-08-068.35.0Not recordedconditionaltry nownot recorded
2026-08-058.35.0Not recordedconditionaltry nownot recorded
2026-08-048.37.8697conditionaltry nowactive
2026-08-038.37.8697conditionaltry nowactive
2026-08-028.37.0695conditionaltry nowactive

Why the record changed

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maintenance changed

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Maintenance changed: active → maintained.

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