astron-agent vs loopy
astron-agent is much bigger: 8.9k stars against 3.1k. Over the days we have tracked them astron-agent moved +4.7% and loopy +4335.7%, so loopy is growing faster right now.
They split the axes: astron-agent leads on privacy and model freedom, loopy on context depth and noise control.
Stars and commit dates come from our own daily tracking. The six axes are read off each project's documentation by our review pipeline, so they describe what a project says about itself, not what we measured in its code.
Where they stand today
Enterprise-grade agentic workflow platform with built-in RPA and high-availability focus for production deployments, unlike many prototyping-focused workflow engines.
- Stars
- 8.9k
- Tracked growth
- +4.7%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 4d ago
- Language
- Java
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Cost to run
- Self-hosted (free) with optional Astron Cloud
Combines a public, curated catalog of reusable agent loops with an installable in-agent skill that discovers, crafts, audits, runs, and prepares loops for publication.
- Stars
- 3.1k
- Tracked growth
- +4335.7%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 41d ago
- Language
- JavaScript
- License
- MIT
- Cost to run
- Requires cloud agent provider (may incur provider cost)
Six axes, head to head
Each axis runs 0 to 5. The label under a score is what that project's own docs claim, not a category average.
| Axis | astron-agent | loopy |
|---|---|---|
Context depth How much of your codebase it sees before it answers: the open diff, the diff plus related files, or the whole repository. | ●●●●● Diff only | ●●●●● Whole-repo analysis |
Noise control How it keeps output volume down — severity thresholds, deduplication, incremental runs over new commits only. | ●●●●● No explicit controls | ●●●●● Acceptance gating |
Customization How far it bends to your team: custom rules, prompts, style guides, per-path config. | ●●●●● Custom extensions supported | ●●●●● Adapt & save loops |
Privacy Whether your code stays on your own infrastructure: fully local, self-hostable, or cloud API only. | ●●●●● Self-hostable | ●●●●● Depends on cloud agents |
Model freedom Whether you can point it at any provider, or it is wired to one. | ●●●●● Bring-your-own models | ●●●●● Multiple agents supported |
Setup ease What it takes to get a first useful run out of it. | ●●●●● Docker quick start | ●●●●● One-command install |
Which one to pick
Pick astron-agent if…
Enterprise-grade — pick Astron when you need a self-hostable, high-availability agent platform with model management, RPA integration, and extensible integrations for production use.
- Privacy: Self-hostable (4/5 against 2/5)
- Model freedom: Bring-your-own models (5/5 against 3/5)
Pick loopy if…
Easy setup — a one-command npx installer and in-agent slash-commands let you discover, adapt, run, and publish repeatable agent workflows with built-in acceptance checks and explicit approvals.
- Context depth: Whole-repo analysis (5/5 against 1/5)
- Noise control: Acceptance gating (5/5 against 1/5)
What people want from each one
iflytek/astron-agent
Forward-Future/loopy
Questions people ask
Is astron-agent better than loopy?
They split the axes: astron-agent leads on privacy and model freedom, loopy on context depth and noise control. astron-agent is worth picking when enterprise-grade — pick Astron when you need a self-hostable, high-availability agent platform with model management, RPA integration, and extensible integrations for production use.
Which of astron-agent and loopy keeps my code private?
astron-agent: Self-hostable (4/5). loopy: Depends on cloud agents (2/5).
What does each one cost to run?
astron-agent: Self-hosted (free) with optional Astron Cloud. loopy: Requires cloud agent provider (may incur provider cost).
Full profiles: iflytek/astron-agent and Forward-Future/loopy. Everything else in Workflow & graph engines.