Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep vs EvoScientist

Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep is much bigger: 17.8k stars against 5.0k. Over the days we have tracked them Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep moved +29.2% and EvoScientist +15.2%, so Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep is growing faster right now.

Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep leads on noise control. EvoScientist does not take any axis by a clear margin.

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

Provides a lightweight, skill-based autonomous research workflow with built-in cross-model reviewer loops and deterministic integrity audits (Anti-Autoresearch), targeted at reproducible ML research rather than generic agent tasks.

Stars
17.8k
Tracked growth
+29.2%
Maturity
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Last commit
4h ago
Language
Python
License
MIT
Cost to run
Your API key or model subscription

Auto-distills a growing memory/knowledge graph into reusable AutoSkills and a multi-agent research loop, enabling long-running self-evolving AI scientists.

Stars
5.0k
Tracked growth
+15.2%
Maturity
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Last commit
1h ago
Language
Python
License
Apache-2.0
Cost to run
Requires your cloud model API keys (per-use billing)
0%+29%90 tracked days
wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleepEvoScientist/EvoScientist

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.

AxisAuto-claude-code-research-in-sleepEvoScientist
Context depth
How much of your codebase it sees before it answers: the open diff, the diff plus related files, or the whole repository.
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Diff + related files
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Diff + related files
Noise control
How it keeps output volume down — severity thresholds, deduplication, incremental runs over new commits only.
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Severity gating & audits
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Basic filtering & gating
Customization
How far it bends to your team: custom rules, prompts, style guides, per-path config.
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Skill & per-call config
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Extensible skills & config
Privacy
Whether your code stays on your own infrastructure: fully local, self-hostable, or cloud API only.
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Cloud APIs (your key)
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Self-hostable
Model freedom
Whether you can point it at any provider, or it is wired to one.
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Several providers
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Multiple cloud providers
Setup ease
What it takes to get a first useful run out of it.
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Config + API key
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Config + API key

Which one to pick

Pick Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep if…

Research-focused — pick ARIS when you need an audited, multi-model research automation stack with reviewer gating, integrity checks, and per-skill customization.

  • Noise control: Severity gating & audits (5/5 against 3/5)
Runs in cli, coding-agent-plugin. Works with byok, openai, anthropic.

Pick EvoScientist if…

Self-evolving research — pick EvoScientist when you want an opinionated, multi-agent system that autonomously builds a persistent knowledge graph and drafts reusable skills for iterative scientific workflows.

Runs in cli, web-app. Works with byok, openai, anthropic, other-fixed.

What people want from each one

Questions people ask

Is Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep better than EvoScientist?

Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep leads on noise control. EvoScientist does not take any axis by a clear margin. Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep is worth picking when research-focused — pick ARIS when you need an audited, multi-model research automation stack with reviewer gating, integrity checks, and per-skill customization.

Which of Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep and EvoScientist keeps my code private?

Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep: Cloud APIs (your key) (3/5). EvoScientist: Self-hostable (4/5).

What does each one cost to run?

Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep: Your API key or model subscription. EvoScientist: Requires your cloud model API keys (per-use billing).

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