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

Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep is much bigger: 15.7k stars against 7.3k. Over the days we have tracked them Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep moved +14.6% and openevolve +12.8%, so Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep is growing faster right now.

openevolve leads on privacy and model freedom and setup ease. Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep 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
15.7k
Tracked growth
+14.6%
Maturity
Last commit
2d ago
Language
Python
License
MIT
Cost to run
Your API key or model subscription

Combines MAP-Elites, island-based evolution and LLM ensembles to autonomously discover novel, hardware-optimized algorithms with reproducible scientific pipelines.

Stars
7.3k
Tracked growth
+12.8%
Maturity
Last commit
48d ago
Language
Python
License
Apache-2.0
Cost to run
Your API key; per-iteration LLM costs (local models nearly free)
0%+15%89 tracked days
wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleepalgorithmicsuperintelligence/openevolve

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-sleepopenevolve
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 + related files
File + related files
Noise control
How it keeps output volume down — severity thresholds, deduplication, incremental runs over new commits only.
Severity gating & audits
Cascade & novelty filters
Customization
How far it bends to your team: custom rules, prompts, style guides, per-path config.
Skill & per-call config
Extensive configs & prompts
Privacy
Whether your code stays on your own infrastructure: fully local, self-hostable, or cloud API only.
Cloud APIs (your key)
Run fully local
Model freedom
Whether you can point it at any provider, or it is wired to one.
Several providers
Any provider & local
Setup ease
What it takes to get a first useful run out of it.
Config + API key
One-command start

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.

Runs in cli, coding-agent-plugin. Works with byok, openai, anthropic.

Pick openevolve if…

Research-grade reproducibility — pick this when you need deterministic, scientific-grade autonomous algorithm discovery and hardware-aware code optimization with flexible local or cloud LLM backends.

  • Privacy: Run fully local (5/5 against 3/5)
  • Model freedom: Any provider & local (5/5 against 3/5)
  • Setup ease: One-command start (5/5 against 3/5)
Runs in cli. Works with byok, openai, anthropic, gemini, local-ollama.

What people want from each one

Questions people ask

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

openevolve leads on privacy and model freedom and setup ease. Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep 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 openevolve keeps my code private?

Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep: Cloud APIs (your key) (3/5). openevolve: Run fully local (5/5).

What does each one cost to run?

Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep: Your API key or model subscription. openevolve: Your API key; per-iteration LLM costs (local models nearly free).

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