Context Mode vs planning-with-files
Side-by-side comparison of two AI agent tools
Short answer
- Context Mode is growing faster: +7,280 GitHub stars in the last 30 days vs +590 for planning-with-files.
- Pick Context Mode for: mCP server that sandboxes tool output, persists session memory, and enforces routing across platforms. Pick planning-with-files for: persistent file-based planning and context recovery for AI coding agents and long-running tasks.
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Context Modeopen-source
MCP server that sandboxes tool output, persists session memory, and enforces routing across platforms
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planning-with-filesopen-source
Persistent file-based planning and context recovery for AI coding agents and long-running tasks
Metrics
| Context Mode | planning-with-files | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 25.1k | 27.3k |
| Star velocity /mo | 7.3k | 590 |
| Commits (90d) | 141 | 228 |
| Releases (6m) | 10 | 10 |
| Downloads (30d, npm + PyPI) | 88.9K | 2.7K |
| Overall score | 0.8332926937375552 | 0.7798501915116138 |
FAQ
- Which is more popular, Context Mode or planning-with-files?
- planning-with-files has more GitHub stars (27,264 vs 25,150).
- Which is more actively developed, Context Mode or planning-with-files?
- planning-with-files had more commits in the last 90 days (228 vs 141).
- Should I use Context Mode or planning-with-files?
- Compare their capabilities, limitations and "best for" notes above. Both are open source, so trying each on a small task is the fastest way to decide.