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Ralph for Claude Code

Shell loop that runs Claude Code repeatedly until a project is done

  • AI coding agents
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What it is

A set of shell commands that wrap Claude Code in a continuous loop, feeding it tasks and letting it work on a project iteration after iteration. It decides when to stop using completion signals, and guards against runaway sessions with rate limits, a circuit breaker for stuck loops, and API limit handling. Developers who want to hand a PRD, GitHub issues, or a task list to an agent and let it run unattended can add it to a project with a setup wizard, monitor it in tmux, and roll back via automatic git backup branches.

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9,711 GitHub stars.
9,711

Forks
755
Commits
312
Contributors
29
Language
Shell
License
MIT
Last commit
Oct 10, 2026
On GitHub since
August 2025
Platforms
macOS, Linux, CLI
Self-hostable
No
Author
Frank Bria
Tags
  • coding-agent
  • agent-harness
  • ai-agents

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What people are saying

Updated Oct 21, 2026
  • Bluesky“jumped on the Ralph bandwagon. adapted this one for claude code noticed it got forked 300 times in the last day. tried this one first, an older mature…”Jan 11, 2026 · 5 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsRalph-Claude-code: Autonomous loop for Claude Code, intelligent exit detectionJan 28, 2026 · 3 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Ralph wraps Claude Code in an autonomous loop that stops when the work is actually done, gated on both completion signals and an explicit exit flag from…”Jun 21, 2026 · 1 like · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)