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Ralphex

Ralph-inspired loop extended with plan creation and reviews

Details

External ID
46799135
Source
HN
Company
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Product
Ralphex
Website domain
umputun.dev
Launched
Jan. 28, 2026
Cohort
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Upvotes
9
Upvotes percentile
0.461133069828722
Tags
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Fetched at
Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
Updated at
Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.

Description

Built this to manage the full Claude Code workflow autonomously, from initial plan creation to reviewed PR.Tested it on a 25-task plan (5-7 items each) - ran overnight, woke up to a surprisingly solid PR-ready branch.Just run `ralphex` (single binary) in your project directory.Without a plan file, it starts interactive mode. Asks what to build, explores the codebase, writes the plan, then executes.The loop: plan creation (asks questions, writes markdown) → task execution (fresh session each, no context bloat) → multi-phase reviews (Claude + optional Codex) → branch ready for PR.Prompts for each phase are injected with minimal context needed for continuation: plan file, progress log, goal. Progress file accumulates Q&A during planning, execution logs during tasks, review findings between iterations. Output streams to terminal and progress log file simultaneously.Everything customizable at user level (~/.config/ralphex/) or per-project (.ralphex/): prompts, agents, colors.Web dashboard monitors progress files across directories. See active sessions, stream output live, spot failures without switching terminals.

Enrichment

Theme
Claude integrations and coding agents
Vertical
Horizontal
Function
Workflow automation
Audience
Developer
AI stance
Not AI
Project type
Hobby / open-source project
Normalized one-liner
loop orchestration with planning
Manually corrected
False

Could you build this?

Yes Ralphex is a CLI orchestration script (likely in Go, Python, or TypeScript) that runs sequential subprocesses calling Claude Code or Codex CLI with custom prompts, handles exit codes, and manages git branches.

Discussion

3 comments analyzed.

Feature requests: TUI (text user interface) for managing multiple instances, Status checking and log viewing capabilities, Instance management dashboard

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one — 101 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #58 of 102 (itself plus its competitors, highest first — normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 74 days after the earliest competitor.

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