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Ralphex

Ralph-inspired loop extended with plan creation and reviews

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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.

HN · launched Jan 28, 2026 · 9 upvotes (top 54%) · 0 views

Niche: ai coding agent session managers · 514 launches, 36 in the last 7 days ▼ -18% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags

  • Horizontal
  • Agent / copilot
  • Developer
  • AI-native
  • Hobby / open-source project

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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 : 208 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #115 of 209 (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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