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I tried to list the competing open-source AI coding agents to compare their popularity over time — opencode wins for now.
https://www.star-history.com/?repos=anthropics%2Fclaude-code...
This feature could well be the reason OpenAI hired Peter Steinberger (OpenClaw).
How do you send your patch to the maintainer? You send the author an email.
I understand the article thinks of occasional contributors outside of the project. For developers of your team (if any), I guess you could grant them SSH access to push, with git hooks enforcing your workflow (prevent direct commits to main, feature-* branches...).