cc-haha: review, pricing, security and alternatives

What cc-haha does

cc-haha belongs to the coding agents family: they read a repository, edit files, run the tests and fix things until everything passes, in a terminal or an editor. On our grid it ranks #37 of the 74 projects of this family listed in the directory.

It is not an agent in itself: it is a component other agents use (memory, isolated execution, web access, model gateway or monitoring). You pick it based on the agent or framework it has to equip.

You use it from: desktop app, web app, and messaging (Telegram, Slack, WhatsApp…). Usable models: Claude (Anthropic). It can run on your own machine or server.

Who is cc-haha for?

It is aimed at developers and technical teams who want to hand off part of the work on their codebase while keeping the final review. Typical tasks people give it:

• fix a bug from an issue or an error message
• write or extend tests
• migrate code to a new library version
• explain an unfamiliar codebase

It is a good candidate if you want to talk to it from your usual messaging app, without opening another app, you prefer doing everything in a browser, with no install, and your data must stay on your machines.

Access and human control

According to its documentation, cc-haha can:

• read and edit files
• read and send messages
• control the screen, keyboard and mouse

We could not establish whether it asks for human approval before sensitive actions: test it first on an unimportant account or folder.

cc-haha pricing

The code is public but the repository declares no licence: reuse is not formally allowed. The real cost depends on hosting and, where relevant, the vendor's hosted offer.

Getting started with cc-haha

1. Install it: the project ships as a Node.js package (install with npm, or run directly with npx). The exact command is in the repository README.
2. Start with the minimal example from the docs, then add one tool at a time and check what the agent does with it.
3. Give it a short, checkable task, review the result and its action log, then raise the difficulty step by step.

Security: risk level

A coding agent runs commands on your machine: work on a Git branch, review the changes and isolate it in a container for long tasks.

Points found for cc-haha:

• Sensitive access: it can control the screen, keyboard and mouse, with no established default human approval.
• No licence: legally shaky for company use.

Three habits: least privilege (minimal rights, dedicated keys), human approval for irreversible actions, a sandbox for code execution. The AI agent security check reviews your setup in a few minutes.

Project activity and releases

Created on March 31, 2026, the NanmiCoder/cc-haha repository has 15,150 stars, 8,603 forks and 100 open issues, with 2,340 commits in total. It received changes this month.

Over the last 52 weeks: 2,063 commits, an average of 39.7 per week.

56 releases in total; 30 in the last twelve months. Latest release: v0.7.5, on October 20, 2026.

cc-haha vs other coding agents

GitHub stars of the best-rated open-source projects in the coding agents family. Stars measure attention, not quality: a heavily promoted project collects them fast, a specialised tool will have few.

cc-haha and other coding agents at a glance

The 7 best-ranked agents in the same family, 7 of them open source. The score out of 100 only applies to open-source projects; for proprietary services we show the published entry price. A dash marks information the documentation does not state.

How we rated it

Score: 66/100, computed only from public, verifiable data, with no subjective testing or partnership:

• Adoption 26/40: 15,150 stars on a log scale (40 points from about 200,000).
• Activity 30/30: last commit less than a month ago, 30 releases in six months, 2,063 commits in a year.
• Framework 10/30: licence, default human approval, self-hosting, model choice and documentation site.

The score does not say whether the agent will succeed at your tasks: it measures how solid the project is. The full grid is on the method page.