How popular is Zoo Code?

As of Aug 20, 2026, Zoo Code routes about 14B tokens per day through OpenRouter — the #9 tracked AI coding tool by that measure. Its OpenRouter volume moved +48.4% over the last 7 days.

When was Zoo Code last updated?

The most recent tracked release is v3.78.0 on Aug 15, 2026. Its full changelog history is listed above.

What are the best alternatives to Zoo Code?

By OpenRouter usage, the closest alternatives are Zed, Cursor, and Z Code. Head-to-head comparisons are linked in the alternatives table.

ToolsZoo Code (community)

Zoo Code

homepage changelog github

OpenRouter rank

of 15 tracked tools

Tokens / day

14B48.4%

snapshot Aug 20, 2026

Requests / day

133,096

OpenRouter, summed

Usage

OpenRouter token volume

latest Aug 20, 2026

source: OpenRouter app rankings · summed across the tool's apps · daily

14B on Aug 20, 2026

Pricing

Subscription plans

Latest captured subscription plans for Zoo Code.
Plan	$/mo	Notes
plan tracking pending — first pricing-page capture lands with the next crawl (no public pricing page on file)

source: vendor pricing page

awaiting first capture

Change history

no plan changes detected yet — changes appear here the day the pricing page moves

Changelog

Releases

v3.78.0Zoo Code v3.78.0
Aug 15, 2026
- ## [3.78.0]
- ### Minor Changes
- Add NanoGPT as a configurable provider with dynamic model discovery, streaming and prompt completions, and routing preferences for speed, price, latency, throughput, tool support, and caching (PR #1239 by @taltas)
v3.76.0Zoo Code v3.76.0
Aug 6, 2026
- ## [3.76.0]
- ### Minor Changes
- Add Destructive Command Guard as an opt-in safety layer that blocks dangerous terminal commands while allowing longer tasks to continue without repeated approvals (#1057 by @navedmerchant, PR #1061 by @navedmerchant)
v3.74.0Zoo Code v3.74.0
Aug 1, 2026
- ## [3.74.0]
- ### Minor Changes
- Add Fast priority mode for OpenAI Codex, persisting the selection and sending it with requests (PR #1063 by @WebMad)
v3.72.0Zoo Code v3.72.0
Jul 25, 2026
- ## [3.72.0]
- ### Minor Changes
- Add the Moonshot provider with live model discovery, streaming, model metadata, and a model picker (PR #857 by @grizmin)
v3.70.0Zoo Code v3.70.0
Jul 18, 2026
- ## [3.70.0]
- ### Minor Changes
- Add Kenari as a first-class provider, an Indonesian OpenAI-compatible AI gateway billed in Rupiah covering Claude, GPT, DeepSeek, GLM, Kimi and more (#792 by @doedja, PR #793 by @doedja)
v3.68.0Zoo Code v3.68.0
Jul 11, 2026
- ## [3.68.0]
- ### Minor Changes
- Add Friendli provider with GLM-5.2 support for another hosted way to use the latest GLM model (#722 by @Lee-Si-Yoon, PR #721 by @Lee-Si-Yoon)
v3.66.0Zoo Code v3.66.0
Jul 3, 2026
- ## [3.66.0]
- ### Minor Changes
- Add Claude Sonnet 5 support across Anthropic, Bedrock, and Vertex providers (#777 by @navedmerchant, PR #778 by @navedmerchant)
v3.64.0Zoo Code v3.64.0
Jun 26, 2026
- ## [3.64.0]
- ### Minor Changes
- Add Rules Management UI — new Rules tab in Settings to create, delete, and open global and workspace Zoo rules (#660 by @ivanarifin, PR #657 by @ivanarifin)
v3.62.0Zoo Code v3.62.0
Jun 19, 2026
- ## [3.62.0]
- ### Minor Changes
- Add GLM-5.2 support — the latest GLM model is now available in your provider settings (#597 by @percy4, PR #608 by @MobCode100)
v3.60.0Zoo Code v3.60.0
Jun 12, 2026
- ## [3.60.0]
- ### Minor Changes
- Add Claude Fable 5 support across Anthropic, Bedrock, and Vertex providers (PR #555 by @taltas)

source: github.com/Zoo-Code-Org/Zoo-Code/releases

latest Aug 15, 2026

Adoption

GitHub & package growth

GitHub stars

source: github.com/Zoo-Code-Org/Zoo-Code

1,671 stars · Aug 21, 2026

Package downloads/day

no package registry tracked for this entity

Community

Reddit pulse

30-day · to Aug 21, 2026

Mentions/day

Sentiment split

Am I doing something wrong? Qwen 3.8 27B seems useless for agentic codingr/LocalLLaMA · 150 pts
[ Removed by moderator ]r/LocalLLaMA · 3 pts
Coding harness for qwen3.8 : r/Qwen_AIr/ · — pts

source: Reddit mentions across coding subreddits · sentiment auto-classified

latest Aug 21, 2026

Benchmarks

Benchmark results

Benchmark scores for Zoo Code.
Benchmark	Configuration	Score	Date	Source
no benchmark results attributed to Zoo Code yet

scores as published by each benchmark; configurations differ — compare within a row's benchmark only

Alternatives

Similar tools

Alternatives to Zoo Code by OpenRouter usage-rank proximity.
#	Tool	Tokens/day	7d Δ	Head-to-head
25	ZedZed Industries	19.5B	25.6%	vs Zoo Code
23	CursorAnysphere	21.8B	47.8%	vs Zoo Code
38	Z CodeZ.ai	10.3B	54.3%	vs Zoo Code
15	OpenHandsAll Hands AI	41.7B	117.6%	vs Zoo Code

ranked by OpenRouter usage-rank proximity

snapshot Aug 20, 2026

FAQ

Zoo Code FAQ

How popular is Zoo Code?: As of Aug 20, 2026, Zoo Code routes about 14B tokens per day through OpenRouter — the #9 tracked AI coding tool by that measure. Its OpenRouter volume moved +48.4% over the last 7 days.
When was Zoo Code last updated?: The most recent tracked release is v3.78.0 on Aug 15, 2026. Its full changelog history is listed above.
What are the best alternatives to Zoo Code?: By OpenRouter usage, the closest alternatives are Zed, Cursor, and Z Code. Head-to-head comparisons are linked in the alternatives table.

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