Side-by-Side Comparison
nickel vs pier
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Recorded Stars Comparison
● lzell/nickel (197)
● datacurve-ai/pier (200)
☆ 197nickel stars
☆ 200pier stars
+3Difference
pierStar Leader (1.0x)
⚖️ Comparison Verdict
Star Popularity
pier Leads
+3 stars (1.0x ratio)
Forks & Derivatives
pier Leads
57 total community forks
Recent Maintenance
pier
Pushed 1mo ago
Licensing
Different
nickel: MIT vs pier: Apache-2.0
Side-by-Side Facts
| Metric | lzell/nickel ↗ | datacurve-ai/pier ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Nickel extracts date, time, and message information from naturally worded text. | Pier is a Harbor fork built for DeepSWE, with stronger support for CLI agents in air-gapped (no-internet) tasks and more faithful, consistent agent trajectories |
| GitHub Stars | ☆ 197 | ☆ 200 |
| Forks | 17 | 57 |
| Open Issues | 10 | 42 |
| Main Language | Ruby | Python |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Last Push | Dec 31, 2013 | Sep 28, 2026 |
| GitHub Source | Open Source ↗ | Open Source ↗ |
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