Unmute Bench
The benchmark that measures the human, not the model.
Every AI benchmark scores the model. Unmute Bench scores you: how much work you actually hand to Claude Code and Codex, from your own local logs.
curl -fsSL https://justunmute.me/unmute-bench.mjs | node --input-type=module -
One self-contained file (unmute-bench.mjs, no dependencies). Read it before you run it: it's the same code as src/, bundled.
UNMUTE BENCH v0.1 · the benchmark that measures the human, not the model
Median per active day before after
Jul 11–Aug 9 Sep 26–Oct 25
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SPD agent sessions 3 → 10 3.3×
MPD messages to agents 46 → 144 3.1×
AHD hours agents ran 4.9 → 9.4 1.9×
JPH agents steered per hour 1 → 3 3×
PAR agents running at once 1 → 2
AD active days 21 → 29
TTW task types per week 3.4 → 5.4
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Statistically significant (p < 0.001)
What it measures
| Code | Metric |
|---|
| SPD | Agent sessions started per active day |
| MPD | Messages to agents per active day |
| AHD | Hours per active day with an agent running |
| JPH | Different agents you message per active hour |
| PAR | Agents running at the same time |
| AD | Active days in the window |
| TTW | Task types per week (code, research, comms, content, personal, other) |
Medians per active day, after removing automated runs, repeats and bursts. Full definitions, cleaning rules and the significance test: METHODOLOGY.md.
Usage
curl -fsSL https://justunmute.me/unmute-bench.mjs -o unmute-bench.mjs
node unmute-bench.mjs # last 30 days vs the 30 before
node unmute-bench.mjs --split 2026-08-10 # 30 days before vs after a date (e.g. when you switched tools)
node unmute-bench.mjs --days 14 # shorter windows
node unmute-bench.mjs --card bench.png # shareable black-and-white card (PNG needs Chrome; use .svg otherwise)
node unmute-bench.mjs --json # machine-readable
If you use Unmute, the split date defaults to your first Unmute session, and Unmute's session index fills in history that Claude Code has already pruned.
Privacy
Runs entirely on your machine. Reads only your own messages (timestamp and the first 400 characters), never agent replies or files. Sends nothing anywhere. No dependencies at runtime.
Build from source
npm install && npm run build # tsc → dist/
npm run bundle # esbuild → unmute-bench.mjs
Requirements
Node 18+. Codex archives (.jsonl.zst) are read only if the zstd binary is installed.
Submit your result
Run node unmute-bench.mjs --json and open a result issue with the output and your main setup (terminal, desktop app, Cursor, Unmute, other) to be added to the leaderboard. Only the numbers are needed, never your logs.
Cite
@misc{unmutebench2026,
title = {Unmute Bench: A Benchmark of Human-to-Agent Work},
author = {Patel, Arpit},
year = {2026},
note = {Version 0.1},
url = {https://justunmute.me/bench}
}
License
MIT
