Coding assistants: tools for developers

Programming assistants, code generation tools and developer copilots. An entry can appear under several use cases when its topics or description provide several explicit signals.

187 entries in this view.

Tool ranking

Ranked by known GitHub stars, highest first; archived repositories come after maintained repositories. Raw values keep their source-specific window, shown under each tool; a change requires at least two snapshots from the last 7 days.

1
cherry-studio
Skill
ActiveLast commit today · 2026-09-04
AI productivity studio with smart chat, autonomous agents, and 300+ assistants. Unified access to frontier LLMs
TypeScriptLicense: AGPL-3.0
- agent-skills
- ai-agent
- claude-code
- codex
- deepseek
githubcreated 2 years agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install git clone https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio ~/.claude/skills/cherry-studio
51 413GitHub stars+207 (+0.40 %)
2
JeecgBoot
Other
ActiveLast commit 2 days ago · 2026-09-02
【低代码v2.0，一句话即可生成整个系统】企业级AI低代码平台，一键生成前后端代码甚至整个系统。 AI Skills 一句话画流程、设计表单、生成报表、大屏。内置 AI应用平台涵盖：AI聊天、知识库、流程编排、MCP插件等，兼容主流大模型。引领AI低代码「Skills 生成 → 在线配置 → 代码生成 → 手工合并->AI修改」开发模式，解决 Java 项目 90% 重复工作，提高效率又不失灵活。
JavaLicense: Apache-2.0
- activiti
- agent
- ai
- antd
- claude-code
githubcreated 7 years agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
47 624GitHub stars+98 (+0.21 %)
3
CowAgent
Agent
ActiveLast commit today · 2026-09-04
Open-source super AI assistant & Agent Harness. Plans tasks, runs tools and skills, self-evolves with memory and knowledge. Multi-model, multi-channel. Lightweight, extensible, one-line install. (formerly chatgpt-on-wechat)
PythonLicense: MIT
- ai
- ai-agent
- ai-agents
- chatgpt-on-wechat
- claude
githubcreated 4 years agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
46 776GitHub stars+64 (+0.14 %)
4
agentic-awesome-skills
Skill
ActiveLast commit today · 2026-09-04
AAS Core is the local, agent-first control plane for complete catalog discovery, agent-owned selection, stack validation, and planning, backed by 2,005+ agentic skills. Includes CLI, local MCP, catalog, plugins, and Workbench.
PythonLicense: MIT
- agent-skills
- agentic-skills
- ai-agent-skills
- ai-agents
- ai-coding
githubcreated 7 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install git clone https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills ~/.claude/skills/agentic-awesome-skills
45 932GitHub stars+324 (+0.71 %)
5
codebase-memory-mcp
MCP
ActiveLast commit today · 2026-09-03
High-performance code intelligence MCP server. Indexes codebases into a persistent knowledge graph — average repo in milliseconds. 158 languages, sub-ms queries, 99% fewer tokens. Single static binary, zero dependencies.
CLicense: MIT
- aider
- ast
- claude-code
- code-analysis
- code-intelligence
githubcreated 6 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
42 100GitHub stars+1 082 (+2.6 %)
6
humanizer
Skill
ActiveLast commit 16 days ago · 2026-08-19
Agent skill that removes signs of AI-generated writing from text
PythonLicense: MIT
- agent-skills
- ai-writing
- claude-code
- codex
- cursor
githubcreated 7 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install git clone https://github.com/blader/humanizer ~/.claude/skills/humanizer
41 622GitHub stars+2 996 (+7.8 %)
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agents
Skill
ActiveLast commit 2 days ago · 2026-09-01
Multi-harness agentic plugin marketplace for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot, and Google Antigravity
PythonLicense: MIT
- agent-skills
- agentic-ai
- agents
- ai-agents
- anthropic
githubcreated 13 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install git clone https://github.com/wshobson/agents ~/.claude/skills/agents
39 396GitHub stars+168 (+0.43 %)
8
CopilotKit
Agent
ActiveLast commit today · 2026-09-03
The Frontend Stack for Agents & Generative UI. React, Angular, Mobile, Slack, and more. Makers of the AG-UI Protocol
TypeScriptLicense: MIT
- agent
- agent-native
- agentic-ai
- agents
- ai
githubcreated 3 years agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
37 184GitHub stars+90 (+0.24 %)
9
go-zero
Library
ActiveLast commit 1 day ago · 2026-09-02
A cloud-native Go microservices framework with cli tool for productivity.
GoLicense: MIT
- ai-native
- ai-native-development
- cloud-native
- code-generation
- framework
githubcreated 6 years agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
33 304GitHub stars+19 (+0.06 %)
10
AionUi
Agent
ActiveLast commit 2 days ago · 2026-09-02
Open-source 24/7 Cowork app for OpenClaw, Hermes, Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and 20+ more CLI Agent | Customize your assistants | Team them up｜Star if you like it!
TypeScriptLicense: Apache-2.0
- acp
- agent-team
- ai
- ai-agent
- chat
githubcreated 13 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
32 545GitHub stars+160 (+0.49 %)
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Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills
Skill
ActiveLast commit 4 days ago · 2026-08-31
817 structured cybersecurity skills for AI agents · Mapped to 6 frameworks: MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF 2.0, MITRE ATLAS, D3FEND, NIST AI RMF & MITRE F3 (Fight Fraud) · agentskills.io standard · Works with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex CLI,…
PythonLicense: Apache-2.0
- ai-agents
- claude-code
- cloud-security
- cybersecurity
- devsecops
githubcreated 6 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install git clone https://github.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills ~/.claude/skills/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills
32 124GitHub stars+598 (+1.9 %)
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nanoclaw
Skill
ActiveLast commit today · 2026-09-03
A lightweight alternative to OpenClaw that runs in containers for security. Connects to WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Gmail and other messaging apps,, has memory, scheduled jobs, and runs directly on Anthropic's Agents SDK
TypeScriptLicense: MIT
- ai-agents
- ai-assistant
- claude-code
- claude-skills
- openclaw
githubcreated 7 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install git clone https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw ~/.claude/skills/nanoclaw
30 694GitHub stars+61 (+0.20 %)
13
diagram-design
Skill
ActiveLast commit 1 day ago · 2026-09-03
38 editorial diagram types for Claude Code, Codex, and Pi. Self-contained HTML + SVG. No shadows. No Mermaid slop.
HTMLLicense: MIT
- agent-skills
- claude-code
- codex
- data-visualization
- diagrams
githubcreated 4 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install git clone https://github.com/cathrynlavery/diagram-design ~/.claude/skills/diagram-design
30 343GitHub stars+2 006 (+7.1 %)
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serena
MCP
ActiveLast commit today · 2026-09-03
A powerful MCP toolkit for coding, providing semantic retrieval and editing capabilities - the IDE for your agent
PythonLicense: MIT
- agent
- ai
- ai-coding
- claude
- claude-code
githubcreated 17 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
28 792GitHub stars+126 (+0.44 %)
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planning-with-files
Skill
ActiveLast commit 1 day ago · 2026-09-02
Persistent file-based planning for AI coding agents and long-running tasks. Crash-proof markdown plans, session recovery after /clear and compaction, per-turn re-injection against context rot, deterministic completion gate. Manus-style.…
ShellLicense: MIT
- agent-skills
- autonomous-agents
- claude
- claude-code
- claude-code-skills
githubcreated 8 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install git clone https://github.com/OthmanAdi/planning-with-files ~/.claude/skills/planning-with-files
26 618GitHub stars+210 (+0.80 %)
16
onlook
App
ActiveLast commit 10 days ago · 2026-08-25
The Cursor for Designers • An Open-Source AI-First Design tool • Visually build, style, and edit your React App with AI
TypeScriptLicense: Apache-2.0
- ai
- cursor
- cursor-ai
- design
- design-to-code
githubcreated 2 years agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
26 602GitHub stars+15 (+0.06 %)
17
claude-skills
Skill
ActiveLast commit 5 days ago · 2026-08-30
380 Claude Code skills & agent skills & plugins (30+ Agents, 70+ custom commands, 380+ skills, customizable references, scripts)for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and 8 more coding agents — engineering, marketing, product,…
PythonLicense: MIT
- agent-plugins
- agent-skills
- agentic-ai
- ai-coding-agent
- anthropic-claude
githubcreated 10 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install git clone https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills ~/.claude/skills/claude-skills
25 486GitHub stars+320 (+1.3 %)
18
distilly
Skill
ActiveLast commit 1 day ago · 2026-09-03
Distilly — Distill how they think into reusable Skills for any Agent or Bot. Formerly Colleague Skill（原同事 Skill）.
TypeScriptLicense: MIT
- agent-skills
- agentic-ai
- ai-agent
- ai-agents
- ai-assistants
githubcreated 5 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install git clone https://github.com/titanwings/distilly ~/.claude/skills/distilly
24 324GitHub stars+222 (+0.92 %)
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happy
Other
ActiveLast commit 1 day ago · 2026-09-03
Mobile and Web client for Codex and Claude Code, with realtime voice, encryption and fully featured
TypeScriptLicense: MIT
- claude-code
- claude-desktop
- claude-mobile
- codex
- codex-cli
githubcreated 13 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
23 627GitHub stars+85 (+0.36 %)
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khazix-skills
Skill
ActiveLast commit 19 days ago · 2026-08-16
数字生命卡兹克开源的 AI Skills 合集 | Agent Skills: leader（帮你定义目标）, neat-freak 洁癖, hv-analysis, khazix-writer & more — Claude Code, Codex & 40+ agents
PythonLicense: MIT
- agent-skills
- ai-agents
- claude
- claude-code
- codex
githubcreated 5 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install git clone https://github.com/KKKKhazix/khazix-skills ~/.claude/skills/khazix-skills
20 398GitHub stars+178 (+0.88 %)
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context-mode
MCP
ActiveLast commit today · 2026-09-03
Context window optimization for AI coding agents. Sandboxes tool output (98% reduction), persists session memory, and enforces routing across 17 platforms via MCP + hooks.
TypeScript
- antigravity
- claude
- claude-code
- claude-code-hooks
- claude-code-plugins
githubcreated 6 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
20 339GitHub stars+105 (+0.52 %)
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agency-agents-zh
Skill
ActiveLast commit 7 days ago · 2026-08-28
🎭 267 个即插即用的 AI 专家角色 — 支持 Hermes Agent/Claude Code/Cursor/Copilot 等 18 种工具，覆盖工程/设计/营销/金融等 20 个部门。含 52 个中国市场原创智能体（小红书/抖音/微信/飞书/钉钉等）。搭配编排器 agency-orchestrator，一句话即可让多位专家按 DAG 自动协作。
ShellLicense: MIT
- agency-orchestrator
- agent-definitions
- ai-agents
- ai-roles
- chinese
githubcreated 6 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install git clone https://github.com/jnMetaCode/agency-agents-zh ~/.claude/skills/agency-agents-zh
20 266GitHub stars+217 (+1.1 %)
23
claude-seo
Skill
ActiveLast commit 9 days ago · 2026-08-26
Universal SEO skill for Claude Code. 25 sub-skills + 18 sub-agents covering technical SEO, E-E-A-T, schema, GEO/AEO, backlinks, local SEO, maps intelligence, semantic clustering, e-commerce SEO, international SEO, Google APIs, and PDF/Excel…
PythonLicense: MIT
- ai
- ai-seo
- claude-code
- claude-code-skill
- marketing-automation
githubcreated 6 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install git clone https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-seo ~/.claude/skills/claude-seo
16 243GitHub stars+530 (+3.4 %)
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SkillSpector
Skill
ActiveLast commit 3 days ago · 2026-09-01
Security scanner for AI agent skills. Detect vulnerabilities, malicious patterns, security risks, prompt injection, data exfiltration, and supply-chain risks in Claude Code, Codex, and MCP skills before you install them.
PythonLicense: Apache-2.0
- agent-security
- agent-skills
- agentic-ai
- ai-security
- claude-code
githubcreated 5 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install git clone https://github.com/NVIDIA/SkillSpector ~/.claude/skills/SkillSpector
15 926GitHub stars+792 (+5.2 %)

Learning resources

Ranked by known GitHub stars, highest first; archived repositories come after maintained repositories. These resources remain available separately and do not take part in the main tool ranking.

1
awesome-agent-skills
Skill
ActiveLast commit 2 days ago · 2026-09-02Open source ↗
A curated collection of 1000+ agent skills from official dev teams and the community, compatible with Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and more.
License: MIT
- agent-skills
- ai-agents
- awesome
- awesome-list
- claude-code
github
Install git clone https://github.com/VoltAgent/awesome-agent-skills ~/.claude/skills/awesome-agent-skills
active 2 days agocreated 10 months agoResourcemeasured growth
33 713GitHub stars+632 (+1.9 %)

Coding assistants: tools for developers

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cherry-studio

JeecgBoot

CowAgent

agentic-awesome-skills

codebase-memory-mcp

humanizer

agents

CopilotKit

go-zero

AionUi

Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills

nanoclaw

diagram-design

serena

planning-with-files

onlook

claude-skills

distilly

happy

khazix-skills

context-mode

agency-agents-zh

claude-seo

SkillSpector

Learning resources

awesome-agent-skills