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.

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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. 1

    Agent
    Active

    Claude Code Guide - Setup, Commands, workflows, agents, skills & tips-n-tricks from beginner to power user!

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • ai
    • ai-agent
    • ai-agent-tools
    • anthropic-claude
    • claude

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    4 601GitHub stars+7 (+0.15 %)
  2. 2

    Other
    Active

    Minimal Coding Agent Harness on MCP for ChatGPT, Claude, Hermes, Grok Bot, OpenClaw

    TypeScriptLicense: MIT
    • agent-orchestration
    • chatgpt
    • claude
    • claude-code
    • codex

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    4 447GitHub stars+135 (+3.1 %)
  3. 3

    Skill
    Active

    Data visualization Skill for AI Agents, turning data into polished, interactive HTML charts. 面向 AI Agents 的数据可视化 Skill，将数据快速生成精致、可交互的 HTML 图表。

    HTML
    • agent-skills
    • charts
    • claude-code
    • codex
    • data-visualization

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/larashero3-dotcom/lieflat-charts ~/.claude/skills/lieflat-charts

    4 420GitHub stars+2 443 (+123.6 %)
  4. 4

    Skill
    Active

    Persistent memory for Claude Code and 6 other CLI agents, stored as plain markdown in your Obsidian vault. Stop re-explaining your projects, decisions and people every session. 45 commands: hybrid semantic search, self-rewriting notes,…

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • ai-agents
    • ai-note-taking
    • ai-second-brain
    • anthropic

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/eugeniughelbur/obsidian-second-brain ~/.claude/skills/obsidian-second-brain

    4 314GitHub stars+73 (+1.7 %)
  5. 5

    Skill
    Active

    A Claude Code skill bundle for bug hunting and external red-team work - 82 skills, 15 slash commands, 681 disclosed-report patterns curated across 24 core vulnerability classes, plus enterprise identity + infrastructure attack matrices.

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • ai-security
    • anthropic
    • application-security
    • bug-bounty
    • bugbounty

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/elementalsouls/Claude-BugHunter ~/.claude/skills/Claude-BugHunter

    4 236GitHub stars+405 (+10.6 %)
  6. 6

    Skill
    Active

    Multi-modal Generative Media Skills for AI Agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI). High-quality image, video, and audio generation powered by muapi.ai.

    ShellLicense: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • agent-tools
    • ai-agents
    • ai-video
    • claude-code

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/SamurAIGPT/Generative-Media-Skills ~/.claude/skills/Generative-Media-Skills

    4 214GitHub stars+29 (+0.69 %)
  7. 7

    Skill
    Active

    Run multiple AI models against the same research, design, or coding task. Surface disagreements before you ship.

    ShellLicense: MIT
    • ai-agents
    • ai-orchestration
    • claude-code
    • claude-code-plugin
    • codex

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install /plugin marketplace add nyldn/claude-octopus

    4 040GitHub stars+23 (+0.57 %)
  8. 8

    MCP
    Active

    Extract any website's complete design system with one command. DTCG tokens, semantic+primitive+composite, MCP server for Claude Code/Cursor/Windsurf, multi-platform emitters (iOS SwiftUI, Android Compose, Flutter, WordPress), Tailwind v4,…

    HTMLLicense: MIT
    • accessibility
    • agent-skill
    • ai
    • chrome-extension
    • claude-code-plugin

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    4 025GitHub stars+60 (+1.5 %)
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    Skill
    Active

    The first vision plugin for DeepSeek Harness, and the vision bridge for every text-only coding agent. Paste an image, get structured JSON evidence (OCR, layout, semantics). | 全网最强 DeepSeek Harness 外挂视觉插件，为 DeepSeek、GLM…

    TypeScriptLicense: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • claude-code
    • claude-skills
    • codex
    • cordis

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/liustack/modlens ~/.claude/skills/modlens

    3 855GitHub stars+112 (+3.0 %)
  10. 10

    Skill
    Active

    Desktop app that records your on-screen work session and uses the GitHub Copilot CLI to reconstruct it as an intent + ordered steps, then builds a reusable Skill or Automation for Microsoft Scout, Microsoft Copilot Cowork, or Copilot…

    TypeScriptLicense: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • ai-agents
    • automation
    • copilot
    • copilot-cli

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/microsoft/skill-recorder ~/.claude/skills/skill-recorder

    3 818GitHub stars+175 (+4.8 %)
  11. 11

    Other
    Active

    Where people and agents build in tune.

    TypeScriptLicense: Apache-2.0
    • agent-collaboration
    • agent-orchestration
    • agent-workspace
    • agentic-ai
    • agentic-workflow

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    3 681GitHub stars+100 (+2.8 %)
  12. 12

    Other
    Active

    Open-source Infrastructure as Code (IaC) orchestration platform: GitOps workflows, orchestration, code generation, observability, drift detection, asset management, policies, Slack notifications, and more. Integrates with Terraform,…

    GoLicense: MPL-2.0

      githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

      3 623GitHub stars+3 (+0.08 %)
    • 13

      MCP
      Active

      Markdown to WeChat CLI | 一键排版发布到微信公众号：支持 40+ 排版样式和专业主题 、AI 配图 、批量发布 、多账号管理

      Go
      • agent-cli
      • ai-agent
      • ai-writing
      • claude-code
      • claude-skills

      githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

      3 616GitHub stars+15 (+0.42 %)
    • 14

      MCP
      Active

      A single hub to find Claude Skills, Agents, Commands, Hooks, Plugins, and Marketplace collections to extend Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Agent SDK and OpenClaw

      PythonLicense: MIT
      • claude
      • claude-code
      • claude-code-commands
      • claude-skills
      • cli-tool

      githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

      3 409GitHub stars+28 (+0.83 %)
    • 15

      Other
      Active

      FuXi is a fast, self-contained AI coding agent that lives in your terminal — edit code, run commands, and drive tools, with cost-aware routing across LLM providers.

      Python
      • agent
      • ai
      • ai-agent
      • ai-coding
      • autonomous-agent

      githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

      3 313GitHub stars+718 (+27.7 %)
    • 16

      Skill
      Active

      Claude Code is an agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal, understands your codebase, and helps you code faster by executing routine tasks, explaining complex code, and handling git workflows - all through natural language commands.

      TypeScript
      • aashuu
      • claude
      • claude-ai
      • claude-code
      • claude-code-leaked

      githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

      Install git clone https://github.com/codeaashu/claude-code ~/.claude/skills/claude-code

      3 297GitHub stars+16 (+0.49 %)
    • 17

      Skill
      Active

      Agent Skills for NVIDIA products — install into Claude Code, Codex, and other coding agents to run Physical AI, robotics, simulation, CUDA, and RAG workflows end to end.

      PythonLicense: Apache-2.0
      • agent-skills
      • agentic-ai
      • ai-agents
      • claude-code
      • codex

      githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

      Install git clone https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills ~/.claude/skills/skills

      3 194GitHub stars+61 (+1.9 %)
    • 18

      Skill
      Active

      Agent skills for solving CTF challenges - web exploitation, binary pwn, crypto, reverse engineering, forensics, OSINT, and more

      PythonLicense: MIT
      • agent-skills
      • claude-code
      • claude-code-skills
      • codex
      • codex-cli

      githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

      Install git clone https://github.com/ljagiello/ctf-skills ~/.claude/skills/ctf-skills

      3 168GitHub stars+40 (+1.3 %)
    • 19

      Agent
      Active

      Collaborative multi-agent AI coding workspace: aggregate sessions from Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Pi, Grok Build, etc. Desktop app, self-hosted server, or Docker.

      RustLicense: Apache-2.0
      • acp
      • ade
      • agent
      • claude-code
      • code-generation

      githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

      3 147GitHub stars+105 (+3.5 %)
    • 20

      Skill
      Active

      Intelligent Skill routing and workflow orchestration for AI agents — +21.12 pp reward, −29.6% tokens on SkillsBench with DeepSeekV4Flash-VE.

      PythonLicense: Apache-2.0
      • agent-framework
      • agent-skills
      • agentic-coding
      • ai-agents
      • ai-scientist

      githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

      Install git clone https://github.com/foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills ~/.claude/skills/Vibe-Skills

      3 145GitHub stars+97 (+3.2 %)
    • 21

      Skill
      Active

      Anti-laziness skill for AI agents. Core: the Depth Tree method, which splits a task N layers deep and gives every leaf the full time budget of the whole task, so effort multiplies with depth. Grounded in 2025-2026 research on model…

      JavaScriptLicense: MIT
      • ai-agents
      • claude
      • claude-code
      • llm
      • productivity

      githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

      Install git clone https://github.com/Leonxlnx/unlazy ~/.claude/skills/unlazy

      3 024GitHub stars+285 (+10.4 %)
    • 22

      Skill
      Active

      J-Space Cognition Suite V3.7 - AI cognitive-enhancement Skills based on Anthropic's J-space global workspace research. | 哔哩哔哩：Tiger380 (UID 3494375382321675) — https://space.bilibili.com/3494375382321675

      PythonLicense: Apache-2.0
      • agent-skills
      • ai
      • ai-agent
      • ai-agents
      • claude-code

      githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

      Install git clone https://github.com/Tiger3807861189/J-Space-Cognition-Suite-V3.7 ~/.claude/skills/J-Space-Cognition-Suite-V3.7

      3 011GitHub stars-4 (-0.13 %)
    • 23

      CLI
      Active

      DSH 官方公众号收录的 TUI 补位插件：Claude Code 风，鲸鱼顶栏/实时状态/流式思考/双击 Esc 回滚/上下文进度+TPS。npm 一键装。 DSH official WeChat featured TUI plugin — Claude Code style: whale bar, live status, streaming thoughts, double-Esc rollback, context bar + TPS. npm one-click.

      TypeScriptLicense: MIT
      • claude-code
      • coding-agent
      • deepseek
      • deepseek-harness
      • dsh-plugin

      githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

      2 817GitHub stars+151 (+5.7 %)

    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. 1

      finance-skills

      Skill
      ActiveOpen source ↗

      A collection of skills for AI financial analysis.

      JavaScriptLicense: MIT
      • agent-skills
      • claude-code
      • skills
      • trading
      github

      Install git clone https://github.com/himself65/finance-skills ~/.claude/skills/finance-skills

      Resourcemeasured growth
      3 281GitHub stars+26 (+0.80 %)
    2. 2

      cc-skills-golang

      Skill
      ActiveOpen source ↗

      🧑‍🎨 A collection of Golang agentic skills that works

      GoLicense: MIT
      • agent
      • agent-skills
      • ai
      • antigravity
      • claude
      github

      Install git clone https://github.com/samber/cc-skills-golang ~/.claude/skills/cc-skills-golang

      Resourcemeasured growth
      3 158GitHub stars+60 (+1.9 %)