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 measured growth, normalized across sources. 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

    Other
    Active

    🐚 Python-powered shell. Full-featured, cross-platform and AI-friendly.

    Python
    • anthropic
    • claude
    • claude-code
    • cmux
    • data-engineering

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    9 628GitHub stars+6 (+0.06 %)
  2. 2

    Skill
    Active

    Teach your AI to draw correct, beautiful draw.io diagrams — declarative layout engine, ground-truth stencils, structural validator, vision self-check. AWS · Azure · GCP · Databricks · BPMN. Zero dependencies.

    JavaScriptLicense: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • ai-agents
    • architecture-diagrams
    • aws
    • azure

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/sparklabx/drawio-ai-kit ~/.claude/skills/drawio-ai-kit

    638GitHub stars+3 (+0.47 %)
  3. 3

    Skill
    Active

    Skills for controlling Android, iOS and cloud phones

    License: MIT
    • ai-harness
    • claude-code
    • codex
    • mobile-ai
    • mobile-development

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/droidrun/mobile-harness ~/.claude/skills/mobile-harness

    331GitHub stars+2 (+0.61 %)
  4. 4

    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+2 (+0.06 %)
    • 5

      MCP
      Active

      Stop re-explaining your data to your AI every session. The individual-analyst context layer, delivered over MCP (Claude Code / Cursor / Codex).

      TypeScript
      • ai-agents
      • analytics
      • claude-code
      • context-engineering
      • cursor

      githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

      92GitHub stars-12 (-11.5 %)

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    Ranked by measured growth, normalized across sources. These resources remain available separately and do not take part in the main tool ranking.

    1. 1

      skills

      Skill
      ActiveOpen source ↗

      A collection of Claude Skills from Posit

      RLicense: MIT
      • claude-code
      • claude-code-plugin
      • claude-skills
      github

      Install /plugin marketplace add posit-dev/skills

      Resourcemeasured growth
      488GitHub stars+6 (+1.2 %)
    2. 2

      awesome-claude-code-plugins

      MCP
      ActiveOpen source ↗

      Awesome Claude Code plugins — a curated list of slash commands, subagents, MCP servers, and hooks for Claude Code

      JavaScriptLicense: Apache-2.0
      • awesome-claude-code
      • awesome-list
      • awesome-plugins
      • awesome-resources
      • claude-code
      githubResourcemeasured growth
      929GitHub stars+5 (+0.54 %)
    3. 3

      pg-aiguide

      MCP
      ActiveOpen source ↗

      MCP server and Claude plugin for Postgres skills and documentation. Helps AI coding tools generate better PostgreSQL code.

      PythonLicense: Apache-2.0
      • ai
      • ai-agents
      • ai-coding
      • claude-code-plugin
      • claude-code-plugins
      githubResourcemeasured growth
      1 830GitHub stars+5 (+0.27 %)
    4. 4

      awesome-agent-skills

      Skill
      ActiveOpen source ↗

      🤖 精选的 AI Agent Skills 列表，适用于 Cursor、Claude Code、GitHub Copilot 等 AI 编程工具

      ShellLicense: CC0-1.0
      • agent-skills
      • ai
      • awesome
      • awesome-list
      • claude
      github

      Install git clone https://github.com/JackyST0/awesome-agent-skills ~/.claude/skills/awesome-agent-skills

      Resourcemeasured growth
      629GitHub stars+3 (+0.48 %)
    5. 5

      AI-Product-Development-Toolkit

      Skill
      ActiveOpen source ↗

      User-Centered Product Development Prompt Templates & Agent Configurations

      License: MIT
      • agent-skills
      • agentic-ai
      • ai
      • claude-code
      • claude-desktop
      github

      Install git clone https://github.com/TechNomadCode/AI-Product-Development-Toolkit ~/.claude/skills/AI-Product-Development-Toolkit

      Resourcemeasured growth
      948GitHub stars+3 (+0.32 %)
    6. 6

      awesome-skills

      Skill
      ActiveOpen source ↗

      Community collection of Apify agent skills for AI coding assistants

      PythonLicense: Apache-2.0
      • actor
      • agent-skills
      • ai-agents
      • apify
      • awesome-list
      github

      Install git clone https://github.com/apify/awesome-skills ~/.claude/skills/awesome-skills

      Resourcemeasured growth
      248GitHub stars+2 (+0.81 %)
    7. 7

      ai-coding-project-boilerplate

      Skill
      ActiveOpen source ↗

      Agentic coding TypeScript boilerplate for Claude Code: sub-agent workflows with built-in quality checks and context engineering.

      JavaScriptLicense: MIT
      • agent-skills
      • agentic-ai
      • agentic-workflow
      • ai-agents
      • anthropic
      github

      Install git clone https://github.com/shinpr/ai-coding-project-boilerplate ~/.claude/skills/ai-coding-project-boilerplate

      Resourcemeasured growth
      227GitHub stars+1 (+0.44 %)
    8. 8

      TRAE-Skills

      Skill
      ActiveOpen source ↗

      A curated collection of 150+ specialized AI Skills for software development, frontend, backend, automation, UI/UX, SEO, and DevOps. Each skill encapsulates a focused capability: generating code, templates, scripts, and production-ready…

      • ai-skills
      • claude-code
      • claude-skills
      • collection
      • cursor-skill
      github

      Install git clone https://github.com/HighMark-31/TRAE-Skills ~/.claude/skills/TRAE-Skills

      Resourcemeasured growth
      283GitHub stars+1 (+0.35 %)
    9. 9

      vexjoy-agent

      Skill
      ActiveOpen source ↗

      VexJoy AI Agent with Intelligent Routing - /do routes plain-English requests to the right specialist agent and gates the work with reviews, tests, and a learning loop.

      PythonLicense: MIT
      • ai
      • ai-agents
      • ai-pipelines
      • ai-skills
      • ai-workflows
      github

      Install git clone https://github.com/notque/vexjoy-agent ~/.claude/skills/vexjoy-agent

      Resourcemeasured growth
      417GitHub stars+1 (+0.24 %)
    10. 10

      claude-engineer

      Skill
      ActiveOpen source ↗

      A version of command line interface(CLI) that leverages the power of Claude Opus(3-4.7). This framework lets Claude create and manage its own tools on the fly, continuously growing its capabilities through the course of a conversation

      Python
      • ai
      • claude
      • claude-ai
      • claude-code
      • claude-engineer
      github

      Install git clone https://github.com/bawadou/claude-engineer ~/.claude/skills/claude-engineer

      Resourcemeasured growth
      954GitHub starsstable
    11. 11

      explore-claude-code

      Skill
      ActiveOpen source ↗

      Learn Claude Code by exploring it as it was designed - interactive IDE-style docs for commands, MCP, skills, CLAUDE.md and more.

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

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

      Resourcemeasured growth
      309GitHub starsstable
    12. 12

      awesome-claude

      MCP
      ActiveOpen source ↗

      HeyClaude is a curated registry and distribution surface for Claude and AI-workflow assets: agents, MCP servers, skills, commands, hooks, rules, guides, tools, jobs, Raycast feeds, static data exports, and an npm MCP package.

      MDXLicense: MIT
      • agent-skills
      • ai-agents
      • ai-directory
      • ai-tools
      • anthropic
      githubResourcemeasured growth
      294GitHub stars-1 (-0.34 %)