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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Mixed ranking: measured growth takes priority; entries without two snapshots are estimated. 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

    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 %)
  2. 2

    Other
    Active

    Open database of 6,300+ CCTV camera specs across 123+ brands, with Frigate and ONVIF/RTS integration, CC0

    JavaScript
    • blue-iris
    • cctv
    • cctv-cameras
    • claude-code
    • data-seed

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    242GitHub starsstable
  3. 3

    Agent
    Active

    A terminal workbench in pure Rust: shells, persistent sessions, SSH, coding agents. GPU-rendered on Zed's gpui, VT core from Alacritty.

    RustLicense: Apache-2.0
    • ai-agents
    • alacritty
    • claude-code
    • coding-agent
    • cross-platform

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    805GitHub stars+7 (+0.88 %)
  4. 4

    App
    Active

    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

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    26 602GitHub stars+15 (+0.06 %)
  5. 5

    Agent
    Active

    Taste-Skill - gives your AI good taste. stops the AI from generating boring, generic slop

    JavaScriptLicense: MIT
    • agent
    • ai
    • claude
    • claude-code
    • codex

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    82 205GitHub stars+277 (+0.34 %)
  6. 6

    Skill
    Active

    Skills for controlling Android, iOS and cloud phones

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

    githubestimated momentumOpen source ↗

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

    331GitHub stars—

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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

    youtube-tutorials

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    All my YouTube tutorials. Everything here is free - but please follow me on YouTube if you find these helpful.

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • agentic-coding
    • agentic-engineering
    • ai-engineering
    • claude-code
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/owainlewis/youtube-tutorials ~/.claude/skills/youtube-tutorials

    Resourcemeasured growth
    378GitHub stars+14 (+3.8 %)
  2. 2

    engram

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    Evidence-based learning engine — first-principles curricula, free-recall verification with receipts, FSRS-scheduled memory, and explorable artifacts. Learn anything; keep it.

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • claude-code
    • claude-code-plugin
    • education
    • fsrs
    • learning
    github

    Install /plugin marketplace add nagisanzenin/engram

    Resourcemeasured growth
    1 395GitHub stars+18 (+1.3 %)
  3. 3

    autoharness

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    Autoharness — a self-learning skill layer for Claude Code — distills skills from your real sessions, updates them as you work, and prunes the ones that stop getting used. No daemon, no benchmark.

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • claude-code
    • claude-code-plugin
    • llm-agents
    • python
    github

    Install /plugin marketplace add tigerless-labs/autoharness

    Resourcemeasured growth
    1 411GitHub stars+89 (+6.7 %)
  4. 4

    mex

    MCP
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    Persistent project memory for AI coding agents. Structured scaffold + drift detection CLI.

    TypeScriptLicense: MIT
    • claude-code
    • claude-code-skills
    • cli-tool
    • code-graph
    • codex
    githubResourcemeasured growth
    1 541GitHub stars+9 (+0.59 %)
  5. 5

    Skills-4-SE

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    A curated list of 180+ useful Claude Skills for Software Engineering and resources for customizing AI for SE workflows.

    PythonLicense: Apache-2.0
    • claude
    • claude-code
    • claude-skills
    • metaprogramming
    • software-development
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE ~/.claude/skills/Skills-4-SE

    Resourcemeasured growth
    247GitHub stars+7 (+2.9 %)
  6. 6

    han

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    Han: AI skills and agents for "Solo" product engineers and small teams

    ShellLicense: MIT
    • claude
    • claude-code
    • claude-code-plugin
    • claude-skills
    • code-review
    github

    Install /plugin marketplace add testdouble/han

    Resourcemeasured growth
    255GitHub stars+9 (+3.7 %)
  7. 7

    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-1 (-0.40 %)
  8. 8

    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
    228GitHub stars+2 (+0.88 %)
  9. 9

    learn-claude-code

    Agent
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    Bash is all you need - A nano claude code–like 「agent harness」, built from 0 to 1

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • agent
    • agent-development
    • ai-agent
    • claude
    • claude-code
    githubResourcemeasured growth
    75 687GitHub stars+126 (+0.17 %)