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 normalized popularity 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

    Agent
    Active

    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

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    37 154GitHub stars+87 (+0.23 %)
  2. 2

    Skill
    Active

    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

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

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

    15 558GitHub stars+544 (+3.6 %)
  3. 3

    Skill
    Active

    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

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

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

    30 679GitHub stars+52 (+0.17 %)
  4. 4

    Agent
    Active

    The agent harness performance optimization system. Skills, instincts, memory, security, and research-first development for Claude Code, Codex, Opencode, Cursor and beyond.

    JavaScriptLicense: MIT
    • ai-agents
    • anthropic
    • claude
    • claude-code
    • developer-tools

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    245 821GitHub stars+2 265 (+0.93 %)
  5. 5

    Skill
    Active

    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

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills ~/.claude/skills/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills

    31 947GitHub stars+668 (+2.1 %)
  6. 6

    Library
    Active

    A cloud-native Go microservices framework with cli tool for productivity.

    GoLicense: MIT
    • ai-native
    • ai-native-development
    • cloud-native
    • code-generation
    • framework

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    33 300GitHub stars+20 (+0.06 %)
  7. 7

    App
    Active

    A cross-platform desktop All-in-One assistant for Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, OpenClaw, Grok Build & Hermes Agent. Only official website: ccswitch.io

    RustLicense: MIT
    • ai-tools
    • claude-code
    • codex
    • desktop-app
    • grok

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    130 603GitHub stars+998 (+0.77 %)
  8. 8

    CLI
    Active

    CLI proxy that reduces LLM token consumption by 60-90% on common dev commands. Single Rust binary, zero dependencies

    RustLicense: Apache-2.0
    • agentic-coding
    • ai-coding
    • anthropic
    • claude-code
    • cli

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    78 241GitHub stars+697 (+0.90 %)
  9. 9

    MCP
    Active

    Compress tool outputs, logs, files, and RAG chunks before they reach the LLM. 20% fewer tokens for coding agents, 60-95% fewer tokens for JSON, same answers. Library, proxy, MCP server.

    PythonLicense: Apache-2.0
    • agent
    • ai
    • anthropic
    • claude-code
    • compression

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    68 350GitHub stars+630 (+0.93 %)
  10. 10

    Skill
    Active

    omo/lazycodex: The coding agent for tokenmaxxers;the one and only agent harness for complex codebases. For your Codex, for your OpenCode

    TypeScript
    • ai
    • ai-agents
    • anthropic
    • chatgpt
    • claude

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent ~/.claude/skills/oh-my-openagent

    68 592GitHub stars+178 (+0.26 %)
  11. 11

    Skill
    Active

    Makes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room. The best code is the code you never wrote.

    JavaScriptLicense: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • ai-agents
    • claude
    • claude-code
    • claude-code-plugin

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install /plugin marketplace add DietrichGebert/ponytail

    120 174GitHub stars+7 366 (+6.5 %)
  12. 12

    Skill
    Active

    Turn any codebase, with its docs, SQL schemas, configs, and PDFs, into a queryable knowledge graph. A /graphify skill for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Gemini CLI: local deterministic AST parsing, every edge explained, no vector store.

    PythonLicense: Apache-2.0
    • ai-agents
    • antigravity
    • ast
    • claude-code
    • code-analysis

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/Graphify-Labs/graphify ~/.claude/skills/graphify

    113 548GitHub stars+2 425 (+2.2 %)
  13. 13

    Skill
    Active

    Production-grade engineering skills for AI coding agents.

    JavaScriptLicense: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • antigravity
    • claude-code
    • codex
    • cursor

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

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

    91 500GitHub stars+1 416 (+1.6 %)
  14. 14

    Agent
    Active

    The agent that grows with you

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • ai
    • ai-agent
    • ai-agents
    • anthropic
    • chatgpt

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    239 583GitHub stars+2 635 (+1.1 %)
  15. 15

    Skill
    Active

    Persistent Context Across Sessions for Every Agent – Captures everything your agent does during sessions, compresses it with AI, and injects relevant context back into future sessions. Works with Claude Code, OpenClaw, Codex, Gemini,…

    JavaScriptLicense: Apache-2.0
    • ai
    • ai-agents
    • ai-memory
    • anthropic
    • artificial-intelligence

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install /plugin marketplace add thedotmack/claude-mem

    92 932GitHub stars+965 (+1.0 %)
  16. 16

    Agent
    Active

    Practical patterns, starters & CLI tools for loop engineering with AI coding agents. Design systems that prompt and orchestrate agents (inspired by Addy Osmani and Boris Cherny). Includes loop-audit, loop-init, loop-cost.

    TypeScriptLicense: MIT
    • agentic-ai
    • ai-agents
    • ai-coding
    • anthropic
    • automation

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    10 813GitHub stars+123 (+1.2 %)
  17. 17

    Other
    Active

    Give your AI agent eyes to see the entire internet. Read & search Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, GitHub, Bilibili, XiaoHongShu — one CLI, zero API fees.

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • agent-infrastructure
    • ai-agent
    • ai-search
    • automation
    • bilibili

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    77 413GitHub stars+1 709 (+2.3 %)
  18. 18

    Other
    Active

    💫 Toolkit to help you get started with Spec-Driven Development

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • ai
    • copilot
    • development
    • engineering
    • prd

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    132 929GitHub stars+1 208 (+0.92 %)
  19. 19

    Other
    Active

    🪨 why use many token when few token do trick — Claude Code skill that cuts 65% of tokens by talking like caveman

    Go
    • ai
    • anthropic
    • caveman
    • claude
    • claude-code

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    102 292GitHub stars+1 057 (+1.0 %)
  20. 20

    Other
    Active

    Universal provider proxy for OpenAI Codex & Claude Code — use any LLM (Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Ollama…) with Codex CLI, App, SDK, and Claude Code

    TypeScriptLicense: MIT
    • ai-gateway
    • ai-tools
    • anthropic
    • chatgpt
    • claude

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    12 896GitHub stars+647 (+5.3 %)
  21. 21

    CLI
    Active

    An AI skill that provides design intelligence for building professional UI/UX across multiple platforms.

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • ai-skills
    • antigravity
    • claude
    • claude-code
    • codex

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    123 939GitHub stars+2 490 (+2.1 %)
  22. 22

    Agent
    Active

    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

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    32 490GitHub stars+169 (+0.52 %)
  23. 23

    Agent
    Active

    Never stop coding. Free MIT AI gateway: one endpoint, 352 providers (150+ free), 1200+ models Kimi, Claude, GPT, Gemini, GLM, DeepSeek, MiniMax. Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Cline & Copilot. Quota-aware auto-fallback,…

    TypeScriptLicense: MIT
    • a2a
    • ai-agents
    • ai-gateway
    • anthropic
    • claude

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    59 902GitHub stars+3 604 (+6.4 %)
  24. 24

    Skill
    Active

    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

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/cathrynlavery/diagram-design ~/.claude/skills/diagram-design

    29 299GitHub stars+1 893 (+6.9 %)

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  1. 1

    ruflo

    MCP
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    🌊 The original agent meta-harness. Deploy intelligent multi-player swarms, coordinate autonomous workflows, and build conversational AI systems. Features adaptive memory, self-learning intelligence, RAG integration, and native Claude Code /…

    TypeScriptLicense: MIT
    • agentic-ai
    • agentic-framework
    • agentic-workflow
    • agents
    • ai-agents
    githubResourcemeasured growth
    70 157GitHub stars+668 (+0.96 %)