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

    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

    121 885GitHub stars+7 647 (+6.7 %)
  2. 2

    Other
    Active

    Orca is the ADE for working with a fleet of parallel agents. Run any coding agent with your own subscription. Available on desktop, mobile and VPS.

    TypeScriptLicense: MIT
    • ade
    • agent-ide
    • ai-agents
    • claude-code
    • cli

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    60 162GitHub stars+4 740 (+8.6 %)
  3. 3

    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+2 873 (+5.0 %)
  4. 4

    Agent
    Active

    The agent that grows with you

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

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    240 217GitHub stars+2 831 (+1.2 %)
  5. 5

    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 ↗

    246 431GitHub stars+2 650 (+1.1 %)
  6. 6

    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

    114 054GitHub stars+2 404 (+2.2 %)
  7. 7

    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 ↗

    124 367GitHub stars+2 286 (+1.9 %)
  8. 8

    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

    3 852GitHub stars+1 904 (+97.7 %)
  9. 9

    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 621GitHub stars+1 521 (+2.0 %)
  10. 10

    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 752GitHub stars+1 445 (+1.6 %)
  11. 11

    Skill
    Active

    Agent skill that removes signs of AI-generated writing from text

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • ai-writing
    • claude-code
    • codex
    • cursor

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

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

    39 687GitHub stars+1 315 (+3.4 %)
  12. 12

    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+1 283 (+4.6 %)
  13. 13

    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 700GitHub stars+1 250 (+1.2 %)
  14. 14

    Skill
    Active

    AI agent skill that researches any topic across Reddit, X, YouTube, HN, Polymarket, and the web - then synthesizes a grounded summary

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • ai-prompts
    • ai-skill
    • bluesky
    • claude
    • claude-code

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/mvanhorn/last30days-skill ~/.claude/skills/last30days-skill

    60 907GitHub stars+1 234 (+2.1 %)
  15. 15

    Other
    Active

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

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

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    133 130GitHub stars+1 215 (+0.92 %)
  16. 16

    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 781GitHub stars+996 (+0.77 %)
  17. 17

    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 278GitHub stars+976 (+42.4 %)
  18. 18

    MCP
    Active

    From text & real sources to maintainable .drawio architecture models: Diagram IR with source-kind profiles, incremental sync preserving manual layout, multi-view projection, architecture-as-test with a CI action, query/review, what-if,…

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • architecture
    • architecture-diagram
    • bpmn
    • c4-model

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    8 983GitHub stars+893 (+11.0 %)
  19. 19

    MCP
    Active

    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

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    41 744GitHub stars+836 (+2.0 %)
  20. 20

    Skill
    Active

    An AI-agent skill that generates browser-editable presentations from multiple visual themes, exportable to HTML, PDF, and PPTX.

    JavaScriptLicense: AGPL-3.0
    • agent-skill
    • ai-agent
    • ai-ppt
    • claude
    • claude-code

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/chuspeeism/dashi-ppt-skill ~/.claude/skills/dashi-ppt-skill

    7 360GitHub stars+793 (+12.1 %)
  21. 21

    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 629GitHub stars+784 (+1.2 %)
  22. 22

    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

    93 043GitHub stars+717 (+0.78 %)
  23. 23

    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 ↗

    13 073GitHub stars+716 (+5.8 %)
  24. 24

    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 349GitHub stars+703 (+0.91 %)

Learning resources

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

  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 271GitHub stars+697 (+1.0 %)