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.

Use case

Activity

Sort by

192 entries in this view.

Tool ranking

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

    MCP
    Active

    Turbocharge Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini & every coding agent: faster, cheaper, with contextual understanding specific to your codebase.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    5 247GitHub stars+354 (+7.2 %)
  2. 2

    Skill
    Active

    World's first open-source, agentic video production system. 12 production pipelines, 100+ tools, 700+ agent skill and production-knowledge files. Turn your AI coding assistant into a full video production studio.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

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

    52 517GitHub stars+2 213 (+4.4 %)
  3. 3
    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…

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

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

    3 701GitHub stars+292 (+8.6 %)
  4. 4

    Skill
    Active

    Official Agent skills of Oxylabs products

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

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

    814GitHub stars+132 (+19.4 %)
  5. 5
    Active

    Delegate a coding task to a separate coding agent CLI, review the diff, land the commit yourself — one per implementer.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/amElnagdy/delegate-skills ~/.claude/skills/delegate-skills

    1 503GitHub stars+178 (+13.4 %)
  6. 6
    Active

    A browser inside your terminal

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/zenbu-labs/terminal-browser ~/.claude/skills/terminal-browser

    2 468GitHub stars+225 (+10.0 %)
  7. 7

    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.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

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

    15 459GitHub stars+488 (+3.3 %)
  8. 8

    Skill
    Active

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

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

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

    39 044GitHub stars+1 143 (+3.0 %)
  9. 9
    Active

    Claude Code가 명확한 한국어를 구사하게 만드는 output-style 플러그인 | Claude Code output-style for clear, fluent Korean

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install /plugin marketplace add snflkd/fluent-korean

    1 006GitHub stars+136 (+15.6 %)
  10. 10

    Other
    Active

    Codex-verified, Claude-compatible durable local runtime for Claude Code Workflow JS, with resume, checkpoints, budgets, and Git worktrees

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    107GitHub stars+40 (+59.7 %)
  11. 11

    Skill
    Active

    Enterprise-grade, local-first Agent Workbench for people and agent teams. A unified multi-engine workspace for Codex Harness, DeepSeek Harness, and OpenCode, with unified plugins and Skills, multi-agent projects and tasks, and editable…

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/Devin-AXIS/iPolloWork ~/.claude/skills/iPolloWork

    5 135GitHub stars+284 (+5.9 %)
  12. 12
    Active

    Self-evolving second brain with 33 AI skills, 10 agents, and people CRM. Closed-loop harness: a V-model verification lifecycle where the worker never grades its own homework. Plus paired anti-slop design skills for marketing and product UI.…

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/huytieu/COG-second-brain ~/.claude/skills/COG-second-brain

    1 146GitHub stars+138 (+13.7 %)
  13. 13
    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,…

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

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

    31 855GitHub stars+719 (+2.3 %)
  14. 14

    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.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

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

    113 064GitHub stars+2 514 (+2.3 %)
  15. 15
    Active

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

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    123 589GitHub stars+2 616 (+2.2 %)
  16. 16
    Active

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

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

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

    60 559GitHub stars+1 293 (+2.2 %)
  17. 17

    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.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    2 749GitHub stars+196 (+7.7 %)
  18. 18

    Skill
    Active

    Give your AI agent a phone number: order a private number in 200+ countries over the API, read the SMS verification code, hand the number back. The widest country coverage in the category, checkable with one API call.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/sv-number/skills ~/.claude/skills/skills

    217GitHub stars+55 (+34.0 %)
  19. 19

    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.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    76 830GitHub stars+1 506 (+2.0 %)
  20. 20

    Agent
    Active

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

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    82 205GitHub stars+1 590 (+2.0 %)
  21. 21

    Other
    Active

    Where people and agents build in tune.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    3 637GitHub stars+217 (+6.3 %)
  22. 22
    Active

    368 AI skills, 76 expert agents, and 859 stdlib Python tools for every team: engineering, PM, marketing, C-level, compliance, business ops, and research. Installs on Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini, Copilot, and 6 other AI assistants.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    656GitHub stars+95 (+16.9 %)
  23. 23

    Skill
    Active

    An entire marketing department as one Claude skill. 14 modules: audits scored 0-100, an 18-tactic hook engine, copy graded before you see it, ad diagnosis, GEO, email, launches, pricing. Works in Claude, Codex and Cursor.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/Yuzzyuk/marketing-os ~/.claude/skills/marketing-os

    434GitHub stars+77 (+21.6 %)

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
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    67 game-dev skills for AI coding agents — Godot, Unity, Unreal, Phaser, PixiJS, three.js, Bevy, pygame, LÖVE, Roblox. Portable SKILL.md Agent Skills (the format Anthropic launched as Claude Skills), with a router that loads the right skill…

    github

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

    Resourcemeasured growth
    762GitHub stars+129 (+20.4 %)
  2. 2
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    A curated collection of 1000+ agent skills from official dev teams and the community, compatible with Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and more.

    github

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

    Resourcemeasured growth
    33 401GitHub stars+1 099 (+3.4 %)