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 known GitHub stars, highest first; archived repositories come after maintained repositories. 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

    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.

    PythonLicense: AGPL-3.0
    • agent
    • agentic-ai
    • ai
    • claude
    • copilot

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

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

    52 517GitHub stars+1 089 (+2.1 %)
  2. 2

    Skill
    Active

    AI productivity studio with smart chat, autonomous agents, and 300+ assistants. Unified access to frontier LLMs

    TypeScriptLicense: AGPL-3.0
    • agent-skills
    • ai-agent
    • claude-code
    • codex
    • deepseek

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio ~/.claude/skills/cherry-studio

    51 350GitHub stars+241 (+0.47 %)
  3. 3

    Other
    Active

    【低代码v2.0，一句话即可生成整个系统】企业级AI低代码平台，一键生成前后端代码甚至整个系统。 AI Skills 一句话画流程、设计表单、生成报表、大屏。内置 AI应用平台涵盖：AI聊天、知识库、流程编排、MCP插件等，兼容主流大模型。引领AI低代码「Skills 生成 → 在线配置 → 代码生成 → 手工合并->AI修改」开发模式，解决 Java 项目 90% 重复工作，提高效率又不失灵活。

    JavaLicense: Apache-2.0
    • activiti
    • agent
    • ai
    • antd
    • claude-code

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    47 595GitHub stars+110 (+0.23 %)
  4. 4

    Agent
    Active

    Open-source super AI assistant & Agent Harness. Plans tasks, runs tools and skills, self-evolves with memory and knowledge. Multi-model, multi-channel. Lightweight, extensible, one-line install. (formerly chatgpt-on-wechat)

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • ai
    • ai-agent
    • ai-agents
    • chatgpt-on-wechat
    • claude

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    46 754GitHub stars+59 (+0.13 %)
  5. 5

    Skill
    Active

    AAS Core is the local, agent-first control plane for complete catalog discovery, agent-owned selection, stack validation, and planning, backed by 2,005+ agentic skills. Includes CLI, local MCP, catalog, plugins, and Workbench.

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • agentic-skills
    • ai-agent-skills
    • ai-agents
    • ai-coding

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills ~/.claude/skills/agentic-awesome-skills

    45 834GitHub stars+348 (+0.77 %)
  6. 6

    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+959 (+2.4 %)
  7. 7

    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+1 558 (+4.1 %)
  8. 8

    Skill
    Active

    Multi-harness agentic plugin marketplace for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot, and Google Antigravity

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • agentic-ai
    • agents
    • ai-agents
    • anthropic

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/wshobson/agents ~/.claude/skills/agents

    39 337GitHub stars+168 (+0.43 %)
  9. 9

    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 %)
  10. 10

    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 %)
  11. 11

    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 %)
  12. 12

    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 %)
  13. 13

    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 %)
  14. 14

    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 %)
  15. 15

    MCP
    Active

    A powerful MCP toolkit for coding, providing semantic retrieval and editing capabilities - the IDE for your agent

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • agent
    • ai
    • ai-coding
    • claude
    • claude-code

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    28 724GitHub stars+58 (+0.20 %)
  16. 16

    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+38 (+0.14 %)
  17. 17

    Skill
    Active

    Persistent file-based planning for AI coding agents and long-running tasks. Crash-proof markdown plans, session recovery after /clear and compaction, per-turn re-injection against context rot, deterministic completion gate. Manus-style.…

    ShellLicense: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • autonomous-agents
    • claude
    • claude-code
    • claude-code-skills

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/OthmanAdi/planning-with-files ~/.claude/skills/planning-with-files

    26 566GitHub stars+187 (+0.71 %)
  18. 18

    Skill
    Active

    380 Claude Code skills & agent skills & plugins (30+ Agents, 70+ custom commands, 380+ skills, customizable references, scripts)for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and 8 more coding agents — engineering, marketing, product,…

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • agent-plugins
    • agent-skills
    • agentic-ai
    • ai-coding-agent
    • anthropic-claude

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

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

    25 391GitHub stars+347 (+1.4 %)
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    Skill
    Active

    Distilly — Distill how they think into reusable Skills for any Agent or Bot. Formerly Colleague Skill（原同事 Skill）.

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • agentic-ai
    • ai-agent
    • ai-agents
    • ai-assistants

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/titanwings/distilly ~/.claude/skills/distilly

    24 251GitHub stars+229 (+0.95 %)
  20. 20

    Other
    Active

    Mobile and Web client for Codex and Claude Code, with realtime voice, encryption and fully featured

    TypeScriptLicense: MIT
    • claude-code
    • claude-desktop
    • claude-mobile
    • codex
    • codex-cli

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    23 588GitHub stars+62 (+0.26 %)
  21. 21

    Skill
    Active

    数字生命卡兹克开源的 AI Skills 合集 | Agent Skills: leader（帮你定义目标）, neat-freak 洁癖, hv-analysis, khazix-writer & more — Claude Code, Codex & 40+ agents

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • ai-agents
    • claude
    • claude-code
    • codex

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/KKKKhazix/khazix-skills ~/.claude/skills/khazix-skills

    20 345GitHub stars+240 (+1.2 %)
  22. 22

    MCP
    Active

    Context window optimization for AI coding agents. Sandboxes tool output (98% reduction), persists session memory, and enforces routing across 17 platforms via MCP + hooks.

    TypeScript
    • antigravity
    • claude
    • claude-code
    • claude-code-hooks
    • claude-code-plugins

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    20 306GitHub stars+138 (+0.68 %)
  23. 23

    Skill
    Active

    🎭 267 个即插即用的 AI 专家角色 — 支持 Hermes Agent/Claude Code/Cursor/Copilot 等 18 种工具，覆盖工程/设计/营销/金融等 20 个部门。含 52 个中国市场原创智能体（小红书/抖音/微信/飞书/钉钉等）。搭配编排器 agency-orchestrator，一句话即可让多位专家按 DAG 自动协作。

    ShellLicense: MIT
    • agency-orchestrator
    • agent-definitions
    • ai-agents
    • ai-roles
    • chinese

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/jnMetaCode/agency-agents-zh ~/.claude/skills/agency-agents-zh

    20 196GitHub stars+234 (+1.2 %)
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    Skill
    Active

    Universal SEO skill for Claude Code. 25 sub-skills + 18 sub-agents covering technical SEO, E-E-A-T, schema, GEO/AEO, backlinks, local SEO, maps intelligence, semantic clustering, e-commerce SEO, international SEO, Google APIs, and PDF/Excel…

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • ai
    • ai-seo
    • claude-code
    • claude-code-skill
    • marketing-automation

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-seo ~/.claude/skills/claude-seo

    16 070GitHub stars+665 (+4.3 %)

Learning resources

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  1. 1

    awesome-agent-skills

    Skill
    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.

    License: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • ai-agents
    • awesome
    • awesome-list
    • claude-code
    github

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

    Resourcemeasured growth
    33 575GitHub stars+884 (+2.7 %)