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

    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

    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 153GitHub stars+46 (+1.5 %)
  3. 3

    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 %)
  4. 4

    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 %)
  5. 5

    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 %)
  6. 6

    Skill
    Active

    The Fable Workflow: how Claude Fable 5 worked, distilled into skills any model can run, with the eval that keeps it honest. Think / act / prove.

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

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/Sahir619/fable-method ~/.claude/skills/fable-method

    2 272GitHub stars+19 (+0.84 %)
  7. 7

    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+11 (+1.4 %)

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

    cc-skills-golang

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    🧑‍🎨 A collection of Golang agentic skills that works

    GoLicense: MIT
    • agent
    • agent-skills
    • ai
    • antigravity
    • claude
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/samber/cc-skills-golang ~/.claude/skills/cc-skills-golang

    Resourcemeasured growth
    3 138GitHub stars+60 (+1.9 %)
  2. 2

    awesome-claude-skills

    Skill
    DormantOpen source ↗

    A curated list of awesome Claude Skills, resources, and tools for customizing Claude AI workflows — particularly Claude Code

    • agentic-coding
    • anthropic
    • awesome
    • awesome-list
    • awesome-lists
    github

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

    Resourcemeasured growth
    14 931GitHub stars+96 (+0.65 %)
  3. 3

    rust-skills

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    A collection of 265 rules across 26 categories that AI coding agents can use to write idiomatic, fast, and safe Rust.

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • ai-coding
    • best-practices
    • claude-code
    • code-quality
    github

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

    Resourcemeasured growth
    473GitHub stars+24 (+5.3 %)
  4. 4

    awesome-nuwa

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    Awesome list of 女娲.skill — 用女娲蒸馏的人物思维框架合集 | Distilled human thinking frameworks for Claude Code

    Ruby
    • agent-skills
    • awesome-list
    • claude-code
    • claude-code-skills
    • digital-life
    github

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

    Resourcemeasured growth
    346GitHub stars+16 (+4.8 %)
  5. 5

    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
    375GitHub stars+16 (+4.5 %)
  6. 6

    awesome-claude-plugins

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    Automated collection of Claude Code plugin adoption metrics across GitHub repositories using n8n workflows

    TypeScript
    • awesome-list
    • claude-code
    • claude-code-plugin
    • claude-code-plugins
    • claude-code-plugins-marketplace
    github

    Install /plugin marketplace add quemsah/awesome-claude-plugins

    Resourcemeasured growth
    1 261GitHub stars+26 (+2.1 %)
  7. 7

    Awesome-Journal-Skills

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    Journal-specific Claude Code/Codex skill packs covering mainstream journals — AER, QJE, Nature, Cell, 管理世界, 经济研究 & 200+ more — your fast track to getting published. ｜ 覆盖主流期刊的 Claude Code/Codex 期刊技能包，从选题、识别策略到表格规范与审稿回复全流程，助你快速发论文。

    StataLicense: MIT
    • academic-research
    • academic-writing
    • agent-skills
    • ai-agents
    • anthropic
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills ~/.claude/skills/Awesome-Journal-Skills

    Resourcemeasured growth
    1 050GitHub stars+23 (+2.2 %)
  8. 8

    Claude-Code-Everything-You-Need-to-Know

    MCP
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    A practical Claude Code guide with clear mental models and copy-paste examples — setup, prompt engineering, slash commands, skills, hooks, subagents, agent teams, and MCP servers. Beginner path to power-user depth. Featured in Awesome…

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • agentic-coding
    • ai-agents
    • anthropic
    • anthropic-claude
    githubResourcemeasured growth
    2 723GitHub stars+32 (+1.2 %)
  9. 9

    finance-skills

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    A collection of skills for AI financial analysis.

    JavaScriptLicense: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • claude-code
    • skills
    • trading
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/himself65/finance-skills ~/.claude/skills/finance-skills

    Resourcemeasured growth
    3 274GitHub stars+31 (+0.96 %)
  10. 10

    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+9 (+3.8 %)
  11. 11

    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
    253GitHub stars+9 (+3.7 %)
  12. 12

    claude-code-skills-zh

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    面向中文开发者的 Claude Code Skills / Agents / Plugins 精选与原创技能库｜按场景分类｜复制即装｜持续更新

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • ai-agent
    • awesome-list
    • claude-code
    • claude-skills
    • developer-tools
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/laolaoshiren/claude-code-skills-zh ~/.claude/skills/claude-code-skills-zh

    Resourcemeasured growth
    811GitHub stars+14 (+1.8 %)
  13. 13

    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 391GitHub stars+16 (+1.2 %)
  14. 14

    Pretty-mermaid-skills

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    AI Agent Skill to generate and render beautiful Mermaid diagrams as SVG or terminal ASCII — 15 themes, 6 diagram types, batch CLI, no browser.

    JavaScriptLicense: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • ai-agents
    • ascii-art
    • claude-code
    • codex
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/imxv/Pretty-mermaid-skills ~/.claude/skills/Pretty-mermaid-skills

    Resourcemeasured growth
    1 173GitHub stars+15 (+1.3 %)
  15. 15

    awesome-claude-design

    Skill
    DormantOpen source ↗

    Claude Design DESIGN.md prompts by aesthetic family, remix recipes, skills, video teardowns, X signal, honest community takes.

    License: MIT
    • ai-design
    • anthropic
    • awesome
    • awesome-list
    • claude-code
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/rohitg00/awesome-claude-design ~/.claude/skills/awesome-claude-design

    Resourcemeasured growth
    1 040GitHub stars+14 (+1.4 %)
  16. 16

    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+14 (+0.92 %)
  17. 17

    awesome-human-distillation

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    A curated catalog of human distillliation agent skills

    Python
    • agent-skills
    • awesome-list
    • claude-code
    • claude-code-skills
    • digital-life
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/mliu98/awesome-human-distillation ~/.claude/skills/awesome-human-distillation

    Resourcemeasured growth
    740GitHub stars+10 (+1.4 %)
  18. 18

    awesome-llm-skills

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    A curated list of awesome LLM and AI Agent Skills, resources and tools for customising AI Agent workflows - that works with Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and your custom AI Agents

    Python
    • anthropic
    • awesome-list
    • awesome-lists
    • claude-code
    • claude-skills
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/Prat011/awesome-llm-skills ~/.claude/skills/awesome-llm-skills

    Resourcemeasured growth
    1 708GitHub stars+13 (+0.77 %)