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

    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 %)
  2. 2

    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 %)
  3. 3

    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 %)
  4. 4

    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 840GitHub stars+130 (+1.2 %)
  5. 5

    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 %)
  6. 6

    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 %)
  7. 7

    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 %)
  8. 8

    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+32 (+1.0 %)
  9. 9

    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 %)
  10. 10

    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

    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+22 (+1.8 %)
  2. 2

    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+17 (+1.6 %)
  3. 3

    Bloom

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    Hire a private AI tutor for anything — it reads how you actually learn and teaches the next lesson just for you. Bloom's 2-Sigma research as a Claude Code skill + self-hostable web app · 中文优先 苏格拉底式 AI 家教

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • adaptive-learning
    • agent-skills
    • ai-agent
    • ai-tutor
    • bloom-2-sigma
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/Li-Evan/Bloom ~/.claude/skills/Bloom

    Resourcemeasured growth
    248GitHub stars+4 (+1.6 %)
  4. 4

    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+13 (+1.6 %)
  5. 5

    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+49 (+1.6 %)
  6. 6

    claude-reflect-system

    Other
    DormantOpen source ↗

    Continual Learning & Self-improving skills system for Claude Code - learn from corrections, never repeat mistakes

    Python
    • ai
    • claude-code
    • claude-code-skills
    • codex-skills
    • continuous-improvement
    githubResourcemeasured growth
    372GitHub stars+5 (+1.4 %)
  7. 7

    lanshu-awesome-ai-video-kit

    Skill
    DormantOpen source ↗

    做企业 AI 视频项目逼出来的工具包 · 411 prompt · 15 模型 · 7 Claude Skill · 14 篇方法论

    HTMLLicense: MIT
    • ai-video
    • awesome
    • awesome-list
    • claude
    • claude-code
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/cclank/lanshu-awesome-ai-video-kit ~/.claude/skills/lanshu-awesome-ai-video-kit

    Resourcemeasured growth
    384GitHub stars+5 (+1.3 %)
  8. 8

    Agent-Skills

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    Curated Agent Skills for Microsoft & Azure – giving AI coding assistants structured, real-time expertise from Microsoft Learn docs.

    • agent
    • agent-skills
    • agentic-skills
    • agentskill
    • ai
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills ~/.claude/skills/Agent-Skills

    Resourcemeasured growth
    727GitHub stars+9 (+1.3 %)
  9. 9

    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+12 (+1.2 %)
  10. 10

    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+8 (+1.1 %)
  11. 11

    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+15 (+1.1 %)
  12. 12

    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+28 (+1.0 %)
  13. 13

    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 %)
  14. 14

    absolute

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    Absolute Skills to 10x your Development Lifecycle

    License: MIT
    • claude
    • claude-code
    • claude-skills
    • codex
    • documentation
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/maddhruv/absolute ~/.claude/skills/absolute

    Resourcemeasured growth
    209GitHub stars+2 (+0.97 %)
  15. 15

    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+11 (+0.95 %)