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 normalized popularity 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

    CLI
    Active

    Rust-powered code intelligence CLI for AI coding agents. Builds call graphs and hybrid semantic search indexes (Dense + Sparse + RRF + Reranker) across 7 languages. Ships as native MCP tools for Claude Code and Codex CLI.

    RustLicense: MIT
    • agent-tools
    • ai-development-tools
    • ai-tools
    • bm25
    • call-graph

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    764GitHub stars-1 (-0.13 %)
  2. 2

    Skill
    Active

    Teach your AI to draw correct, beautiful draw.io diagrams — declarative layout engine, ground-truth stencils, structural validator, vision self-check. AWS · Azure · GCP · Databricks · BPMN. Zero dependencies.

    JavaScriptLicense: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • ai-agents
    • architecture-diagrams
    • aws
    • azure

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/sparklabx/drawio-ai-kit ~/.claude/skills/drawio-ai-kit

    638GitHub stars+2 (+0.31 %)
  3. 3

    MCP
    Active

    A builder, not just a researcher. Agent skills that turn top-grossing app patterns into native-quality mobile screens.

    License: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • ai-agents
    • claude
    • claude-code
    • claude-code-skill

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    541GitHub stars+155 (+40.2 %)
  4. 4

    Agent
    Active

    AI agent tooling for data engineering workflows.

    PythonLicense: Apache-2.0
    • agentic-workflow
    • agents
    • ai
    • ai-agents
    • airflow

    githubestimated momentumOpen source ↗

    433GitHub stars—
  5. 5

    Skill
    Active

    Skills for controlling Android, iOS and cloud phones

    License: MIT
    • ai-harness
    • claude-code
    • codex
    • mobile-ai
    • mobile-development

    githubestimated momentumOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/droidrun/mobile-harness ~/.claude/skills/mobile-harness

    331GitHub stars—
  6. 6

    Agent
    Active

    Open-source app builder engine — intent to working app

    PythonLicense: Apache-2.0
    • agents
    • ai
    • app-builder
    • code-generation
    • llm

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    321GitHub stars-21 (-6.1 %)

Learning resources

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

  1. 1

    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+6 (+0.82 %)
  2. 2

    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
    733GitHub stars+11 (+1.5 %)
  3. 3

    awesome-devtools

    Skill
    DormantOpen source ↗

    A curated list of awesome developer tools and services — from cloud platforms and IDEs to AI-powered coding assistants and productivity utilities.

    License: Unlicense
    • alternatives
    • antigravity
    • awesome
    • awesome-devtools
    • awesome-lists
    github

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

    Resourcemeasured growth
    676GitHub starsstable
  4. 4

    awesome-agent-skills

    Skill
    DormantOpen source ↗

    The definitive resource for Agent Skills - modular capabilities revolutionizing AI agent architecture

    License: CC0-1.0
    • agent-skills
    • ai-agents
    • ai-tools
    • antigravity
    • awesome
    github

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

    Resourcemeasured growth
    668GitHub stars+2 (+0.30 %)
  5. 5

    awesome-agent-skills

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    🤖 精选的 AI Agent Skills 列表，适用于 Cursor、Claude Code、GitHub Copilot 等 AI 编程工具

    ShellLicense: CC0-1.0
    • agent-skills
    • ai
    • awesome
    • awesome-list
    • claude
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/JackyST0/awesome-agent-skills ~/.claude/skills/awesome-agent-skills

    Resourcemeasured growth
    631GitHub stars+3 (+0.48 %)
  6. 6

    smart-illustrator

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    AI-powered article illustrations with intelligent position detection and cover learning system. Claude Code Skill.

    TypeScriptLicense: MIT
    • ai-illustration
    • best-effort
    • claude-code
    • claude-skills
    • content-creation
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/axtonliu/smart-illustrator ~/.claude/skills/smart-illustrator

    Resourcemeasured growth
    553GitHub stars+1 (+0.18 %)
  7. 7

    human-skill-tree

    MCP
    DormantOpen source ↗

    🌳 AI-Powered Skill Tree for Lifelong Human Learning. 30+ skills from K-12 to career & social intelligence, built on cognitive science. | 人类养成记：AI 驱动的终身学习技能树

    TypeScript
    • agent-skills
    • ai-education
    • ai-learning
    • ai-tutor
    • chatgpt
    githubResourcemeasured growth
    543GitHub stars+5 (+0.93 %)
  8. 8

    the-startup

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    The Agentic Startup - A collection of Claude Code commands, skills, and agents.

    ShellLicense: MIT
    • claude-code
    • claude-code-plugin
    • claude-marketplace
    • claude-plugin
    github

    Install /plugin marketplace add rsmdt/the-startup

    Resourcemeasured growth
    511GitHub starsstable
  9. 9

    skills

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    A collection of Claude Skills from Posit

    RLicense: MIT
    • claude-code
    • claude-code-plugin
    • claude-skills
    github

    Install /plugin marketplace add posit-dev/skills

    Resourcemeasured growth
    489GitHub stars+4 (+0.82 %)
  10. 10

    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
    482GitHub stars+27 (+5.9 %)
  11. 11

    recomby-geo

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    GEO 领域 AI 员工开源方案 · Open-source GEO AI-employee solution (MIT). GEO Skills package + curated lists of agents and office CLIs that make up the AI-employee stack.

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • agent-cli
    • ai-agent
    • ai-coworker
    • ai-employee
    • ai-workforce
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/ViryaZheng/recomby-geo ~/.claude/skills/recomby-geo

    Resourcemeasured growth
    453GitHub stars+2 (+0.44 %)
  12. 12

    vexjoy-agent

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    VexJoy AI Agent with Intelligent Routing - /do routes plain-English requests to the right specialist agent and gates the work with reviews, tests, and a learning loop.

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • ai
    • ai-agents
    • ai-pipelines
    • ai-skills
    • ai-workflows
    github

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

    Resourcemeasured growth
    419GitHub stars+2 (+0.48 %)
  13. 13

    ordinary-claude-skills

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    An unappealing collection of Claude Skills and resources.

    Python
    • claude
    • claude-code
    • claude-skills
    • collection
    • list
    github

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

    Resourcemeasured growth
    393GitHub stars+2 (+0.51 %)
  14. 14

    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
    388GitHub stars+7 (+1.8 %)
  15. 15

    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
    378GitHub stars+14 (+3.8 %)
  16. 16

    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
    375GitHub stars+4 (+1.1 %)
  17. 17

    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
    351GitHub stars+16 (+4.8 %)
  18. 18

    open-code-review

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    AI-powered multi-agent code review. Simulates a customizable team of Engineers performing code review with built-in discourse.

    TypeScriptLicense: Apache-2.0
    • agentic-ai
    • agents
    • ai
    • claude-ai
    • claude-code
    github

    Install /plugin marketplace add spencermarx/open-code-review

    Resourcemeasured growth
    353GitHub stars+4 (+1.1 %)
  19. 19

    explore-claude-code

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    Learn Claude Code by exploring it as it was designed - interactive IDE-style docs for commands, MCP, skills, CLAUDE.md and more.

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

    Install git clone https://github.com/LukeRenton/explore-claude-code ~/.claude/skills/explore-claude-code

    Resourcemeasured growth
    308GitHub stars-1 (-0.32 %)