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

    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+7 (+0.88 %)
  2. 2

    App
    Active

    A cross-platform desktop All-in-One assistant for Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, OpenClaw, Grok Build & Hermes Agent. Only official website: ccswitch.io

    RustLicense: MIT
    • ai-tools
    • claude-code
    • codex
    • desktop-app
    • grok

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    130 972GitHub stars+1 025 (+0.79 %)
  3. 3

    Skill
    Active

    Persistent Context Across Sessions for Every Agent – Captures everything your agent does during sessions, compresses it with AI, and injects relevant context back into future sessions. Works with Claude Code, OpenClaw, Codex, Gemini,…

    JavaScriptLicense: Apache-2.0
    • ai
    • ai-agents
    • ai-memory
    • anthropic
    • artificial-intelligence

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install /plugin marketplace add thedotmack/claude-mem

    93 119GitHub stars+594 (+0.64 %)
  4. 4

    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 273GitHub stars+11 (+0.49 %)
  5. 5

    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 627GitHub stars+85 (+0.36 %)

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

    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 %)
  2. 2

    ai-coding-project-boilerplate

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    Agentic coding TypeScript boilerplate for Claude Code: sub-agent workflows with built-in quality checks and context engineering.

    JavaScriptLicense: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • agentic-ai
    • agentic-workflow
    • ai-agents
    • anthropic
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/shinpr/ai-coding-project-boilerplate ~/.claude/skills/ai-coding-project-boilerplate

    Resourcemeasured growth
    228GitHub stars+2 (+0.88 %)
  3. 3

    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 715GitHub stars+15 (+0.88 %)
  4. 4

    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 %)
  5. 5

    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 %)
  6. 6

    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 281GitHub stars+26 (+0.80 %)
  7. 7

    awesome-claude-plugins

    MCP
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    A curated list of Plugins that let you extend Claude Code with custom commands, agents, hooks, and MCP servers through the plugin system.

    JavaScript
    • anthropic
    • claude-ai
    • claude-code
    • claude-code-plugin
    • claude-code-plugin-marketplace
    githubResourcemeasured growth
    1 925GitHub stars+14 (+0.73 %)
  8. 8

    TRAE-Skills

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    A curated collection of 150+ specialized AI Skills for software development, frontend, backend, automation, UI/UX, SEO, and DevOps. Each skill encapsulates a focused capability: generating code, templates, scripts, and production-ready…

    • ai-skills
    • claude-code
    • claude-skills
    • collection
    • cursor-skill
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/HighMark-31/TRAE-Skills ~/.claude/skills/TRAE-Skills

    Resourcemeasured growth
    284GitHub stars+2 (+0.71 %)
  9. 9

    awesome-claude-code-plugins

    MCP
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    Awesome Claude Code plugins — a curated list of slash commands, subagents, MCP servers, and hooks for Claude Code

    JavaScriptLicense: Apache-2.0
    • awesome-claude-code
    • awesome-list
    • awesome-plugins
    • awesome-resources
    • claude-code
    githubResourcemeasured growth
    931GitHub stars+6 (+0.65 %)
  10. 10

    pro-workflow

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    Claude Code learns from your corrections: self-correcting memory that compounds over 50+ sessions. Context engineering, parallel worktrees, agent teams, and 17 battle-tested skills.

    JavaScript
    • agent-orchestration
    • ai-agents
    • ai-coding
    • ai-workflow
    • claude
    github

    Install /plugin marketplace add rohitg00/pro-workflow

    Resourcemeasured growth
    2 807GitHub stars+17 (+0.61 %)
  11. 11

    awesome-claude-code

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    A hand-picked collection of the finest of resources for the most awesome of agents, Claude Code, the undisputed champion of coding companions, from the unstoppable team at Anthropic PBC. A delectable showcase of top tier skills,…

    Python
    • agent-skills
    • agentic-code
    • agentic-coding
    • ai-workflow-optimization
    • ai-workflows
    github

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

    Resourcemeasured growth
    53 466GitHub stars+320 (+0.60 %)
  12. 12

    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+9 (+0.59 %)
  13. 13

    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 955GitHub stars+82 (+0.55 %)
  14. 14

    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 %)
  15. 15

    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 %)
  16. 16

    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 %)
  17. 17

    antivibe

    Other
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    Learn what AI writes, not just accept it. A Claude Code skill that turns AI-generated code into educational deep dives.

    ShellLicense: MIT
    • ai
    • claude-code
    • claude-code-skill
    • code-explanation
    • education
    githubResourcemeasured growth
    1 099GitHub stars+5 (+0.46 %)
  18. 18

    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 %)
  19. 19

    pg-aiguide

    MCP
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    MCP server and Claude plugin for Postgres skills and documentation. Helps AI coding tools generate better PostgreSQL code.

    PythonLicense: Apache-2.0
    • ai
    • ai-agents
    • ai-coding
    • claude-code-plugin
    • claude-code-plugins
    githubResourcemeasured growth
    1 833GitHub stars+8 (+0.44 %)
  20. 20

    AI-Product-Development-Toolkit

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    User-Centered Product Development Prompt Templates & Agent Configurations

    License: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • agentic-ai
    • ai
    • claude-code
    • claude-desktop
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/TechNomadCode/AI-Product-Development-Toolkit ~/.claude/skills/AI-Product-Development-Toolkit

    Resourcemeasured growth
    950GitHub stars+4 (+0.42 %)