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.

191 entries in this view.

Tool ranking

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
CopilotKit
Agent
ActiveLast commit today · 2026-09-01
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
githubcreated 3 years agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
37 137GitHub stars+93 (+0.25 %)
2
orca
Other
ActiveLast commit today · 2026-09-01
Orca is the ADE for working with a fleet of parallel agents. Run any coding agent with your own subscription. Available on desktop, mobile and VPS.
TypeScriptLicense: MIT
- ade
- agent-ide
- ai-agents
- claude-code
- cli
githubcreated 5 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
58 528GitHub stars+4 809 (+9.0 %)
3
happy
Other
ActiveLast commit 4 days ago · 2026-08-28
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
githubcreated 13 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
23 573GitHub stars+67 (+0.29 %)
4
SkillSpector
Skill
ActiveLast commit 1 day ago · 2026-08-31
Security scanner for AI agent skills. Detect vulnerabilities, malicious patterns, security risks, prompt injection, data exfiltration, and supply-chain risks in Claude Code, Codex, and MCP skills before you install them.
PythonLicense: Apache-2.0
- agent-security
- agent-skills
- agentic-ai
- ai-security
- claude-code
githubcreated 5 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install git clone https://github.com/NVIDIA/SkillSpector ~/.claude/skills/SkillSpector
15 459GitHub stars+488 (+3.3 %)
5
ECC
Agent
ActiveLast commit today · 2026-08-31
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
githubcreated 7 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
245 322GitHub stars+2 085 (+0.86 %)
6
nanoclaw
Skill
ActiveLast commit today · 2026-08-31
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
githubcreated 7 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install git clone https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw ~/.claude/skills/nanoclaw
30 668GitHub stars+50 (+0.16 %)
7
Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills
Skill
ActiveLast commit 1 day ago · 2026-08-31
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
githubcreated 6 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install git clone https://github.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills ~/.claude/skills/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills
31 855GitHub stars+719 (+2.3 %)
8
go-zero
Library
ActiveLast commit 1 day ago · 2026-08-31
A cloud-native Go microservices framework with cli tool for productivity.
GoLicense: MIT
- ai-native
- ai-native-development
- cloud-native
- code-generation
- framework
githubcreated 6 years agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
33 298GitHub stars+19 (+0.06 %)
9
cc-switch
App
ActiveLast commit today · 2026-09-01
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
githubcreated 13 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
130 418GitHub stars+1 008 (+0.78 %)
10
rtk
CLI
ActiveLast commit today · 2026-08-31
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
githubcreated 7 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
78 098GitHub stars+671 (+0.87 %)
11
oh-my-openagent
Skill
ActiveLast commit today · 2026-09-01
omo/lazycodex: The coding agent for tokenmaxxers;the one and only agent harness for complex codebases. For your Codex, for your OpenCode
TypeScript
- ai
- ai-agents
- anthropic
- chatgpt
- claude
githubcreated 9 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install git clone https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent ~/.claude/skills/oh-my-openagent
68 573GitHub stars+200 (+0.29 %)
12
headroom
MCP
ActiveLast commit 1 day ago · 2026-08-31
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
githubcreated 7 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
68 221GitHub stars+619 (+0.92 %)
13
ui-ux-pro-max-skill
CLI
ActiveLast commit 1 day ago · 2026-08-31
An AI skill that provides design intelligence for building professional UI/UX across multiple platforms.
PythonLicense: MIT
- ai-skills
- antigravity
- claude
- claude-code
- codex
githubcreated 9 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
123 589GitHub stars+2 616 (+2.2 %)
14
ponytail
Skill
ActiveLast commit 24 days ago · 2026-08-07
Makes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room. The best code is the code you never wrote.
JavaScriptLicense: MIT
- agent-skills
- ai-agents
- claude
- claude-code
- claude-code-plugin
githubcreated 2 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install /plugin marketplace add DietrichGebert/ponytail
118 561GitHub stars+7 319 (+6.6 %)
15
agent-skills
Skill
ActiveLast commit 3 days ago · 2026-08-28
Production-grade engineering skills for AI coding agents.
JavaScriptLicense: MIT
- agent-skills
- antigravity
- claude-code
- codex
- cursor
githubcreated 6 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install git clone https://github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills ~/.claude/skills/agent-skills
91 233GitHub stars+1 451 (+1.6 %)
16
loop-engineering
Agent
ActiveLast commit today · 2026-09-01
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
githubcreated 2 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
10 787GitHub stars+121 (+1.1 %)
17
hermes-agent
Agent
ActiveLast commit today · 2026-09-01
The agent that grows with you
PythonLicense: MIT
- ai
- ai-agent
- ai-agents
- anthropic
- chatgpt
githubcreated 13 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
239 083GitHub stars+2 588 (+1.1 %)
18
claude-mem
Skill
ActiveLast commit today · 2026-09-01
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
githubcreated 12 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install /plugin marketplace add thedotmack/claude-mem
92 786GitHub stars+938 (+1.0 %)
19
graphify
Skill
ActiveLast commit 2 days ago · 2026-08-30
Turn any codebase, with its docs, SQL schemas, configs, and PDFs, into a queryable knowledge graph. A /graphify skill for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Gemini CLI: local deterministic AST parsing, every edge explained, no vector store.
PythonLicense: Apache-2.0
- ai-agents
- antigravity
- ast
- claude-code
- code-analysis
githubcreated 5 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
Install git clone https://github.com/Graphify-Labs/graphify ~/.claude/skills/graphify
113 064GitHub stars+2 514 (+2.3 %)
20
caveman
Other
ActiveLast commit 2 days ago · 2026-08-29
🪨 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
githubcreated 5 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
102 068GitHub stars+1 097 (+1.1 %)
21
opencodex
Other
ActiveLast commit today · 2026-09-01
Universal provider proxy for OpenAI Codex & Claude Code — use any LLM (Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Ollama…) with Codex CLI, App, SDK, and Claude Code
TypeScriptLicense: MIT
- ai-gateway
- ai-tools
- anthropic
- chatgpt
- claude
githubcreated 2 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
12 754GitHub stars+632 (+5.2 %)
22
spec-kit
Other
ActiveLast commit today · 2026-08-31
💫 Toolkit to help you get started with Spec-Driven Development
PythonLicense: MIT
- ai
- copilot
- development
- engineering
- prd
githubcreated 12 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
132 645GitHub stars+1 166 (+0.89 %)
23
onlook
App
ActiveLast commit 7 days ago · 2026-08-25
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
githubcreated 2 years agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
26 602GitHub stars+43 (+0.16 %)
24
Agent-Reach
Other
ActiveLast commit 7 days ago · 2026-08-25
Give your AI agent eyes to see the entire internet. Read & search Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, GitHub, Bilibili, XiaoHongShu — one CLI, zero API fees.
PythonLicense: MIT
- agent-infrastructure
- ai-agent
- ai-search
- automation
- bilibili
githubcreated 6 months agomeasured growthOpen source ↗
76 830GitHub stars+1 506 (+2.0 %)

Learning resources

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

1
ruflo
MCP
ActiveLast commit 1 day ago · 2026-08-31Open 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
githubactive 1 day agocreated 15 months agoResourcemeasured growth
70 033GitHub stars+619 (+0.89 %)

Coding assistants: tools for developers

Use case

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Tool ranking

CopilotKit

orca

happy

SkillSpector

ECC

nanoclaw

Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills

go-zero

cc-switch

rtk

oh-my-openagent

headroom

ui-ux-pro-max-skill

ponytail

agent-skills

loop-engineering

hermes-agent

claude-mem

graphify

caveman

opencodex

spec-kit

onlook

Agent-Reach

Learning resources

ruflo