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 creation date, newest first; undated entries come last. 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

    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 702GitHub stars+57 (+0.19 %)
  2. 2

    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 609GitHub stars+771 (+0.99 %)
  3. 3

    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 ↗

    248 613GitHub stars+4 302 (+1.8 %)
  4. 4

    Agent
    Active

    AI agent tooling for data engineering workflows.

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

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    433GitHub starsstable
  5. 5

    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 952GitHub stars+925 (+1.4 %)
  6. 6

    Skill
    Active

    OmO: Drop your tokens. Ultrawork. Done.

    TypeScript
    • ai
    • ai-agents
    • anthropic
    • chatgpt
    • claude

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent ~/.claude/skills/oh-my-openagent

    68 701GitHub stars+188 (+0.27 %)
  7. 7

    CLI
    Active

    An AI skill that provides design intelligence for building professional UI/UX across multiple platforms.

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • ai-skills
    • antigravity
    • claude
    • claude-code
    • codex

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    125 056GitHub stars+2 075 (+1.7 %)

Learning resources

Ranked by creation date, newest first; undated entries come last. These resources remain available separately and do not take part in the main tool ranking.

  1. 1

    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 808GitHub stars+16 (+0.57 %)
  2. 2

    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 starsstable
  3. 3

    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 182GitHub stars+18 (+1.5 %)
  4. 4

    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+2 (+0.32 %)
  5. 5

    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
    734GitHub stars+10 (+1.4 %)
  6. 6

    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
    355GitHub stars+7 (+2.0 %)
  7. 7

    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
    283GitHub starsstable
  8. 8

    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
    486GitHub stars+24 (+5.2 %)
  9. 9

    claude-reflect

    Skill
    DormantOpen source ↗

    A self-learning system for Claude Code that captures corrections, positive feedback, and preferences — then syncs them to CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md.

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • claude-code
    • claude-skills
    • memory
    • productivity
    • self-learning
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/BayramAnnakov/claude-reflect ~/.claude/skills/claude-reflect

    Resourcemeasured growth
    1 427GitHub stars+7 (+0.49 %)
  10. 10

    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
    379GitHub stars+14 (+3.8 %)
  11. 11

    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
    669GitHub stars+3 (+0.45 %)
  12. 12

    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
    394GitHub stars+3 (+0.77 %)
  13. 13

    agentic-ai-systems

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    Agentic AI explained with chickens 🐔 every pattern a runnable, CI-checked file.

    License: MIT
    • agent-sdk
    • agent-skills
    • agentic
    • agentic-frameworks
    • agentic-patterns
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/ThibautMelen/agentic-ai-systems ~/.claude/skills/agentic-ai-systems

    Resourcemeasured growth
    304GitHub stars+4 (+1.3 %)
  14. 14

    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
    490GitHub stars+4 (+0.82 %)
  15. 15

    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 265GitHub stars+17 (+1.4 %)
  16. 16

    awesome-agent-skills

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    A curated collection of 1000+ agent skills from official dev teams and the community, compatible with Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and more.

    License: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • ai-agents
    • awesome
    • awesome-list
    • claude-code
    github

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

    Resourcemeasured growth
    33 767GitHub stars+493 (+1.5 %)
  17. 17

    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 929GitHub stars+18 (+0.94 %)
  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 722GitHub stars+18 (+1.1 %)