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

    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

    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 174GitHub stars+38 (+1.2 %)
  3. 3

    Skill
    Active

    Active Directory pentest methodology for Claude Code: skills, agents and slash commands for internal AD red-team work (Kerberoasting, ADCS ESC1-17, DCSync, ACL abuse, NTLM relay, delegation), with per-technique OPSEC/telemetry notes. Drives…

    License: MIT
    • active-directory
    • active-directory-security
    • adcs
    • bloodhound
    • claude

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install /plugin marketplace add ADScanPro/Claude-AD

    161GitHub stars+24 (+17.5 %)
  4. 4

    Library
    Active

    A cloud-native Go microservices framework with cli tool for productivity.

    GoLicense: MIT
    • ai-native
    • ai-native-development
    • cloud-native
    • code-generation
    • framework

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    33 307GitHub stars+18 (+0.05 %)
  5. 5

    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 274GitHub stars+10 (+0.44 %)
  6. 6

    Other
    Active

    Codex-verified, Claude-compatible durable local runtime for Claude Code Workflow JS, with resume, checkpoints, budgets, and Git worktrees

    TypeScriptLicense: Apache-2.0
    • agentic-workflows
    • ai-agents
    • claude-code
    • cli
    • codex

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    107GitHub stars+7 (+7.0 %)
  7. 7

    Skill
    Active

    J-Space Cognition Suite V3.7 - AI cognitive-enhancement Skills based on Anthropic's J-space global workspace research. | 哔哩哔哩：Tiger380 (UID 3494375382321675) — https://space.bilibili.com/3494375382321675

    PythonLicense: Apache-2.0
    • agent-skills
    • ai
    • ai-agent
    • ai-agents
    • claude-code

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/Tiger3807861189/J-Space-Cognition-Suite-V3.7 ~/.claude/skills/J-Space-Cognition-Suite-V3.7

    3 021GitHub stars+7 (+0.23 %)

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

    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 285GitHub stars+28 (+0.86 %)
  2. 2

    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 %)
  3. 3

    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 064GitHub stars+21 (+2.0 %)
  4. 4

    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 %)
  5. 5

    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 %)
  6. 6

    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 050GitHub stars+18 (+1.7 %)
  7. 7

    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 %)
  8. 8

    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 395GitHub stars+17 (+1.2 %)
  9. 9

    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 %)
  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 808GitHub stars+16 (+0.57 %)
  11. 11

    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 %)
  12. 12

    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
    352GitHub stars+14 (+4.1 %)
  13. 13

    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
    817GitHub stars+11 (+1.4 %)
  14. 14

    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 %)
  15. 15

    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 835GitHub stars+10 (+0.55 %)
  16. 16

    han

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    Han: AI skills and agents for "Solo" product engineers and small teams

    ShellLicense: MIT
    • claude
    • claude-code
    • claude-code-plugin
    • claude-skills
    • code-review
    github

    Install /plugin marketplace add testdouble/han

    Resourcemeasured growth
    256GitHub stars+9 (+3.6 %)
  17. 17

    Skills-4-SE

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    A curated list of 180+ useful Claude Skills for Software Engineering and resources for customizing AI for SE workflows.

    PythonLicense: Apache-2.0
    • claude
    • claude-code
    • claude-skills
    • metaprogramming
    • software-development
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE ~/.claude/skills/Skills-4-SE

    Resourcemeasured growth
    248GitHub stars+8 (+3.3 %)
  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
    355GitHub stars+7 (+2.0 %)