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Curated ranking of AI-powered developer tools, sorted by GitHub stars. Updated daily by GitHub Actions.

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Last updated: 2026-10-03 04:21 UTC · Tracked: 42 repos Top 7-day mover: deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness (+6290 stars)

#	Repo	Stars	Δ7d	Language	Last push	Description
1	deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness	242.4k	+6290	TypeScript	2026-10-03	DeepSeek's official plugin-based agent harness (dsh), run through npx with a web UI
2	anomalyco/opencode	211.5k	+1436	TypeScript	2026-10-03	Open-source coding agent with a terminal UI and desktop app that works with any model provider
3	anthropics/claude-code	149.0k	+879	TypeScript	2026-10-03	Anthropic's terminal coding agent that reads your codebase, edits files, runs commands, and handles git workflows
4	openai/codex	127.7k	+1150	Rust	2026-10-03	OpenAI's coding agent that runs locally in your terminal, with IDE extension and desktop app options
5	earendil-works/pi	111.8k	+2429	TypeScript	2026-10-02	Toolkit with a unified multi-provider LLM API, an agent runtime, a terminal UI, and an extensible coding agent CLI
6	google-gemini/gemini-cli	107.2k	+51	TypeScript	2026-10-03	Google's open-source terminal agent for Gemini models, with built-in search, file and shell tools, and MCP
7	zed-industries/zed	91.2k	+315	Rust	2026-10-03	High-performance multiplayer code editor with a built-in agent panel that also hosts external agents over ACP
8	OpenHands/OpenHands	89.8k	+656	TypeScript	2026-10-02	Self-hosted control center that runs OpenHands or other ACP agents locally, in Docker, or in the cloud
9	stablyai/orca	83.9k	+5536	TypeScript	2026-10-03	Desktop agent development environment that runs Codex, Claude Code, OpenCode, or Pi side by side, each in its own git worktree
10	cline/cline	69.7k	+408	TypeScript	2026-10-03	Open-source coding agent for your IDE, terminal, or desktop, with a headless CLI mode for CI
11	openinterpreter/openinterpreter	68.5k	+52	Rust	2026-10-02	Terminal coding agent written in Rust, tuned for low-cost open-weight models
12	warpdotdev/warp	65.3k	+184	Rust	2026-10-03	Agentic development environment built on a terminal, with a built-in coding agent that also runs third-party CLI agents
13	AntonOsika/gpt-engineer	55.1k	-20	Python	2025-05-14	CLI that generates a codebase from a natural-language spec and iterates on feedback; archived upstream
14	aaif-goose/goose	54.9k	+224	Rust	2026-10-02	Extensible open-source agent in Rust with a desktop app, CLI, and API that works with any LLM and MCP extensions
15	Aider-AI/aider	49.3k	+150	Python	2026-05-22	Terminal pair-programming tool that maps your codebase and edits it with cloud or local LLMs
16	alibaba/open-code-review	43.4k	+1996	Go	2026-10-01	AI code review CLI that reads Git diffs and posts line-level comments, pairing deterministic checks with an LLM agent
17	Hmbown/Codewhale	41.0k	0	Rust	2026-10-02	Open-source terminal coding agent in Rust that works with hosted or local models and delegates work to sub-agents
18	esengine/DeepSeek-Reasonix	35.7k	+23	Go	2026-10-03	DeepSeek-native coding agent as a single Go binary with terminal, desktop, browser, and ACP clients, built around prefix caching
19	can1357/oh-my-pi	34.1k	+808	TypeScript	2026-10-03	Terminal coding agent forked from Pi, with LSP and debugger (DAP) integration built in
20	TabbyML/tabby	33.9k	-6	Rust	2026-06-30	Self-hosted, on-premises AI coding assistant and open-source alternative to GitHub Copilot
21	Pythagora-io/gpt-pilot	33.7k	-7	Python	2026-06-18	AI developer that builds apps step by step from a spec, the engine behind the Pythagora extension; unmaintained upstream
22	Twigpine/openclaude	33.6k	+95	TypeScript	2026-09-29	Terminal coding-agent CLI that works with cloud and local model providers, with MCP support and a VS Code extension
23	charmbracelet/crush	28.5k	+154	Go	2026-10-02	Terminal coding agent that switches LLMs mid-session and uses LSPs and MCP servers for context
24	QwenLM/qwen-code	28.3k	+144	TypeScript	2026-10-03	Open-source terminal coding agent with IDE and desktop integrations that works with hosted or local models
25	Kilo-Org/kilocode	27.5k	+56	TypeScript	2026-10-03	Open-source coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, and the CLI that works with hundreds of models
26	xai-org/grok-build	27.2k	+93	Rust	2026-09-29	xAI's terminal coding agent, a full-screen Rust TUI that also runs headless or inside editors over ACP
27	onlook-dev/onlook	26.8k	+36	TypeScript	2026-08-25	Open-source visual design tool for editing React apps with AI directly on top of your codebase
28	pingdotgg/t3code	24.4k	—	TypeScript	2026-10-03	Control surface for coding agents already on your machine, such as Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode, from desktop, web, or mobile
29	dyad-sh/dyad	21.6k	+38	TypeScript	2026-10-01	Local, open-source desktop AI app builder that uses your own API keys
30	PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent	21.5k	+198	Rust	2026-10-03	Terminal coding and research agent driven from a persistent Python REPL, with subagents and a self-refining harness
31	SWE-agent/SWE-agent	20.5k	+63	Python	2026-09-28	Research agent that lets a language model autonomously fix GitHub issues; superseded upstream by mini-swe-agent
32	1jehuang/jcode	20.3k	+146	Rust	2026-10-03	Terminal coding agent harness with a TUI and SDK, built for low memory use
33	getpaseo/paseo	19.3k	+715	TypeScript	2026-10-03	Self-hosted daemon for orchestrating Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and other agents, driven from desktop, mobile, web, or CLI
34	avante-corp/avante.nvim	18.2k	+1	Lua	2026-10-02	Neovim plugin that brings Cursor-style AI editing to Neovim, applying suggestions directly to source files
35	HKUDS/DeepCode	16.7k	+18	Python	2026-09-28	Multi-agent coding tool with terminal, desktop, and web clients sharing one local service
36	XiaomiMiMo/MiMo-Code	13.6k	—	TypeScript	2026-09-30	Terminal coding assistant from Xiaomi with persistent project memory, subagents, and any OpenAI-compatible provider
37	The-PR-Agent/pr-agent	13.2k	—	Python	2026-10-02	Pull request review agent for GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and more, run as a CLI, GitHub Action, or webhook
38	CodebuffAI/freebuff	13.1k	+361	TypeScript	2026-10-03	Free, ad-supported coding agent available as a CLI, desktop app, web app, and cloud agent for GitHub repos
39	MoonshotAI/kimi-cli	11.4k	+4	Python	2026-09-22	Moonshot's legacy Python terminal agent for Kimi models; archived upstream and succeeded by Kimi Code CLI
40	github/copilot-cli	11.2k	+25	Shell	2026-10-02	GitHub Copilot's terminal coding agent, with built-in GitHub integration, MCP support, and per-action approval
41	langchain-ai/open-swe	10.8k	—	Python	2026-10-03	Asynchronous coding agent that investigates issues, opens pull requests, and reviews them, built on LangChain Deep Agents
42	Kuberwastaken/claurst	10.3k	+3	Rust	2026-09-02	Multi-provider terminal coding agent in Rust, begun as a clean-room reimplementation of Claude Code; beta

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How it works

1. data/agents.yml is the curated source list.
2. A daily GitHub Actions workflow (.github/workflows/update.yml) runs the Go updater.
3. The updater fetches live repo metadata via the GitHub GraphQL API in one batched query.
4. Star counts are appended to data/history.jsonl for 7-day delta computation.
5. This README.md and data/metadata.json are regenerated and committed back to the repo.
6. That push triggers Cloudflare Pages, which runs go run . -build to render the dashboard from the committed data — no API token needed at build time. See docs/DEPLOY.md.

Δ7d: Change in stars over the past 7 days; — means fewer than 7 days of history.

Contributing

Inclusion criteria — a repo belongs on this list when it is:

1. A developer tool built around AI — something a developer uses to build software, where an LLM is central to what it does. That covers agents that write, edit, or review code; agent development environments that run and coordinate them; and AI-assisted editors, terminals, and review tools. Libraries, SDKs, model weights, and prompt or skill collections are out of scope — this list ranks tools you use, not building blocks you import. General-purpose assistants and multi-agent "digital workforce" apps are out as well, even when one of their agents can write code — the tool itself has to be aimed at building software.
2. At least 1,000 GitHub stars — a hard floor, enforced by the updater. An entry below it is dropped from the ranking automatically, so the threshold is never waived for an individual entry.
3. Open source and actively maintained — no push in 6 months means the entry is dropped. The daily run flags anything past 3 months for review, so the ranking reflects tools people can actually use today.

Archived or abandoned repos are kept only when they are historically significant, and are marked as such in data/agents.yml.

Add an agent to data/agents.yml:

agents:
  - owner: github-username-or-org
    repo: repository-name
    description: Terminal coding agent that edits files and runs commands in your repo
    tags: [terminal, byo-model, interactive, community]

Tags describe a tool across five facets — the dashboard filters on them, OR within a facet and AND across facets:

Facet	Tags
Surface (at least one)	terminal · editor-plugin · ide · desktop · web · self-hosted
Model access	byo-model · single-vendor · local-models
Workflow	interactive · autonomous · review · app-builder · research · orchestration
Integration	mcp · acp · headless
Origin (at most one)	vendor · community

Apply a tag only when the repo's own README, docs, or topics back it up. See docs/CONTRIBUTING.md for what each tag means.

Open a PR. The next daily run picks it up automatically.

PRs are validated automatically by CI (go run . -check): owner/repo must be non-empty and look like a real GitHub slug, every tag must come from the vocabulary above with at least one surface tag and at most one origin tag, an optional description must be one line of at most 140 characters without |, and duplicates (case-insensitive) are rejected.

License

Apache-2.0