AI Coding Assistants
Open source coding copilots and agentic dev tools — alternatives to GitHub Copilot and Cursor.
490 projects
See methodology for ranking rules; order uses public GitHub metrics within this scenario.
| Rank | Project | Stars | Forks | Updated | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 161 |
Graft
Turbocharge Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini & every coding agent: faster, cheaper, with contextual understanding specific to your codebase. |
5.1K | 463 | 08/30/26 | MIT |
| 162 |
semble
Fast and Accurate Code Search for Agents. Uses 99% fewer tokens than grep+read |
6.0K | 258 | 08/26/26 | MIT |
| 163 |
copilot.lua
Fully featured & enhanced replacement for copilot.vim complete with API for interacting with Github Copilot |
4.1K | 157 | 08/26/26 | MIT |
| 164 |
context-engineering-intro
Context engineering is the new vibe coding - it's the way to actually make AI coding assistants work. Claude Code is the best for this so that's what this repo is centered around, but you can apply this strategy with any AI coding assistant! |
13.8K | 2.7K | 03/16/26 | MIT |
| 165 |
OpenCursor
Open-source Cursor-like AI coding agent for VS Code — agentic chat, multi-provider LLMs (OpenAI, Ollama, llama.cpp), semantic search, and MCP support |
6.0K | 1.0K | 08/15/26 | MIT |
| 166 |
iPolloWork
A source-available, local-first alternative to Codex and Claude Code: an AI workspace for code, files, docs, websites, presentations, design, and video—with editable results and user-controlled tools. |
5.1K | 976 | 08/29/26 | Other |
| 167 |
agent-skills
The secure, validated skill registry for professional AI coding agents. Extend Antigravity, Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot and more with absolute confidence. |
5.1K | 466 | 08/29/26 | Other |
| 168 |
Kode-CLI
Kode CLI — Design for post-human workflows. One unit agent for every human & computer task. |
5.2K | 770 | 08/27/26 | Apache-2.0 |
| 169 |
lean-ctx
LeanCTX is a local-first context engineering layer for AI coding agents, cutting token usage by 60–90% via compression, caching, and session memory. |
3.7K | 337 | 08/29/26 | Apache-2.0 |
| 170 |
nanocoder
An open coding agent for your terminal, built by a community collective rather than a company. Bring your own model, keep your code on your machine, and owe nothing to anyone. |
2.4K | 293 | 08/30/26 | Other |
| 171 |
autoresearch
Claude Autoresearch Skill — Autonomous goal-directed iteration for Claude Code. Inspired by Karpathy's autoresearch. Modify → Verify → Keep/Discard → Repeat forever. |
6.0K | 446 | 08/12/26 | MIT |
| 172 |
agent-shell
A native Emacs buffer to interact with LLM agents powered by ACP |
1.8K | 224 | 08/29/26 | GPL-3.0 |
| 173 |
acpx
Headless CLI client for stateful Agent Client Protocol (ACP) sessions |
3.2K | 326 | 08/28/26 | MIT |
| 174 |
aidlc-workflows
AI-Driven Life Cycle (AI-DLC) adaptive workflow steering rules for AI coding agents |
4.2K | 736 | 08/29/26 | Other |
| 175 |
CopilotChat.nvim
Chat with GitHub Copilot in Neovim |
3.7K | 173 | 08/03/26 | GPL-3.0 |
| 176 |
mistral-vibe
Minimal CLI coding agent by Mistral |
4.9K | 681 | 08/27/26 | Apache-2.0 |
| 177 |
agent-toolkit-for-aws
Official, AWS-supported MCP servers, skills, and plugins to help AI agents build on AWS |
2.5K | 275 | 08/28/26 | Apache-2.0 |
| 178 |
ultracite
A highly opinionated, zero-configuration linter and formatter. |
3.2K | 123 | 08/27/26 | MIT |
| 179 |
MonkeyCode
AI coding platform for teams |
4.6K | 696 | 08/29/26 | AGPL-3.0 |
| 180 |
squad
Squad: AI agent teams for any project |
3.1K | 488 | 08/28/26 | MIT |