AI coding assistants rankings
AI coding assistants, ordered by GitHub stars · 28 projects collected, showing the top 24 by stars
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opencodeanomalycoAn open-source AI coding agent available as both a CLI and desktop app, with quick installation via script, npm, Homebrew, and other package managers.TypeScript 214.6k 2026.10.162
cc-switchfarion1231A cross-platform desktop tool to manage multiple AI programming assistants, including Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Grok Build, and more.Rust 146.3k 2026.10.193
codexopenaiA lightweight coding agent from OpenAI that runs in your terminal, with support for ChatGPT accounts or API keys.Rust 129.9k 2026.10.194
orcastablyaiAn AI orchestrator that runs multiple coding agents like Codex and ClaudeCode in parallel, available on desktop, mobile, and VPS.TypeScript 97.7k 2026.10.195
oh-my-pican1357A terminal AI coding agent with hash-anchored edits, LSP, Python, browser, subagents, and more.TypeScript 35.9k 2026.10.186
DeepSeek-ReasonixesengineA DeepSeek-native AI coding agent for your terminal, supporting multiple models and plugins, engineered for long-running stability.Go 35.9k 2026.10.197
qwen-codeQwenLMAn open-source terminal-based AI coding agent with Auto-Memory, Auto-Skills, SubAgents, Agent Teams, MCP, IDE plugins, desktop app, and IM bot support, with multi-protocol switching.TypeScript 28.6k 2026.10.198
t3codepingdotggAn agent harness control surface that lets you control AI coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor on your machine from a mobile, web, or desktop app.TypeScript 28.5k 2026.10.199
jcode1jehuangA RAM-efficient AI coding agent harness designed for multi-session workflows with minimal resource consumption, supporting multiple AI coding agents.Rust 21.0k 2026.10.1910
aisuiteandrewyngA lightweight Python library that provides a unified interface to multiple Generative AI providers, with a Chat Completions API and an Agents API.Python 16.3k 2026.07.2011
freebuffCodebuffAIA free AI coding agent with no subscription, credits, or API key required, available on terminal, desktop, browser, and GitHub repositories, editing code through natural language instructions.TypeScript 13.2k 2025.10.2112
copilot-cligithubGitHub Copilot CLI brings AI-powered coding assistance to your terminal for building, debugging, and understanding code.Shell 11.3k 2026.10.1613
bamlBoundaryMLA programming language for AI agents that combines TypeScript-like syntax with Rust-level type safety, helping developers get structured data from LLMs.Rust 9.4k 2026.10.1914CopilotForXcodegithubGitHub's official AI coding assistant for Xcode, providing code completions, intelligent chat, code review, Agent Mode, and other advanced features to accelerate Swift and iOS/macOS development.Swift 6.3k 2026.08.2815gh-awgithubA GitHub CLI extension that lets developers define AI-powered repository automation in Markdown and run AI agents securely through GitHub Actions.Go 5.4k 2026.10.1716
cindymakecindyAn open-source desktop AI coding agent built on the Claude Code SDK, supporting natural language-driven code development, file operations, and command execution via the Anthropic API or compatible endpoints.TypeScript 3.2k 2026.10.1917
token-monitorJavis603A local-first desktop widget for tracking token usage, costs, and limits across 32+ AI coding tools—including Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor—with multi-device sync.JavaScript 3.2k 2026.10.1918
git-aigit-ai-projectA Git extension for tracking AI-generated code in your repos, linking every line of AI code back to the agent, model, and prompts that generated it.Rust 2.8k 2026.09.0919
gortexzzetA high-performance code-intelligence engine for AI agents and IDE, supporting 257 languages, multi-repositories, graph-based, with CLI, MCP Server, and API access — cutting token usage up to 50x.Go 1.9k 2026.10.1220
zeroTwigpineA terminal coding agent that answers to you, your model, your machine, and your rules.Go 1.7k 2026.10.1621
PokeTokenBarchattyminA macOS menu bar app that turns AI coding token usage from Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, and others into a Pokémon-raising game — spend tokens to hatch, evolve, and collect Pokémon while precisely tracking usage and costs.Swift 524 2026.10.1622
AiCodejieapiAiCode is an AI coding tool that runs on Android phones, deeply integrating large language models with a local Linux development environment. It includes an Alpine Linux container and terminal emulator, allowing AI to directly read/write files, execute shell commands, and run build tools, while also supporting remote SSH servers as execution backends.Kotlin 274 2026.10.1323
tuicommandersstrausAn IDE natively designed for AI agents, supporting parallel execution of 11 agents including Claude Code, Codex, and Aider on isolated branches, with full observability, diffs, PRs, CI, and usage dashboards.Rust 162 2026.10.1024
Zcode-CEZcode-CEZCode-CE is the open-source community edition of the AI programming workbench ZCode, with telemetry removed, official service benefits retained, and open-source documentation and desktop automation capabilities provided, including client, backend services, shared UI, and Agent CLI and runtime source code.TypeScript 36 2026.10.14
opencodeanomalycoAn open-source AI coding agent available as both a CLI and desktop app, with quick installation via script, npm, Homebrew, and other package managers.TypeScript 214.6k 2026.10.162cc-switchfarion1231A cross-platform desktop tool to manage multiple AI programming assistants, including Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Grok Build, and more.Rust 146.3k 2026.10.193codexopenaiA lightweight coding agent from OpenAI that runs in your terminal, with support for ChatGPT accounts or API keys.Rust 129.9k 2026.10.194orcastablyaiAn AI orchestrator that runs multiple coding agents like Codex and ClaudeCode in parallel, available on desktop, mobile, and VPS.TypeScript 97.7k 2026.10.195oh-my-pican1357A terminal AI coding agent with hash-anchored edits, LSP, Python, browser, subagents, and more.TypeScript 35.9k 2026.10.186DeepSeek-ReasonixesengineA DeepSeek-native AI coding agent for your terminal, supporting multiple models and plugins, engineered for long-running stability.Go 35.9k 2026.10.197qwen-codeQwenLMAn open-source terminal-based AI coding agent with Auto-Memory, Auto-Skills, SubAgents, Agent Teams, MCP, IDE plugins, desktop app, and IM bot support, with multi-protocol switching.TypeScript 28.6k 2026.10.198t3codepingdotggAn agent harness control surface that lets you control AI coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor on your machine from a mobile, web, or desktop app.TypeScript 28.5k 2026.10.199jcode1jehuangA RAM-efficient AI coding agent harness designed for multi-session workflows with minimal resource consumption, supporting multiple AI coding agents.Rust 21.0k 2026.10.1910aisuiteandrewyngA lightweight Python library that provides a unified interface to multiple Generative AI providers, with a Chat Completions API and an Agents API.Python 16.3k 2026.07.2011freebuffCodebuffAIA free AI coding agent with no subscription, credits, or API key required, available on terminal, desktop, browser, and GitHub repositories, editing code through natural language instructions.TypeScript 13.2k 2025.10.2112copilot-cligithubGitHub Copilot CLI brings AI-powered coding assistance to your terminal for building, debugging, and understanding code.Shell 11.3k 2026.10.1613bamlBoundaryMLA programming language for AI agents that combines TypeScript-like syntax with Rust-level type safety, helping developers get structured data from LLMs.Rust 9.4k 2026.10.1914CopilotForXcodegithubGitHub's official AI coding assistant for Xcode, providing code completions, intelligent chat, code review, Agent Mode, and other advanced features to accelerate Swift and iOS/macOS development.Swift 6.3k 2026.08.2815gh-awgithubA GitHub CLI extension that lets developers define AI-powered repository automation in Markdown and run AI agents securely through GitHub Actions.Go 5.4k 2026.10.1716cindymakecindyAn open-source desktop AI coding agent built on the Claude Code SDK, supporting natural language-driven code development, file operations, and command execution via the Anthropic API or compatible endpoints.TypeScript 3.2k 2026.10.1917token-monitorJavis603A local-first desktop widget for tracking token usage, costs, and limits across 32+ AI coding tools—including Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor—with multi-device sync.JavaScript 3.2k 2026.10.1918git-aigit-ai-projectA Git extension for tracking AI-generated code in your repos, linking every line of AI code back to the agent, model, and prompts that generated it.Rust 2.8k 2026.09.0919gortexzzetA high-performance code-intelligence engine for AI agents and IDE, supporting 257 languages, multi-repositories, graph-based, with CLI, MCP Server, and API access — cutting token usage up to 50x.Go 1.9k 2026.10.1220zeroTwigpineA terminal coding agent that answers to you, your model, your machine, and your rules.Go 1.7k 2026.10.1621PokeTokenBarchattyminA macOS menu bar app that turns AI coding token usage from Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, and others into a Pokémon-raising game — spend tokens to hatch, evolve, and collect Pokémon while precisely tracking usage and costs.Swift 524 2026.10.1622AiCodejieapiAiCode is an AI coding tool that runs on Android phones, deeply integrating large language models with a local Linux development environment. It includes an Alpine Linux container and terminal emulator, allowing AI to directly read/write files, execute shell commands, and run build tools, while also supporting remote SSH servers as execution backends.Kotlin 274 2026.10.1323tuicommandersstrausAn IDE natively designed for AI agents, supporting parallel execution of 11 agents including Claude Code, Codex, and Aider on isolated branches, with full observability, diffs, PRs, CI, and usage dashboards.Rust 162 2026.10.1024Zcode-CEZcode-CEZCode-CE is the open-source community edition of the AI programming workbench ZCode, with telemetry removed, official service benefits retained, and open-source documentation and desktop automation capabilities provided, including client, backend services, shared UI, and Agent CLI and runtime source code.TypeScript 36 2026.10.14