The best AI coding agents to use in 2026

Last updated: Sep 11, 2026
Projects considered: 30
Commits reviewed: 0 of 30

Agents that read, write and ship code — terminal agents, IDE agents and autonomous pull-request bots. Capability claims here are the repositories’ own; none of them are benchmarked by Techandria.

Mostly written in TypeScript, Python, Rust, Go and HTML.

How this list is ranked. By total GitHub stars at the last daily refresh — a popularity signal, not a measure of quality, fit or safety. Star counts in the AI category are known to be inflated by fake-star campaigns, so each row leads with push activity and license instead. No commit in this collection has completed security review yet, so treat every entry as unreviewed discovery metadata.

1
qwen-code
QwenLM/qwen-code
An open-source AI coding agent that lives in your terminal.
Pushed yesterday.Apache License 2.0TypeScriptAgents28.9k+198
2
command-code
CommandCodeAI/command-code
Command Code AI — the best coding agent for open models.
Pushed 11 days ago.No license detectedAgents4.2k+35
3
planning-with-files
OthmanAdi/planning-with-files
Persistent file-based planning for AI coding agents and long-running tasks. Crash-proof markdown plans, session recovery after /clear and compaction, per-turn re-injection against context rot, deterministic completion gate. Manus-style. Install from npm, the Claude Code plugin marketplace, or npx skills. Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, 60+ agents.
Pushed yesterday.MIT LicensePythonPlugins27.9k+158
4
agents-cli
google/agents-cli
The CLI and skills that turn any coding assistant into an expert at creating, evaluating, and deploying AI agents on Google Cloud.
Pushed 8 days ago.Apache License 2.0PythonDeveloper tools6.3k+105
5
ouroboros
Q00/ouroboros
Agent OS: the agent gets smarter on its own. We just hold the line: Interview-gated, staged evaluation, budgeted evolution loop. MCP server, 14 runtimes: Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Copilot, Kiro and more.
Pushed 2 days ago.MIT LicensePythonPlugins6.3k+25
6
Codewhale
Hmbown/Codewhale
Open-source coding agent for your terminal, built in Rust and on a journey of continuous community improvement. Issues and PRs welcome.
Pushed yesterday.MIT LicenseRustAgents41.2k+32
7
DeepSeek-Reasonix
esengine/DeepSeek-Reasonix
DeepSeek-native AI coding agent for your terminal. Engineered around prefix-cache stability — leave it running.
Pushed yesterday.MIT LicenseGoPlugins36.1k+74
8
html-video
nexu-io/html-videoSlowing
Programmatic video for coding agents — HTML to video on your laptop. Turn HTML, CSS & data into real MP4s with pluggable render engines, 21 templates, AI soundtrack. Apache-2.0, no per-render fees. An official project by the Open Design team.
Last push 5 months ago.Apache License 2.0HTMLAgents4.8k+40
9
jcode
1jehuang/jcode
The most RAM efficient harness
Pushed yesterday.MIT LicenseRustApps21.4k+191
10
cc-haha
NanmiCoder/cc-haha
Local-first cross-platform desktop workspace for Claude Code / agents: multi-agent, Git worktrees, code diffs, skill marketplace, multi-model, Computer Use, task-aware desktop pets, with WeChat, Feishu, DingTalk, Telegram, WhatsApp and H5 access.
Pushed yesterday.MIT LicenseTypeScriptApps15.3k+87
11
yao
YaoApp/yao
✨ All your agents and workspaces in one place, on every device you own. Track tasks on a board, accessible from desktop, mobile, browser, or API. Self-hosted.
Pushed 16 days ago.OtherGoPlugins8.3k+62
12
Kun
KunAgent/Kun
Local-first AI agent workspace for coding, writing, design, research, and automation — one runtime for desktop GUI and TUI.
Pushed yesterday.OtherTypeScriptApps6.4k+57
13
orca
stablyai/orca
Orca is the ADE for working with a fleet of parallel agents. Run any coding agent with your own subscription. Available on desktop, mobile and remote runtime.
Pushed yesterday.MIT LicenseTypeScriptApps114.2k+6.6k
14
agent-skills
addyosmani/agent-skills
Production-grade engineering skills for AI coding agents.
Pushed 2 days ago.MIT LicenseJavaScriptSkills113.0k+2.0k
15
headroom
headroomlabs-ai/headroom
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.
Pushed yesterday.Apache License 2.0PythonDeveloper tools78.7k+724
16
herdr
herdrdev/herdr
the runtime your coding agents live on
Pushed yesterday.Apache License 2.0RustAgents47.8k+1.7k
17
AionUi
iOfficeAI/AionUi
Open-source 24/7 Cowork app for OpenClaw, Hermes, Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and 20+ more CLI Agent | Customize your assistants | Team them up｜Star if you like it!
Pushed 12 days ago.Apache License 2.0TypeScriptApps34.0k+200
18
context-mode
mksglu/context-mode
Context window optimization for AI coding agents. Sandboxes tool output (98% reduction), persists session memory, and enforces routing across 17 platforms via MCP + hooks.
Pushed yesterday.OtherTypeScriptPlugins33.3k+844
19
claude-skills
alirezarezvani/claude-skills
380 Claude Code skills & agent skills & plugins (30+ Agents, 70+ custom commands, 380+ skills, customizable references, scripts)for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and 8 more coding agents — engineering, marketing, product, compliance, C-level advisory, research, business operations, commercial & finance, and your daily productivity skills.
Pushed yesterday.MIT LicensePythonPlugins29.2k+407
20
cmux
manaflow-ai/cmux
Open source Ghostty-based macOS terminal with vertical tabs and notifications for AI coding agents. Built for multitasking, organization, and programmability.
Pushed yesterday.OtherSwiftAgents28.7k+126
21
paseo
getpaseo/paseo
Orchestrate multiple coding agents from desktop and mobile
Pushed yesterday.OtherTypeScriptApps22.9k+715
22
Figma-Context-MCP
GLips/Figma-Context-MCP
MCP server to provide Figma layout information to AI coding agents like Cursor
Pushed 8 days ago.MIT LicenseTypeScriptDeveloper tools16.1k+70
23
superset
superset-sh/superset
Superset is an agentic IDE to orchestrate 100+ coding agents in parallel. Run any agent with your own subscription.
Pushed yesterday.OtherTypeScriptAgents15.9k+246
24
humanlayer
humanlayer/humanlayer
The best way to get AI coding agents to solve hard problems in complex codebases.
Pushed yesterday.OtherTypeScriptAgents12.8k+124
25
claude-context
zilliztech/claude-contextSlowing
Code search MCP for Claude Code. Make entire codebase the context for any coding agent.
Last push 4 months ago.MIT LicenseTypeScriptPlugins12.7k+18
26
loop-engineering
cobusgreyling/loop-engineering
Practical patterns, starters & CLI tools for loop engineering with AI coding agents. Design systems that prompt and orchestrate agents (inspired by Addy Osmani and Boris Cherny). Includes loop-audit, loop-init, loop-cost.
Pushed yesterday.MIT LicenseTypeScriptDeveloper tools11.7k+41
27
Graft
trailhq/Graft
Turbocharge Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini & every coding agent: faster, cheaper, with contextual understanding specific to your codebase.
Pushed yesterday.MIT LicenseTypeScriptPlugins11.1k+245
28
gentle-ai
Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai
Gentle-AI configures the AI coding agents you already use: Claude Code, Cursor, OpenCode, Codex, Pi, and more. Choose persistent memory, Spec-Driven Development, curated skills, MCP servers, personas, and optional bounded review. Open source, no agent lock-in.
Pushed yesterday.MIT LicenseGoDeveloper tools8.2k+145
29
modlens
liustack/modlens
The first vision plugin for DeepSeek Harness, and the vision bridge for every text-only coding agent. Paste an image, get structured JSON evidence (OCR, layout, semantics). | 全网最强 DeepSeek Harness 外挂视觉插件，为 DeepSeek、GLM 等纯文本模型外挂视觉能力，粘贴图片即得结构化 JSON 证据（OCR、版面、语义）。
Pushed 11 days ago.MIT LicenseTypeScriptPlugins4.7k+213
30
skills
NVIDIA/skills
Agent Skills for NVIDIA products — install into Claude Code, Codex, and other coding agents to run Physical AI, robotics, simulation, CUDA, and RAG workflows end to end.
Pushed yesterday.Apache License 2.0PythonSkills3.8k+86