Why these 20
GitHub stars for repositories tagged coding-agent. The tag covers the agents themselves and the guides, prompt sets and lists people keep next to them, so read the description on each row: stars show attention, not quality.
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openinterpreter/openinterpreter
A coding agent for open models like Kimi K3 and GLM 5.3
68,604 stars 5,908 forks16 open issuesRustlast push 2026-10-11Apache-2.0
Also in: #18 open source projects in the Rust programming language
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hesreallyhim/awesome-claude-code
A hand-picked collection of the finest of resources for the most awesome of agents, Claude Code, the undisputed champion of coding companions, from the...
56,027 stars 4,840 forks915 open issuesPythonlast push 2026-10-19NOASSERTION
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bojieli/ai-agent-book
《深入理解 AI Agent:设计原理与工程实践》(李博杰 著)开源主仓库:全书正文、编译版 PDF 与按章配套代码
54,960 stars 6,285 forks36 open issuesPythonlast push 2026-10-08Apache-2.0
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codewhale-hq/Codewhale
Open-source Rust agent engine and terminal client for Codewhale, with provider choice, tools, approvals and receipts.
41,103 stars 3,569 forks205 open issuesRustlast push 2026-10-19MIT
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esengine/DeepSeek-Reasonix
A reliable coding agent for complex software engineering tasks.
35,870 stars 2,462 forks405 open issuesGolast push 2026-10-19MIT
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QwenLM/qwen-code
An open-source AI coding agent that lives in your terminal.
28,586 stars 3,229 forks1,938 open issuesTypeScriptlast push 2026-10-19Apache-2.0
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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,...
27,534 stars 2,292 forks6 open issuesPythonlast push 2026-10-17MIT
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1jehuang/jcode
High performance coding agent harness written in Rust, built for heavy multi-agent dev workflows
21,041 stars 2,440 forks725 open issuesRustlast push 2026-10-19MIT
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NanmiCoder/cc-haha
本地优先的跨平台 Claude Code / AI Agent 桌面工作台:多 Agent 协作、Git Worktree、代码 Diff、技能市场、多模型、Computer Use、桌面宠物;支持微信、飞书、钉钉及 H5 等远程访问。 | Local-first Claude Code / AI Agent...
15,077 stars 8,606 forks191 open issuesTypeScriptlast push 2026-10-19NOASSERTION
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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.
8,146 stars 724 forks11 open issuesGolast push 2026-10-19NOASSERTION
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algorithmicsuperintelligence/openevolve
Open-source implementation of AlphaEvolve
7,600 stars 1,189 forks95 open issuesPythonlast push 2026-10-19Apache-2.0
Also in: #13 LLM inference engines
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vastsa/PI-Desktop
Local-first AI coding agent desktop: Electron + Rust host core + pi Agent Harness + user-installable plugins
7,028 stars 678 forks213 open issuesTypeScriptlast push 2026-10-19LGPL-3.0
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anus-dev/ANUS
A free coding agent in your terminal. It runs on the smartest free model that is up today.
6,549 stars 930 forks73 open issuesJavaScriptlast push 2026-10-01MIT
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KunAgent/Kun
Local-first AI agent workspace for coding, writing, design, research, and automation — one runtime for desktop GUI and TUI.
6,318 stars 590 forks9 open issuesTypeScriptlast push 2026-10-19NOASSERTION
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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:...
6,249 stars 630 forks104 open issuesPythonlast push 2026-10-19MIT
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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.
6,101 stars 703 forks22 open issuesPythonlast push 2026-10-12Apache-2.0
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rllm-org/rllm
Democratizing Reinforcement Learning for LLMs
5,887 stars 632 forks171 open issuesPythonlast push 2026-10-16Apache-2.0
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cloudflare/vibesdk
An open-source vibe coding platform that helps you build your own vibe-coding platform, built entirely on Cloudflare stack
5,415 stars 1,280 forks21 open issuesTypeScriptlast push 2026-09-22MIT
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ccch1mneyyy/dsh-TUI
DSH's officially top-recommended TUI plugin — high performance, low overhead, cute pixel whale, smooth mouse interaction. One-command install via npm. / DSH...
4,943 stars 270 forks108 open issuesTypeScriptlast push 2026-10-19MIT
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nexu-io/html-video
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...
4,715 stars 572 forks53 open issuesHTMLlast push 2026-06-21Apache-2.0
How it is measured
GitHub search API, topic:coding-agent, sorted by stars.
References
- GitHub search: topic:coding-agent, GitHub (GitHub API terms). Checked 2026-10-19 20:41 UTC.
Photo: Programmer at work (Unsplash) by Crew crew, CC0 via Wikimedia Commons. Pictures in rows: Wikimedia Commons, GitHub and the linked pages.



