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open-source coding agent
34K starsJun 16, 2026 pushcoding-agentsTypeScriptCoding Agent
$ npx skills add continuedev/continueAlternatives
Emdash alternatives for AI agents.
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Emdash
Emdash is the Open-Source Agentic Development Environment (🧡 YC W26). Run multiple coding agents in parallel. Use any provider.
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Kilo is the all-in-one agentic engineering platform. Build, ship, and iterate faster with the most popular open source coding agent.
20K starsJun 16, 2026 pushcoding-agentsTypeScriptCoding Agent
$ npx skills add Kilo-Org/kilocode#3
The best way to get AI coding agents to solve hard problems in complex codebases.
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$ npx skills add humanlayer/humanlayer#4
#1 Persistent memory for AI coding agents based on real-world benchmarks
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$ npx skills add rohitg00/agentmemory#5
Orchestrate multiple coding agents from desktop and mobile
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$ npx skills add getpaseo/paseo#6
Beads - A memory upgrade for your coding agent
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$ npx skills add gastownhall/beads#7
Create beautiful slides on the web using a coding agent's frontend skills
22K starsJun 13, 2026 pushcoding-agentsJavaScriptCoding Agent
$ npx skills add zarazhangrui/frontend-slides#8
The first open-source harness builder for AI coding. Make AI coding deterministic and repeatable.
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$ npx skills add coleam00/Archon#9
Ghostty-based macOS terminal with vertical tabs and notifications for AI coding agents
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$ npx skills add manaflow-ai/cmux#10
The open source coding agent.
175K starsJun 16, 2026 pushcoding-agentsTypeScriptCoding Agent
$ npx skills add anomalyco/opencode#11
An Open-Source Asynchronous Coding Agent
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$ npx skills add langchain-ai/open-swe#12
🚀 Beautiful highly customizable statusline for Claude Code CLI with powerline support, themes, and more.
11K starsJun 19, 2026 pushcoding-agentsTypeScriptDeveloper Tools
$ npx skills add sirmalloc/ccstatusline#13
Autonomous coding agent as an SDK, IDE extension, or CLI assistant.
63K starsJun 16, 2026 pushcoding-agentsTypeScriptCoding Agent
$ npx skills add cline/cline#14
AI agent toolkit: unified LLM API, agent loop, TUI, coding agent CLI
63K starsJun 16, 2026 pushcoding-agentsTypeScriptCoding Agent
$ npx skills add earendil-works/pi#15
A format specification for describing a visual identity to coding agents. DESIGN.md gives agents a persistent, structured understanding of a design system.
16K starsJun 15, 2026 pushcoding-agentsTypeScriptCoding Agent
$ npx skills add google-labs-code/design.md#16
See where your AI tokens go. Interactive TUI dashboard for Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor cost observability. npx codeburn
8.0K starsJun 15, 2026 pushcoding-agentsTypeScriptDeveloper Tools
$ npx skills add getagentseal/codeburnHow to choose
When should you switch?
Use an alternative when it has a clearer install path, higher trust score, fresher maintenance, or better platform fit for your current agent stack. Keep Emdash if it already passes your workflow test and repository review.
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