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The first open-source harness builder for AI coding. Make AI coding deterministic and repeatable.
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$ npx skills add coleam00/ArchonAlternatives
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Chief
Build big projects with Claude. Chief breaks your work into tasks and runs Claude Code in a loop until they're done.
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Terragrunt is a flexible orchestration tool that allows Infrastructure as Code written in OpenTofu/Terraform to scale.
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$ npx skills add rtk-ai/rtk#4
🚀 Beautiful highly customizable statusline for Claude Code CLI with powerline support, themes, and more.
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D2 is a modern diagram scripting language that turns text to diagrams.
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$ npx skills add terrastruct/d2#6
See where your AI tokens go. Interactive TUI dashboard for Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor cost observability. npx codeburn
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$ npx skills add getagentseal/codeburn#7
Easy and Repeatable Kubernetes Development
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$ npx skills add GoogleContainerTools/skaffold#8
43 tips for getting the most out of Claude Code, from basics to advanced - includes a custom status line script and Claude Code running itself in a container. Also includes the dx plugin.
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$ npx skills add ykdojo/claude-code-tips#9
Kilo is the all-in-one agentic engineering platform. Build, ship, and iterate faster with the most popular open source coding agent.
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$ npx skills add Kilo-Org/kilocode#10
Beads - A memory upgrade for your coding agent
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$ npx skills add gastownhall/beads#11
The first real AI developer
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$ npx skills add Pythagora-io/gpt-pilot#12
SWE-agent takes a GitHub issue and tries to automatically fix it, using your LM of choice. It can also be employed for offensive cybersecurity or competitive coding challenges. [NeurIPS 2024]
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$ npx skills add SWE-agent/SWE-agent#13
💥 Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O.
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$ npx skills add sxyazi/yazi#14
daily.dev is a professional network for developers to learn, collaborate, and grow together 👩🏽💻 👨💻
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$ npx skills add dailydotdev/daily#15
🙌 OpenHands: AI-Driven Development
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$ npx skills add OpenHands/OpenHands#16
n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager
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$ npx skills add jarun/nnnHow 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 Chief if it already passes your workflow test and repository review.
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