Alternatives

Mex alternatives for AI agents.

Compare similar skills by workflow fit, trust score, quality, GitHub adoption, maintenance, and install readiness.

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Mex

Persistent project memory for AI coding agents. Structured scaffold + drift detection CLI.

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#1

Ruler

Similarity 145Trust 92Excellent 100

Ruler โ€” apply the same rules to all coding agents

2.7K starsJun 14, 2026 pushcoding-agentsTypeScriptCoding Agent
$ npx skills add intellectronica/ruler
#2

Clawd On Desk

Similarity 140Trust 95Excellent 100

A pixel desktop pet that watches Claude Code, Codex, Cursor & other AI coding agents โ€” so you don't have to.

4.4K starsJun 15, 2026 pushcoding-agentsJavaScriptCoding Agent
$ npx skills add rullerzhou-afk/clawd-on-desk
#3

Paseo

Similarity 139Trust 90Excellent 100

Orchestrate multiple coding agents from desktop and mobile

8.7K starsJun 16, 2026 pushcoding-agentsTypeScriptCoding Agent
$ npx skills add getpaseo/paseo
#4

Orca

Similarity 138Trust 91Excellent 100

Orca is the ADE for working with a fleet of parallel agents. Run any coding agent with your own subscription. Available on desktop and mobile.

5.0K starsJun 16, 2026 pushcoding-agentsTypeScriptCoding Agent
$ npx skills add stablyai/orca
#5

Cc Safety Net

Similarity 136Trust 91Excellent 100

A coding agent CLI hook that acts as a safety net, catching destructive git and filesystem commands before they execute. Supports Codex, Claude Code, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, Copilot CLI, Kimi Code and Pi.

1.4K starsJun 15, 2026 pushcoding-agentsTypeScriptCoding Agent
$ npx skills add kenryu42/cc-safety-net
#6

Ccmanager

Similarity 135Trust 91Excellent 100

Coding Agent Session Manager for Claude Code / Gemini CLI / Codex CLI / Cursor Agent / Copilot CLI / Cline CLI / OpenCode / Kimi CLI

1.2K starsJun 13, 2026 pushcoding-agentsTypeScriptCoding Agent
$ npx skills add kbwo/ccmanager
#7

Cmux

Similarity 134Trust 90Excellent 100

Ghostty-based macOS terminal with vertical tabs and notifications for AI coding agents

22K starsJun 16, 2026 pushcoding-agentsSwiftCoding Agent
$ npx skills add manaflow-ai/cmux
#8

Agentmemory

Similarity 133Trust 95Excellent 100

#1 Persistent memory for AI coding agents based on real-world benchmarks

23K starsJun 15, 2026 pushcoding-agentsTypeScriptCoding Agent
$ npx skills add rohitg00/agentmemory
#9

Claude Codex Bridge

Similarity 130Trust 87Excellent 100

Visible multi-agent CLI workspace for mixing Codex, Claude, Gemini, Kimi, Qwen, Cursor, Copilot, Pi, OpenCode, and other AI coding agents

3.0K starsJun 16, 2026 pushcoding-agentsPythonCoding Agent
$ npx skills add SeemSeam/claude_codex_bridge
#10

Emdash

Similarity 130Trust 91Excellent 100

Emdash is the Open-Source Agentic Development Environment (๐Ÿงก YC W26). Run multiple coding agents in parallel. Use any provider.

4.9K starsJun 16, 2026 pushcoding-agentsTypeScriptCoding Agent
$ npx skills add generalaction/emdash
#11

Beads

Similarity 127Trust 95Excellent 100

Beads - A memory upgrade for your coding agent

25K starsJun 16, 2026 pushcoding-agentsGoCoding Agent
$ npx skills add gastownhall/beads
#12

Frontend Slides

Similarity 127Trust 95Excellent 100

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
#13

Hive

Similarity 127Trust 76Strong 78

Browser-native hive-mind for CLI coding agents โ€” Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, and OpenCode collaborate as real PTY processes via a team protocol.

364 starsJun 16, 2026 pushcoding-agentsTypeScriptCoding Agent
$ npx skills add tt-a1i/hive
#14

Opencode

Similarity 126Trust 96Excellent 100

The open source coding agent.

175K starsJun 16, 2026 pushcoding-agentsTypeScriptCoding Agent
$ npx skills add anomalyco/opencode
#15

Ping Island

Similarity 126Trust 86Excellent 87

A Dynamic Island-style command center for managing all your AI coding agents on macOS.

881 starsJun 14, 2026 pushcoding-agentsSwiftCoding Agent
$ npx skills add erha19/ping-island
#16

Cline

Similarity 125Trust 92Excellent 100

Autonomous coding agent as an SDK, IDE extension, or CLI assistant.

63K starsJun 16, 2026 pushcoding-agentsTypeScriptCoding Agent
$ npx skills add cline/cline

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