Best AI agents for coding
We found 81 AI agents for coding in the catalog; these are the 15 that rank highest. The order comes from our rank, which weighs adoption, freshness, documentation and publisher identity. Nobody can pay for a place on this list. OpenCode, Claude Code and Zed Agent lead it. OpenCode has the most GitHub stars here (220,941). 15 of the 15 had activity in the last 30 days. Each entry lists why it made the list and links to its install page.
Updated Oct 26, 2026 · Built from catalog data; how we rank and grade
Top 15 of 81
- 1OpenCode
Anomaly
Open-source AI coding agent for the terminal, desktop and IDEs that connects to 75+ model providers
- Most GitHub stars here (220,941)
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (MIT)
★ 220.9KLast active Oct 24, 2026
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 2Claude Code
Anthropic
Anthropic's coding agent that reads your codebase, edits files and runs commands from the terminal, IDE, desktop app, web and Slack
- 153.2K GitHub stars
- Most weekly downloads here (7.2M)
- Active in the last 30 days
★ 153.2K↓ 7.2M/wkLast active Oct 24, 2026
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 3Zed Agent
Zed Industries
Agent built into the Zed code editor that edits files, navigates code and runs tools, with changes reviewed in a diff
- 92.1K GitHub stars
- Active in the last 30 days
★ 92.1KLast active Oct 24, 2026
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 4Cline
Cline Bot Inc.
Open-source coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, the terminal and a desktop app that asks for approval before each action
- 70.8K GitHub stars
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (Apache-2.0)
★ 70.8KLast active Oct 24, 2026
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 5Open Interpreter
Open Interpreter
Terminal coding agent, forked from OpenAI's Codex, tuned for low-cost open models and compatible with ACP editors
- 68.7K GitHub stars
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (Apache-2.0)
★ 68.7KLast active Oct 11, 2026
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 6Gemini CLI
Google
Open-source terminal agent that queries and edits codebases and automates tasks with Gemini models
- 107.7K GitHub stars
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (Apache-2.0)
★ 107.7K↓ 231.3K/wkLast active Oct 23, 2026
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 7Qwen Code
Alibaba Qwen
Open-source coding agent for the terminal, editor, desktop, browser and chat apps that works with Qwen, OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini APIs
- 28.7K GitHub stars
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (Apache-2.0)
★ 28.7KLast active Oct 24, 2026
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 8Crush
Charm
Terminal coding agent from Charm that works with many LLMs, LSPs and MCP servers across macOS, Linux, Windows and BSD
- 28.8K GitHub stars
- Active in the last 30 days
★ 28.8KLast active Oct 24, 2026
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 9Kilo Code
Kilo Code
Open-source coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, the CLI and the cloud that works with 500+ models
- 27.7K GitHub stars
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (MIT)
★ 27.7KLast active Oct 23, 2026
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 10GitHub Copilot CLI
GitHub
Terminal version of GitHub Copilot's coding agent that works with your repos, issues and pull requests and asks before acting
- 11.3K GitHub stars
- Active in the last 30 days
★ 11.3K↓ 1.3M/wkLast active Oct 22, 2026
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 11Dyad
Dyad
Local open-source desktop AI app builder that uses your own API keys and models and lets you export the code
- 22.1K GitHub stars
- Active in the last 30 days
★ 22.1KLast active Oct 22, 2026
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 12Codebuff
Codebuff
Free coding agents for terminal, desktop, web and GitHub repositories, supported by text ads.
- 13.7K GitHub stars
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (Apache-2.0)
★ 13.7KLast active Oct 24, 2026
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 13bolt.diy
StackBlitz Labs
Open-source AI workspace that builds full-stack web apps in the browser with any of 22+ LLM providers
- 20K GitHub stars
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (MIT)
★ 20KLast active Oct 14, 2026
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 14avante.nvim
avante
Neovim plugin that gives AI code suggestions and applies them to your files, modeled on the Cursor IDE
- 18.2K GitHub stars
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (Apache-2.0)
★ 18.2KLast active Oct 23, 2026
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 15DeepCode
HKU Data Intelligence Lab
Open-source multi-agent coding system from the HKU Data Intelligence Lab, written in Python
- 16.8K GitHub stars
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (MIT)
★ 16.8KLast active Oct 22, 2026
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet