Which public repos are friendliest to an AI coding agent?
Ranked per model across GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket — because agents aren't interchangeable.
Looking up a dependency? Check any npm / PyPI / Cargo package by name.
Repo not on the board? Score any public GitHub repo live from its current commit.
Kimi CLI — Reads AGENTS.md as its native instruction surface (root or `.kimi-code/AGENTS.md`) per Moonshot's Kimi Code docs, and `/init` generates one — the strictest AGENTS.md-only adherent here, with no CLAUDE.md fallback. Runs shell commands step-by-step under an approval gate rather than a sandbox VM, and dispatches `explore` sub-agents with isolated contexts to map a codebase, so a large tree costs it less than a single-context agent.
| Rank | Repo | Stars | Score | External link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 225 | apple/swift-nioGitHub | 8.5k ★ | open | |
| 226 | clap-rs/clapGitHub | 16.7k ★ | open | |
| 227 | apache/icebergGitHub | 9.2k ★ | open | |
| 228 | apache/pinotGitHub | 6.1k ★ | open | |
| 229 | jgm/pandocGitHub | 46.2k ★ | open | |
| 230 | oban-bg/obanGitHub | 4k ★ | open | |
| 231 | quarkusio/quarkusGitHub | 15.9k ★ | open | |
| 232 | elastic/elasticsearchGitHub | 77.9k ★ | open | |
| 233 | StarRocks/starrocksGitHub | 12.1k ★ | open | |
| 234 | tauri-apps/tauriGitHub | 110.8k ★ | open | |
| 235 | remix-run/react-routerGitHub | 56.6k ★ | open | |
| 236 | influxdata/influxdbGitHub | 31.7k ★ | open | |
| 237 | elixir-lang/elixirGitHub | 26.6k ★ | open | |
| 238 | expo/expoGitHub | 52.1k ★ | open | |
| 239 | millionco/react-doctorGitHub | 14.7k ★ | open | |
| 240 | shadcn-ui/uiGitHub | 123.1k ★ | open | |
| 241 | fastify/fastifyGitHub | 37.1k ★ | open | |
| 242 | different-ai/openworkGitHub | 23.4k ★ | open | |
| 243 | phoenixframework/phoenixGitHub | 23.1k ★ | open | |
| 244 | pocketbase/pocketbaseGitHub | 61k ★ | open | |
| 245 | cockroachdb/cockroachGitHub | 32.4k ★ | open | |
| 246 | nikic/PHP-ParserGitHub | 17.5k ★ | open | |
| 247 | apache/druidGitHub | 14.1k ★ | open | |
| 248 | ghostfolio/ghostfolioGitHub | 9.2k ★ | open | |
| 249 | babashka/babashkaGitHub | 4.6k ★ | open | |
| 250 | fastapi/fastapiGitHub | 102.1k ★ | open | |
| 251 | python/cpythonGitHub | 76k ★ | open | |
| 252 | rust-lang/rustlingsGitHub | 64k ★ | open | |
| 253 | debezium/debeziumGitHub | 13.1k ★ | open | |
| 254 | nocodb/nocodbGitHub | 64.9k ★ | open | |
| 255 | Aider-AI/aiderGitHub | 48.8k ★ | open | |
| 256 | apache/beamGitHub | 8.7k ★ | open |
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