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 CLIReads 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.
Leaderboard — page 8 of 12 for Kimi CLI
RankRepoStarsScoreExternal link
225apple/swift-nioGitHub8.5k ★
69.3
open
226clap-rs/clapGitHub16.7k ★
69.2
open
227apache/icebergGitHub9.2k ★
69.2
open
228apache/pinotGitHub6.1k ★
69.2
open
229jgm/pandocGitHub46.2k ★
69.0
open
230oban-bg/obanGitHub4k ★
68.9
open
231quarkusio/quarkusGitHub15.9k ★
68.7
open
232elastic/elasticsearchGitHub77.9k ★
68.6
open
233StarRocks/starrocksGitHub12.1k ★
68.6
open
234tauri-apps/tauriGitHub110.8k ★
68.2
open
235remix-run/react-routerGitHub56.6k ★
68.2
open
236influxdata/influxdbGitHub31.7k ★
68.2
open
237elixir-lang/elixirGitHub26.6k ★
68.2
open
238expo/expoGitHub52.1k ★
68.0
open
239millionco/react-doctorGitHub14.7k ★
68.0
open
240shadcn-ui/uiGitHub123.1k ★
67.9
open
241fastify/fastifyGitHub37.1k ★
67.9
open
242different-ai/openworkGitHub23.4k ★
67.9
open
243phoenixframework/phoenixGitHub23.1k ★
67.9
open
244pocketbase/pocketbaseGitHub61k ★
67.7
open
245cockroachdb/cockroachGitHub32.4k ★
67.7
open
246nikic/PHP-ParserGitHub17.5k ★
67.7
open
247apache/druidGitHub14.1k ★
67.7
open
248ghostfolio/ghostfolioGitHub9.2k ★
67.7
open
249babashka/babashkaGitHub4.6k ★
67.7
open
250fastapi/fastapiGitHub102.1k ★
67.6
open
251python/cpythonGitHub76k ★
67.6
open
252rust-lang/rustlingsGitHub64k ★
67.5
open
253debezium/debeziumGitHub13.1k ★
67.5
open
254nocodb/nocodbGitHub64.9k ★
66.9
open
255Aider-AI/aiderGitHub48.8k ★
66.5
open
256apache/beamGitHub8.7k ★
66.2
open

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