Which public repos are easiest for Kimi CLI to work in?

Repos from GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket, ranked by their Kimi CLI score rather than the average across every agent. gitlab-org/cli leads with 98.3.

The methodology lists the weight Kimi CLI gives each check and the documentation it comes from.

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. Its docs name no CLAUDE.md fallback, but the check passes on CLAUDE.md too. 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
225questdb/questdbGitHub17.4k ★
69.4
open
226symfony/aiGitHub1.2k ★
69.4
open
227starship/starshipGitHub60.2k ★
69.3
open
228Alamofire/AlamofireGitHub42.4k ★
69.3
open
229apple/swift-nioGitHub8.5k ★
69.3
open
230clap-rs/clapGitHub16.8k ★
69.2
open
231jgm/pandocGitHub46.7k ★
69.0
open
232oban-bg/obanGitHub4k ★
68.9
open
233quarkusio/quarkusGitHub15.9k ★
68.7
open
234elastic/elasticsearchGitHub78.2k ★
68.6
open
235StarRocks/starrocksGitHub12.2k ★
68.6
open
236tauri-apps/tauriGitHub111.8k ★
68.2
open
237remix-run/react-routerGitHub56.6k ★
68.2
open
238influxdata/influxdbGitHub31.8k ★
68.2
open
239elixir-lang/elixirGitHub26.7k ★
68.2
open
240expo/expoGitHub52.7k ★
68.0
open
241millionco/react-doctorGitHub15k ★
68.0
open
242fastify/fastifyGitHub37.3k ★
67.9
open
243different-ai/openworkGitHub24.1k ★
67.9
open
244pocketbase/pocketbaseGitHub61.4k ★
67.7
open
245cockroachdb/cockroachGitHub32.6k ★
67.7
open
246nikic/PHP-ParserGitHub17.5k ★
67.7
open
247ghostfolio/ghostfolioGitHub9.4k ★
67.7
open
248babashka/babashkaGitHub4.6k ★
67.7
open
249fastapi/fastapiGitHub103.1k ★
67.6
open
250python/cpythonGitHub77.6k ★
67.6
open
251rust-lang/rustlingsGitHub64.3k ★
67.5
open
252debezium/debeziumGitHub13.2k ★
67.5
open
253apache/icebergGitHub9.3k ★
67.5
open
254nocodb/nocodbGitHub65.3k ★
66.9
open
255phoenixframework/phoenixGitHub23.2k ★
66.8
open
256Aider-AI/aiderGitHub49.5k ★
66.5
open

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