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.
Devin — Operates from a sandboxed Ubuntu VM and runs an 8-step machine setup (deps, secrets, language versions, lint/test commands) per Cognition's repo-setup docs. CI config files alone aren't what the docs ask for — a runnable dev environment is.
| Rank | Repo | Stars | Score | External link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 321 | mattermost/mattermostGitHub | 38.5k ★ | open | |
| 322 | karpathy/nanochatGitHub | 56.6k ★ | open | |
| 323 | stripe/aiGitHub | 1.7k ★ | open | |
| 324 | apache/cassandraGitHub | 9.9k ★ | open | |
| 325 | openai/openai-cookbookGitHub | 74.8k ★ | open | |
| 326 | anthropics/claude-codeGitHub | 138.9k ★ | open | |
| 327 | ziglang/zigGitHub | 43.3k ★ | open | |
| 328 | AvaloniaUI/AvaloniaGitHub | 31.2k ★ | open | |
| 329 | golang/goGitHub | 135.3k ★ | open | |
| 330 | farzaa/clickyGitHub | 7.2k ★ | open | |
| 331 | microsoft/AIGitHub | 2.7k ★ | open | |
| 332 | karpathy/nanoGPTGitHub | 61.5k ★ | open |
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