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.

GPT-5 Codex — Reads AGENTS.md before doing any work per OpenAI's Codex docs — the strictest AGENTS.md adherent of any agent here. Hierarchical (per-directory) AGENTS.md and AGENTS.override.md are first-class.
| Rank | Repo | Stars | Score | External link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gitlab-org/cliGitLab | 1k ★ | open | |
| 2 | axios/axiosGitHubBadge | 109.1k ★ | open | |
| 3 | ggml-org/llama.cppGitHub | 117.3k ★ | open | |
| 4 | surrealdb/surrealdbGitHub | 32.4k ★ | open | |
| 5 | weaviate/weaviateGitHub | 16.4k ★ | open | |
| 6 | wormhole-foundation/wormhole-connectGitHub | 114 ★ | open | |
| 7 | hsnice16/agent-friendly-codeGitHubBadge | 2 ★ | open | |
| 8 | excalidraw/excalidrawGitHub | 125.6k ★ | open | |
| 9 | scikit-learn/scikit-learnGitHub | 66.4k ★ | open | |
| 10 | apache/supersetGitHub | 73.4k ★ | open | |
| 11 | streamlit/streamlitGitHub | 45k ★ | open | |
| 12 | milvus-io/milvusGitHub | 44.8k ★ | open | |
| 13 | pingcap/tidbGitHub | 40.2k ★ | open | |
| 14 | sqlfluff/sqlfluffGitHub | 9.8k ★ | open | |
| 15 | cli/cliGitHub | 44.9k ★ | open | |
| 16 | discourse/discourseGitHub | 47.3k ★ | open | |
| 17 | getsentry/sentryGitHub | 44.1k ★ | open | |
| 18 | earendil-works/piGitHub | 64k ★ | open | |
| 19 | grafana/grafanaGitHub | 74.5k ★ | open | |
| 20 | astral-sh/ruffGitHub | 48.1k ★ | open | |
| 21 | apache/airflowGitHub | 45.9k ★ | open | |
| 22 | nrwl/nxGitHub | 29k ★ | open | |
| 23 | wagtail/wagtailGitHub | 20.4k ★ | open | |
| 24 | vitessio/vitessGitHub | 21k ★ | open | |
| 25 | strapi/strapiGitHub | 72.4k ★ | open | |
| 26 | prometheus/prometheusGitHub | 64.6k ★ | open | |
| 27 | google/osv-scannerGitHub | 10.5k ★ | open | |
| 28 | chakra-ui/chakra-uiGitHub | 40.4k ★ | open | |
| 29 | gitlab-org/gitlab-runnerGitLab | 2.6k ★ | open | |
| 30 | denoland/denoGitHub | 107.2k ★ | open | |
| 31 | oven-sh/bunGitHub | 93.3k ★ | open | |
| 32 | ghostty-org/ghosttyGitHub | 56.7k ★ | open |
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