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. Hierarchical (per-directory) AGENTS.md and AGENTS.override.md are first-class.
| Rank | Repo | Stars | Score | External link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gitlab-org/cliGitLab | 1.1k ★ | open | |
| 2 | axios/axiosGitHubBadge | 109.2k ★ | open | |
| 3 | aio-libs/aiohttpGitHub | 16.5k ★ | open | |
| 4 | ggml-org/llama.cppGitHub | 125.2k ★ | open | |
| 5 | surrealdb/surrealdbGitHub | 32.9k ★ | open | |
| 6 | GreptimeTeam/greptimedbGitHub | 6.6k ★ | open | |
| 7 | wormhole-foundation/wormhole-connectGitHub | 115 ★ | open | |
| 8 | hsnice16/agent-friendly-codeGitHubBadge | 2 ★ | open | |
| 9 | excalidraw/excalidrawGitHub | 130.3k ★ | open | |
| 10 | apache/supersetGitHub | 74.4k ★ | open | |
| 11 | metabase/metabaseGitHub | 48.9k ★ | open | |
| 12 | milvus-io/milvusGitHub | 45.7k ★ | open | |
| 13 | streamlit/streamlitGitHub | 45.6k ★ | open | |
| 14 | pingcap/tidbGitHub | 40.5k ★ | open | |
| 15 | weaviate/weaviateGitHub | 16.7k ★ | open | |
| 16 | sqlfluff/sqlfluffGitHub | 9.9k ★ | open | |
| 17 | cli/cliGitHub | 45.9k ★ | open | |
| 18 | vercel/next.jsGitHub | 141.9k ★ | open | |
| 19 | discourse/discourseGitHub | 47.7k ★ | open | |
| 20 | getsentry/sentryGitHub | 44.6k ★ | open | |
| 21 | krakenfx/kraken-cliGitHub | 693 ★ | open | |
| 22 | earendil-works/piGitHub | 95.6k ★ | open | |
| 23 | grafana/grafanaGitHub | 76.4k ★ | open | |
| 24 | astral-sh/ruffGitHub | 49.3k ★ | open | |
| 25 | apache/airflowGitHub | 46.6k ★ | open | |
| 26 | nrwl/nxGitHub | 29.2k ★ | open | |
| 27 | QwenLM/qwen-codeGitHub | 27.3k ★ | open | |
| 28 | wagtail/wagtailGitHub | 20.5k ★ | open | |
| 29 | strapi/strapiGitHub | 73k ★ | open | |
| 30 | webpack/webpackGitHub | 66k ★ | open | |
| 31 | rollup/rollupGitHub | 26.3k ★ | open | |
| 32 | nautechsystems/nautilus_traderGitHub | 27.3k ★ | open |
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