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.

Leaderboard — page 5 of 9 for GPT-5 Codex
Rank	Repo	Stars	Score	External link
129	delta-io/deltaGitHub	8.9k ★	75.3	open
130	sharkdp/fdGitHub	43.4k ★	75.2	open
131	AutoMQ/automqGitHub	10.1k ★	75.2	open
132	lit/litGitHub	21.7k ★	74.9	open
133	microsoft/vscodeGitHub	186.7k ★	74.8	open
134	github/spec-kitGitHub	115k ★	74.5	open
135	sharkdp/batGitHub	59.4k ★	74.5	open
136	nlohmann/jsonGitHub	50k ★	74.5	open
137	SigNoz/signozGitHub	27.4k ★	74.5	open
138	cline/clineGitHub	63.8k ★	74.4	open
139	chenglou/pretextGitHub	48.7k ★	74.4	open
140	hashicorp/vaultGitHub	35.8k ★	74.1	open
141	prettier/prettierGitHub	52.1k ★	73.6	open
142	apache/paimonGitHub	3.3k ★	73.5	open
143	godotengine/godotGitHub	113k ★	73.3	open
144	BurntSushi/ripgrepGitHub	65.4k ★	73.3	open
145	etcd-io/etcdGitHub	51.9k ★	73.3	open
146	nats-io/nats-serverGitHub	20.1k ★	73.3	open
147	encode/httpxGitHub	15.3k ★	73.3	open
148	ggml-org/whisper.cppGitHub	51k ★	73.2	open
149	medusajs/medusaGitHub	34.6k ★	73.1	open
150	TanStack/queryGitHub	49.8k ★	72.4	open
151	11ty/eleventyGitHub	19.7k ★	72.3	open
152	unclecode/crawl4aiGitHub	69.4k ★	72.0	open
153	rails/railsGitHub	58.7k ★	72.0	open
154	starship/starshipGitHub	58.4k ★	72.0	open
155	Alamofire/AlamofireGitHub	42.4k ★	72.0	open
156	python-poetry/poetryGitHub	34.3k ★	72.0	open
157	vapor/vaporGitHub	26.1k ★	72.0	open
158	apache/seatunnelGitHub	9.4k ★	72.0	open
159	DefiLlama/defillama-appGitHub	292 ★	72.0	open
160	vercel/next.jsGitHub	140.2k ★	71.9	open

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