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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 161 | spring-projects/spring-bootGitHub | 80.5k ★ | open | |
| 162 | microsoft/AIGitHub | 2.5k ★ | open | |
| 163 | karpathy/nanoGPTGitHub | 57.3k ★ | open |
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