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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 257 | spring-projects/spring-bootGitHub | 81k ★ | open | |
| 258 | apache/hudiGitHub | 6.2k ★ | open | |
| 259 | firecrawl/firecrawlGitHub | 138.1k ★ | open | |
| 260 | jekyll/jekyllGitHub | 51.5k ★ | open | |
| 261 | redis/redisGitHub | 75.1k ★ | open | |
| 262 | sindresorhus/kyGitHub | 16.9k ★ | open | |
| 263 | serde-rs/serdeGitHub | 10.7k ★ | open | |
| 264 | mattermost/mattermostGitHub | 38.2k ★ | open | |
| 265 | postgres/postgresGitHub | 21.2k ★ | open | |
| 266 | getlago/lagoGitHub | 10.1k ★ | open | |
| 267 | flutter/samplesGitHub | 19.2k ★ | open | |
| 268 | apple/swiftGitHub | 70.1k ★ | open | |
| 269 | symfony/symfonyGitHub | 31.1k ★ | open | |
| 270 | opencv/opencvGitHub | 89.3k ★ | open | |
| 271 | JetBrains/kotlinGitHub | 53k ★ | open | |
| 272 | karpathy/llm.cGitHub | 30.3k ★ | open | |
| 273 | laravel/laravelGitHub | 84.6k ★ | open | |
| 274 | expressjs/expressGitHub | 69.2k ★ | open | |
| 275 | openai/openai-cookbookGitHub | 74.3k ★ | open | |
| 276 | microsoft/semantic-kernelGitHub | 28.2k ★ | open | |
| 277 | apache/cassandraGitHub | 9.8k ★ | open | |
| 278 | stripe/aiGitHub | 1.6k ★ | open | |
| 279 | karpathy/nanochatGitHub | 55.4k ★ | open | |
| 280 | anthropics/claude-codeGitHub | 134k ★ | open | |
| 281 | AvaloniaUI/AvaloniaGitHub | 31k ★ | open | |
| 282 | farzaa/clickyGitHub | 6.9k ★ | open | |
| 283 | microsoft/AIGitHub | 2.6k ★ | open | |
| 284 | karpathy/nanoGPTGitHub | 60.1k ★ | open |
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