Which public repos are friendliest to an AI coding agent?
Ranked per model across GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket — because agents aren't interchangeable.
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Kimi CLI — Reads AGENTS.md as its native instruction surface (root or `.kimi-code/AGENTS.md`) per Moonshot's Kimi Code docs, and `/init` generates one — the strictest AGENTS.md-only adherent here, with no CLAUDE.md fallback. Runs shell commands step-by-step under an approval gate rather than a sandbox VM, and dispatches `explore` sub-agents with isolated contexts to map a codebase, so a large tree costs it less than a single-context agent.
| Rank | Repo | Stars | Score | External link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 129 | gohugoio/hugoGitHub | 89.1k ★ | open | |
| 130 | pmndrs/zustandGitHub | 58.5k ★ | open | |
| 131 | plausible/analyticsGitHub | 27.9k ★ | open | |
| 132 | nuxt/nuxtGitHub | 60.7k ★ | open | |
| 133 | ReactiveX/RxJavaGitHub | 48.2k ★ | open | |
| 134 | krakenfx/kraken-cliGitHub | 672 ★ | open | |
| 135 | nodejs/nodeGitHub | 118.3k ★ | open | |
| 136 | microsoft/vscodeGitHub | 187.8k ★ | open | |
| 137 | minio/minioGitHub | 61.4k ★ | open | |
| 138 | continuedev/continueGitHub | 35k ★ | open | |
| 139 | TanStack/aiGitHub | 2.9k ★ | open | |
| 140 | Uniswap/interfaceGitHub | 5.5k ★ | open | |
| 141 | Comfy-Org/ComfyUIGitHub | 121.9k ★ | open | |
| 142 | junegunn/fzfGitHub | 81.9k ★ | open | |
| 143 | run-llama/llama_indexGitHub | 51k ★ | open | |
| 144 | PowerShell/PowerShellGitHub | 54.5k ★ | open | |
| 145 | huggingface/datasetsGitHub | 21.8k ★ | open | |
| 146 | AutoMQ/automqGitHub | 10.3k ★ | open | |
| 147 | trpc/trpcGitHub | 40.5k ★ | open | |
| 148 | rustdesk/rustdeskGitHub | 118.7k ★ | open | |
| 149 | lit/litGitHub | 21.7k ★ | open | |
| 150 | pola-rs/polarsGitHub | 39.1k ★ | open | |
| 151 | refinedev/refineGitHub | 35.4k ★ | open | |
| 152 | medusajs/medusaGitHub | 35.3k ★ | open | |
| 153 | gin-gonic/ginGitHub | 88.9k ★ | open | |
| 154 | spf13/cobraGitHub | 44.3k ★ | open | |
| 155 | preactjs/preactGitHub | 38.8k ★ | open | |
| 156 | vercel/swrGitHub | 32.4k ★ | open | |
| 157 | uber-go/zapGitHub | 24.6k ★ | open | |
| 158 | ggml-org/whisper.cppGitHub | 52.2k ★ | open | |
| 159 | vercel/next.jsGitHub | 141.1k ★ | open | |
| 160 | kubernetes/kubernetesGitHub | 123.9k ★ | open |
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