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AI agent tools for developer tools
Short answer: Our top pick for developer tools: rea, with the highest AgentPick Score (97/100) among tools tagged "developer-tools". Runners-up: ECC (96) and Graphify (95). Compare what each does, its license and how recently it was updated below.
| # | Tool | What it does | Score | Stars | License | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | rea | Reverse engineer anything with agents, from app behavior down to native binaries. | 97/100 | ★ 241k | MIT | 15 Oct 2026 |
| #2 | ECC | The agent harness performance optimization system. Skills, instincts, memory, security, and research-first development for Claude Code, Codex, Opencod… | 96/100 | ★ 279k | MIT | 12 Oct 2026 |
| #3 | Graphify | Turn any codebase, with its docs, SQL schemas, configs, and PDFs, into a queryable knowledge graph. A /graphify skill for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, … | 95/100 | ★ 127k | Apache-2.0 | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #4 | ponytail | Makes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room. The best code is the code you never wrote. | 94/100 | ★ 164k | MIT | 13 Oct 2026 |
| #5 | orca | Orca is the ADE for working with a fleet of parallel agents. Run any coding agent with your own subscription. Available on desktop, mobile and remote … | 94/100 | ★ 92k | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #6 | rtk | CLI proxy that reduces LLM token consumption by 60-90% on common dev commands. Single Rust binary, zero dependencies | 92/100 | ★ 83k | Apache-2.0 | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #7 | archify | Turn any idea, plan, or codebase into a beautiful interactive diagram. An agent skill for Claude Code, Codex, and more. | 91/100 | ★ 84k | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #8 | Codewhale | Open-source Rust agent engine and terminal client for Codewhale, with provider choice, tools, approvals and receipts. | 89/100 | ★ 41k | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #9 | Qwen Code | An open-source AI coding agent that lives in your terminal. | 89/100 | ★ 28k | Apache-2.0 | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #10 | herdr | the runtime your coding agents live on | 88/100 | ★ 44k | Apache-2.0 | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #11 | DeepSeek-Reasonix | A reliable coding agent for complex software engineering tasks. | 88/100 | ★ 36k | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #12 | Chrome DevTools MCP | Chrome DevTools for coding agents | 87/100 | ★ 54k | Apache-2.0 | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #13 | Codebase Memory MCP | High-performance code intelligence MCP server. Indexes codebases into a persistent knowledge graph — average repo in milliseconds. 158 languages, sub-… | 87/100 | ★ 47k | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #14 | Composio | Composio powers 1000+ toolkits, tool search, context management, authentication, and a sandboxed workbench to help you build AI agents that turn inten… | 87/100 | ★ 31k | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #15 | opencodex | Universal provider proxy for OpenAI Codex & Claude Code — use any LLM (Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Ollama…) with Codex CLI, App, SDK, and Claude C… | 86/100 | ★ 17k | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #16 | repomix | 📦 Repomix is a powerful tool that packs your entire repository into a single, AI-friendly file. Perfect for when you need to feed your codebase to La… | 84/100 | ★ 29k | MIT | 11 Oct 2026 |
| #17 | omnigent | Omnigent is an open-source AI agent framework and meta-harness: orchestrate Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Pi, and custom agents — swap harnesses without… | 84/100 | ★ 11k | Apache-2.0 | 15 Oct 2026 |
| #18 | E2B | Open-source, secure environment with real-world tools for enterprise-grade agents. | 83/100 | ★ 14k | Apache-2.0 | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #19 | codeburn | Free, local tool to track AI coding token usage and cost across 37 tools and agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini and more), by model, project, … | 82/100 | ★ 11k | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #20 | paseo | Orchestrate multiple coding agents from desktop and mobile | 81/100 | ★ 21k | See repo | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #21 | ccstatusline | 🚀 Beautiful highly customizable statusline for Claude Code CLI with powerline support, themes, and more. | 80/100 | ★ 13k | MIT | 13 Oct 2026 |
| #22 | superset | Superset is an agentic IDE to orchestrate 100+ coding agents in parallel. Run any agent with your own subscription. | 79/100 | ★ 15k | See repo | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #23 | ai-website-cloner-template | Clone any website with one command using AI coding agents | 78/100 | ★ 37k | MIT | 5 Oct 2026 |
| #24 | dsh-our-free-model | 在 dsh 里装上这个插件即可，无需登录、注册或填 API Key，就能使用包括 DeepSeek V4.1 Flash、Kimi K3 在内的前沿模型——完全免费，不限量。 All you do is install this plugin in dsh: no login, no sign-up… | 78/100 | ★ 16k | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #25 | Trail-Code | Turbocharge Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini & every coding agent: faster, cheaper, with contextual understanding specific to your codebase. | 78/100 | ★ 10k | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #26 | loop-engineering | Practical patterns, starters & CLI tools for loop engineering with AI coding agents. Design systems that prompt and orchestrate agents (inspired by Ad… | 75/100 | ★ 12k | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #27 | fireworks-tech-graph | Generate production-quality SVG+PNG technical diagrams from natural language. 7 styles, UML support, and AI/Agent workflow patterns. | 66/100 | ★ 12k | MIT | 5 Sept 2026 |
| #28 | claude-code-tips | 45+ tips for getting the most out of Claude Code, from basics to advanced - includes a custom status line script and Claude Code running itself in a c… | 61/100 | ★ 10k | See repo | 25 Sept 2026 |
| #29 | khazix-skills | 数字生命卡兹克开源的 AI Skills 合集 | Agent Skills: leader（帮你定义目标）, neat-freak 洁癖, hv-analysis, khazix-writer & more — Claude Code, Codex & 40+ agents | 59/100 | ★ 21k | MIT | 1 Oct 2026 |
| #30 | corsair | Connect your users to their apps | 57/100 | ★ 14k | See repo | 14 Oct 2026 |
Source: each project's public GitHub repository (description, stars, license, last push). Listed tools aren't tested or ranked by AgentPick.
How to choose
- Check which models and providers it supports.
- Prefer tools that show diffs and ask before running commands.
- Look for recent commits: coding agents change fast.
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