CavemanJuliusBrussee/caveman
Cut coding agent tokens by making it talk lessPersonalAgent skillsCoding assistantsCLIExtension / plugin★ 110kApache-2.0commit yesterday87worth
Open-source alternatives to Claude Code Templates
30 projects in the catalog are in the same category as Claude Code Templates: Coding assistants. They are ranked by how closely their categories, platforms and GitHub topics match, then by worth score. Of these, 1 runs with Docker, 26 have a permissive license and 29 had a commit in the last 90 days.
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| Project | Runs on | Self-host with Docker | License | Stars | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code Templates (this project) | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 32k | |
| Caveman | CLI, Extension / plugin | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 110k | |
| ECC | CLI, Extension / plugin | Not listed | MIT | 272k | |
| BMAD Method | CLI | Not listed | Custom (read before use) | 54k | |
| Oh My Pi | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 34k | |
| RTK | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 82k | |
| Loop Engineering | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 11k | |
| Graft | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 9.5k | |
| Aider | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 49k | |
| Oh My OpenAgent | CLI, Extension / plugin | Not listed | Custom (read before use) | 70k | |
| Gemini CLI | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 107k | |
| OpenCode | Desktop, CLI | Not listed | MIT | 212k | |
| Codewhale | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 41k | |
| Qwen Code | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 28k | |
| AI Website Cloner | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 36k | |
| Codex CLI | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 128k | |
| Kilo Code | CLI, Extension / plugin | Not listed | MIT | 27k | |
| Claude Code Router | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 38k | |
| DeepSeek Reasonix | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 36k | |
| OpenClaude | CLI | Not listed | Custom (read before use) | 34k | |
| Herdr | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 42k | |
| MiMo Code | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 14k | |
| jcode | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 20k | |
| Tokscale | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 5.6k | |
| Continue | CLI, Extension / plugin | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 36k | |
| goose | Desktop, CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 55k | |
| Open Interpreter | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 69k | |
| OpenHands | Web, Docker / self-host, CLI | Yes | MIT | 90k | |
| Pi | CLI, Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 112k | |
| DeepSeek Harness | Desktop, CLI | Not listed | MIT | 243k | |
| Prime Agent | CLI | Not listed | Custom (read before use) | 22k |
Command-line tools (30)
ECCaffaan-m/ECC
Skills, memory and guardrails that make coding agents work betterPersonalAgent skillsCoding assistantsCLIExtension / plugin★ 272kMITcommit 2 days ago85worth
BMAD Methodbmad-code-org/BMAD-METHOD
Agile AI-driven development methodPersonalEnterpriseAgent skillsCoding assistantsCLI★ 54kcommit yesterday75worth
Oh My Pican1357/oh-my-pi
Coding agent with the IDE wired inPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 34kMITcommit 12 hours ago87worth
RTKrtk-ai/rtk
Cut LLM token use on common dev commandsPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 82kApache-2.0commit 19 hours ago84worth
Loop Engineeringcobusgreyling/loop-engineering
Patterns and tools for loops with coding agentsPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 11kMITcommit 8 hours ago76worth
Grafttrailhq/Graft
Codebase context for coding agentsPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 9.5kMITcommit 4 days ago70worth
AiderAider-AI/aider
AI pair programming in your terminalPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 49kApache-2.0commit 4 months ago61worth
Oh My OpenAgentcode-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent
Multi-agent orchestration add-on for coding agentsPersonalAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsCLIExtension / plugin★ 70kcommit 8 hours ago76worth
Gemini CLIgoogle-gemini/gemini-cli
Gemini as an agent in your terminalPersonalEnterpriseCoding assistantsCLI★ 107kApache-2.0commit 2 days ago90worth
OpenCodeanomalyco/opencode
Open-source coding agent for the terminalPersonalCoding assistantsDesktopCLI★ 212kMITcommit yesterday86worth
CodewhaleHmbown/Codewhale
Rust coding agent for the terminalPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 41kMITcommit 20 hours ago86worth
Qwen CodeQwenLM/qwen-code
Open-source coding agent in the terminalPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 28kApache-2.0commit 17 hours ago85worth
AI Website ClonerJCodesMore/ai-website-cloner-template
Clone a website with AI coding agentsPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 36kMITcommit last week84worth
Codex CLIopenai/codex
Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminalPersonalEnterpriseCoding assistantsCLI★ 128kApache-2.0commit 9 hours ago83worth
Kilo CodeKilo-Org/kilocode
Open-source agentic engineering platformPersonalCoding assistantsCLIExtension / plugin★ 27kMITcommit 2 days ago82worth
Claude Code Routermusistudio/claude-code-router
Route coding agents across modelsPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 38kMITcommit last week81worth
DeepSeek Reasonixesengine/DeepSeek-Reasonix
DeepSeek-native coding agentPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 36kMITcommit 9 hours ago81worth
OpenClaudeTwigpine/openclaude
Coding agent that runs anywhere with any modelPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 34kcommit 5 days ago81worth
Herdrherdrdev/herdr
Runtime for running coding agentsPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 42kApache-2.0commit 2 days ago78worth
MiMo CodeXiaomiMiMo/MiMo-Code
Xiaomi's coding agent CLIPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 14kMITcommit 24 hours ago77worth
jcode1jehuang/jcode
Memory-efficient coding agent harnessPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 20kMITcommit 23 hours ago76worth
Tokscalejunhoyeo/tokscale
Track token use across coding agentsPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 5.6kMITcommit yesterday76worth
Continuecontinuedev/continue
Open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrainsPersonalEnterpriseCoding assistantsCLIExtension / plugin★ 36kApache-2.0commit 3 months ago75worth
gooseaaif-goose/goose
Extensible on-machine AI agent from BlockPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsDesktopCLI★ 55kApache-2.0commit 2 days ago88worth
Open Interpreteropeninterpreter/openinterpreter
Coding agent for open modelsPersonalAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsCLI★ 69kApache-2.0commit 2 days ago84worth
OpenHandsOpenHands/OpenHands
AI software engineering agent platformPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsWebDocker / self-host★ 90kMITcommit 21 hours ago83worth
Piearendil-works/pi
Minimal agent toolkit and coding agent CLIPersonalAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsCLILibrary / SDK★ 112kMITcommit 11 hours ago82worth
DeepSeek Harnessdeepseek-ai/deepseek-harness
DeepSeek's plugin-first agent harnessPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsDesktopCLI★ 243kMITcommit yesterday70worth
Prime AgentPrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent
Self-improving agent for codingPersonalAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsCLI★ 22kcommit 12 hours ago68worth