best-skills vs awesome-agent-skills
Agent skill rankings compared with a curated skills directory
best-skills ranks agent skills using registry, growth, maintenance, and social signals, while keeping platform counts distinct. awesome-agent-skills curates linked skills by provider and task so developers can find guidance for coding agents.
best-skills: Compare Agent Skill Rankings Across Platforms
Best Skills publishes daily rankings of agent skills using install counts, growth, maintenance, publisher verification, and social activity across several ecosystems. Its CSV data helps developers compare skills without treating platform-specific counts as directly equivalent.
awesome-agent-skills: Find Skills for AI Coding Agents
A curated index of agent skills from official developer teams and the community, for use with tools such as Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, and Cursor. Browse by provider and task to find reusable guidance for development workflows.
| best-skills | awesome-agent-skills | |
|---|---|---|
| Language | not specified | not specified |
| License | NOASSERTION | MIT |
| Stars | 628 | 35.2k |
| Forks | 18 | 3.8k |
| Last analyzed | Oct 3, 2026 | Oct 3, 2026 |
Key differences
- best-skills provides nine rankings and dated CSV snapshots; awesome-agent-skills is a browsable index with descriptions and links to individual skills.
- best-skills combines normalized signals and reports coverage, while awesome-agent-skills organizes hand-picked entries by provider and task.
- best-skills is aimed at comparing skill activity and studying ecosystem trends; awesome-agent-skills is aimed at finding reusable instructions for development workflows.
- best-skills reports its license as NOASSERTION in repository metadata and says its data and documentation are CC BY 4.0; awesome-agent-skills is MIT licensed, though linked skills may have different terms.
- awesome-agent-skills lists compatibility with coding agents including Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, and Cursor; best-skills provides rankings and data rather than a directory organized around agent compatibility.
Choose best-skills if you…
- want to compare skill rankings across several registries without treating their counts as equivalent.
- need CSV snapshots for research, analysis, or custom rankings.
- want to track install trends, social activity, or publisher verification.
Choose awesome-agent-skills if you…
- need to find skills for a particular provider, task, or development workflow.
- want to browse curated guidance for coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, or Cursor.
- prefer following links to inspect and install individual skills from their source repositories.
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