1. uiforge
8 stars0 this week
Clone a website so it actually works — tabs, filters, lists, client-side transitions, motion, scroll — then also as a pixel-faithful…
payload alternatives: 12 Claude Code plugins like payloadcms/payload
Flowy lists 1,115 other Development plugins like payload, ranked by shared technologies, then GitHub stars; nothing in this list is paid.
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How they compare
| Plugin | Stars | 7 days | Updated | License | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| payloadThis page | 45,519 | +156 | Oct 27, 2026 | MIT | 1 skill, 3 commands, 2 MCP servers |
| 1uiforge | 8 | 0 | Jul 27, 2026 | MIT | 4 skills, 6 commands, 1 MCP server |
| 2addyosmani-agent-skills | 110,861 | +2,135 | Oct 13, 2026 | MIT | 25 skills, 4 agents, 9 commands, 7 hooks |
| 3mastra | 29,134 | +182 | Oct 28, 2026 | not available | 33 skills, 14 commands |
| 4tech-leads-club-agent-skills | 7,089 | +32 | Oct 26, 2026 | not available | 94 skills |
| 5portaljs | 2,370 | 0 | Oct 27, 2026 | MIT | 14 skills, 25 commands |
| 6project-starter | 1,421 | 0 | Oct 6, 2026 | MIT | 14 skills, 7 agents, 26 commands, 6 hooks |
| 7claude-command-suite | 1,350 | -2 | Mar 1, 2026 | not available | 12 skills, 89 agents, 199 commands |
| 8redis-js | 982 | +1 | Oct 22, 2026 | MIT | not available |
| 9claude-forge | 866 | +3 | Sep 3, 2026 | MIT | 33 skills, 16 agents, 35 commands, 22 hooks, 4 MCP servers |
| 10termcanvas | 414 | +1 | May 31, 2026 | MIT | 7 skills |
| 11extract-design-system | 257 | +11 | Sep 5, 2026 | MIT | 1 skill |
| 12secondsky-claude-skills | 239 | +7 | Oct 26, 2026 | MIT | 183 skills, 42 agents, 62 commands, 2 MCP servers |
The 12 closest alternatives
2. addyosmani-agent-skills
110,861 stars+2,135 this week
Production-grade engineering skills for AI coding agents.
3. mastra
29,134 stars+182 this week
Mastra is a framework for building AI-powered applications and agents with a modern TypeScript stack.
4. tech-leads-club-agent-skills
7,089 stars+32 this week
The secure, validated skill registry for professional AI coding agents.
5. portaljs
2,370 stars0 this week
🌀 AI-native framework for building data portals.
6. project-starter
1,421 stars0 this week
A universal Claude Code workflow plugin with specialized agents, skills, hooks, and mode commands for any software project.
7. claude-command-suite
1,350 stars-2 this week
A comprehensive development toolkit designed following Anthropic's Claude Code Best Practices for AI-assisted software development.
8. redis-js
982 stars+1 this week
@upstash/redis is an HTTP/REST based Redis client for typescript, built on top of Upstash REST API.
9. claude-forge
866 stars+3 this week
oh-my-zsh for Claude Code — 16 agents, 35 commands, 32 skills, 21 safety hooks in one install.
10. termcanvas
414 stars+1 this week
Your terminals, on an infinite canvas.
11. extract-design-system
257 stars+11 this week
Reverse-engineer design tokens (colors, typography, spacing, border radius, shadows) from any public website and generate starter JSON and…
12. secondsky-claude-skills
239 stars+7 this week
145 production-ready skills for Claude Code CLI 🔌 Platform / Harness Support These plugins ship as Claude Code marketplace plugins…
Questions about payload alternatives
What is the best alternative to payload?
uiforge is the first of 12 alternatives to payload by shared technologies: it has 8 stars (behind payload), showed no change this week and ships 4 skills against 1 for payload.
Which payload alternative has the most skills?
secondsky-claude-skills has the most, with 183 skills of the 12 alternatives listed. payload has 1.
Is payload free?
Yes. payload is published under the MIT license, so it is free to use.