1. jamesrochabrun-skills
221 stars+5 this week
A comprehensive plugin and marketplace for Claude Code containing 24 custom skills across engineering, Apple development, product…
best-skills alternatives: 12 Claude Code plugins like xstongxue/best-skills
Flowy lists 85 other Skill Authoring plugins like best-skills, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| best-skillsThis page | 3,047 | +45 | Sep 13, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 16 skills |
| 1jamesrochabrun-skills | 221 | +5 | Jan 14, 2026 | MIT | 24 skills |
| 2softaworks-agent-toolkit | 2,596 | +18 | Mar 5, 2026 | MIT | 43 skills, 6 agents, 8 commands |
| 3jarrodwatts-claude-code-config | 1,062 | 0 | Jan 21, 2026 | not available | 5 skills, 4 agents, 1 command, 4 hooks |
| 4am-will-codex-skills | 1,040 | +3 | Jul 14, 2026 | not available | 22 skills |
| 5finding-unknowns | 356 | +5 | Sep 28, 2026 | MIT | 14 skills |
| 6claude-code | 246 | not available | Apr 3, 2026 | not available | 22 skills, 14 agents, 16 commands, 10 MCP servers |
| 7opencode-skill-creator | 192 | +4 | Oct 20, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 3 agents |
| 8matlab-agent-skills-playground | 192 | +3 | Oct 14, 2026 | not available | 28 skills |
| 9oaustegard-claude-skills | 157 | not available | Oct 27, 2026 | MIT | 99 skills, 1 agent |
| 10skillopt | 18,680 | +139 | Oct 25, 2026 | MIT | 1 skill, 2 commands |
| 11task-observer | 3,582 | +125 | Oct 26, 2026 | CC-BY-4.0 | 1 skill |
| 12fable | 2,308 | +6 | Oct 3, 2026 | MIT | 5 skills |
The 12 closest alternatives
2. softaworks-agent-toolkit
2,596 stars+18 this week
Opinionated skills shared by @leonardocouy for improving daily work efficiency with Claude Code.
3. jarrodwatts-claude-code-config
1,062 stars0 this week
my personal claude code configuration - mostly not created by me, but sourced from many talented people in the community.
4. am-will-codex-skills
1,040 stars+3 this week
A collection of Codex/agent skills for planning, documentation access, frontend development, and browser automation.
5. finding-unknowns
356 stars+5 this week
14 installable skills that help your coding agent find what you don't know — before it gets expensive to fix.
6. claude-code
246 stars
Disclaimer: This repository contains proprietary source code belonging to Anthropic that was unintentionally exposed via a source map file…
7. opencode-skill-creator
192 stars+4 this week
Create, evaluate, and improve OpenCode skills with a bundled workflow skill and TypeScript plugin.
8. matlab-agent-skills-playground
192 stars+3 this week
A sandbox for prototyping and demonstrating Agent Skills for MATLAB and Simulink work.
9. oaustegard-claude-skills
157 stars
A collection of Claude skills distributed as a Claude Code plugin marketplace.
10. skillopt
18,680 stars+139 this week
Train agent skills like you train neural networks — with epochs, (mini-)batchsize, learning rates, and validation gates — but without…
11. task-observer
3,582 stars+125 this week
The meta-skill that builds and improves all your skills, including itself.
12. fable
2,308 stars+6 this week
How Claude Fable 5 worked, written down before it was gone.
Questions about best-skills alternatives
What is the best alternative to best-skills?
jamesrochabrun-skills is the first of 12 alternatives to best-skills by shared technologies: it has 221 stars (behind best-skills), gained 5 stars this week and ships 24 skills against 16 for best-skills.
Which best-skills alternative has the most skills?
oaustegard-claude-skills has the most, with 99 skills of the 12 alternatives listed. best-skills has 16.
Is best-skills free?
Yes. best-skills is published under the Apache-2.0 license, so it is free to use.