Flowy vs Cross AI Tools
The biggest Claude Code index, or the hand-picked one where skills fire themselves. Here is who each is for.
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The short answer
Cross AI Tools is the largest Claude Code directory (21,600+ skills), ranked by popularity and paid for by ads. Flowy indexes for signal, not just stars: its Auto-invoked listings make the right skill fire as you prompt, and the creator who built it gets the credit. Cross AI Tools wins on raw breadth. Flowy wins on what happens after you install, and it is built to scale that way.
At a glance
As of 2026-07-06
Counted by hand from each catalog’s own public listings on that date, by us. We build one of the two, so read the rows as our reading and check them yourself.
| Flowy | Cross AI Tools | |
|---|---|---|
| Catalog | hand-picked, signal-ranked, growing | 21,600+, popularity-ranked |
| Ranking | fit, firing, and signal | install count + stars + votes |
| After install | the right skill fires as you prompt | copy the install command |
| Creators | credited, front and center | a source link |
| Monetization | free, no ads | ads / sponsorships |
| Best for | plugins that actually fire | the biggest index |
Where Cross AI Tools wins
Scale and breadth. It covers skills, MCP servers, and marketplaces and updates daily. If you want to browse the whole field ranked by popularity, it is the default. That is a real strength, and it is the one thing Flowy is not racing to copy.
Where Flowy is different
A skill with a million installs still sits dead in your session until something invokes it. That is the gap every popularity-ranked index leaves open. Flowy closes it: we hand-pick skills into a Flow, ship a FLOW.md router plus a hook so the right one fires at the right moment, and we put the creator who built it front and center. The sharp part: the directories index the raw skills that live inside our Flows. They sell the loose parts. We index them for signal, bundle them, route them, and make them fire. As we scale toward thousands of listings, every one gets that same treatment, not just a bigger row count.
Who each is for
Flowy
You want a hand-picked, task-shaped bundle that actually fires, with the creator credited, for free. Curated for signal, and growing.
Cross AI Tools
You want the widest catalog and popularity-ranked discovery, and do not mind ads.
Try the one that fires
Free and open source. Install the engine once, add any Flow.
Install the Flowy plugin
> /plugin marketplace add flowy-sh/flowy-core> /plugin install flowy-core> /plugin install flowy-superpowers> /flowy-superpowers:activate
FAQ
What is the difference between Flowy and Cross AI Tools?
Cross AI Tools is the largest Claude Code directory and ranks by popularity. Flowy is small and hand-picked, and its Auto-invoked listings make the right skill fire as you prompt instead of sitting unused after install. Pick Cross AI Tools for breadth, Flowy for a bundle that gets used.
Is Flowy a Cross AI Tools alternative?
Yes, for a specific need: if you want a hand-picked bundle that actually fires rather than the widest possible index, Flowy is the alternative. If you want the biggest catalog ranked by popularity, Cross AI Tools is the better fit.
Is Flowy affiliated with Anthropic?
No. Neither Flowy nor Cross AI Tools is affiliated with Anthropic.
Is Flowy free?
Yes. Flowy is free and open source, with no ads and no paid tiers.