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The CLI and skills that turn any coding assistant into an expert at creating, evaluating, and deploying AI agents on Google Cloud.

Updated Nov 1, 2026. Review written Nov 1, 2026 from the project's own sources; usage data refreshed every Monday.

agents-cli at a glance

Category
Coding agents
Website
google.github.io/agents-cli

Is agents-cli growing? Usage data

In the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, agents-cli ranked #179 on the Devtoolwatch Board and #63 in Coding agents, with a momentum score of 47 out of 100. Its main package had 42.1k downloads that week, +6% against its own 4-week average.

New GitHub stars per week for agents-cli12 weeks from Aug 9, 2026: 134, 74, 54, 73, 100, 53, 42, 42, 33, 34, 80, 104 new stars, an average of 69 a week.Aug 9week of Oct 25
New GitHub stars per week for the last 12 weeks, from GitHub's stargazer history (today's stargazers by the week they starred).
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New GitHub stars per week for agents-cli
Week ofNew stars
Aug 9, 2026134
Aug 16, 202674
Aug 23, 202654
Aug 30, 202673
Sep 6, 2026100
Sep 13, 202653
Sep 20, 202642
Sep 27, 202642
Oct 4, 202633
Oct 11, 202634
Oct 18, 202680
Oct 25, 2026104

The Board ranks tools by four signals each week: new stars, new stars for the repo's size, added downloads and download growth beyond the market. How the ranking works.

agents-cli alternatives

Other AI coding agents on the Board in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, by momentum:

Coding agents ranked by momentum, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026
RankToolStarsDownloads/wk
#1CindyCindy is an open-source AI agent app for desktop and mobile that combines Claude Code, Codex and Pi across your connected devices.8.8k–
#2OpenMausBotOpenMausBot is an open-source desktop chat app where each contact is a local Claude, Codex, or Grok CLI agent with its own computer.9.6k–
#3OrcaOrca is a desktop agent development environment for running Claude Code, Codex, and other CLI coding agents in parallel, each in its own…111.7k–
#4OpenBotOpenBot is an open-source, self-hosted template for AI coworkers that each get their own browser, files and granted tools, with every…9.1k–
#5Agent ReachAgent Reach is a Python CLI that lets AI agents search and read platforms such as Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, GitHub, Bilibili and…107.2k–
#6Skill RecorderSkill Recorder is a desktop app that records your on-screen work session and turns it into a reusable agent Skill or Automation.5.6k–

All AI coding agents, ranked

agents-cli FAQ

How popular is agents-cli?

agents-cli has 6.3k GitHub stars as of Nov 1, 2026. It gained 104 new stars in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, against a 12-week average of 69 a week. Its main package had 42.1k downloads that week, +6% against its own 4-week average. That made it #63 among AI coding agents on the Devtoolwatch Board.

What are the best alternatives to agents-cli?

Other AI coding agents on the Devtoolwatch Board in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, by momentum: Cindy (#1), OpenMausBot (#2), Orca (#3), OpenBot (#4), Agent Reach (#5). The alternatives table above has their numbers.

Sources

  1. Devtoolwatch Board, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026

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