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title: "awesome-agent-skills vs awesome-claude-code-subagents"
type: "comparison"
canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/voltagent-awesome-agent-skills-vs-voltagent-awesome-claude-code-subagents"
tools: ["voltagent-awesome-agent-skills", "voltagent-awesome-claude-code-subagents"]
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# awesome-agent-skills vs awesome-claude-code-subagents

Neutral, constraint-first comparison with live GitHub stats.

| | [awesome-agent-skills](/tools/voltagent-awesome-agent-skills.md) | [awesome-claude-code-subagents](/tools/voltagent-awesome-claude-code-subagents.md) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tagline | A collection of over 1000 agent skills compatible with multiple AI agents. | A collection of over 150 Claude Code subagents across 10 categories |
| Stars | 27,576 | 23,033 |
| Forks | 2,953 | 2,688 |
| Open issues | 49 | 2 |
| Language | - | Shell |
| Adopt for | awesome-agent-skills is a curated collection of over 1000 agent skills, ensuring practical use cases and quality by sourcing from official development teams and community contributors. It supports multiple AI platforms,硌 | Awesome Claude Code Subagents provides a collection of specialized AI agents for specific development tasks within the Claude Code framework. This repository contains over 154 subagents, categorized into 10 groups. |
| Persona | - | - |
| Runtime | - | - |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Categories | AI Agents | AI Agents |

## Trust and health

_Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._

| | [awesome-agent-skills](/tools/voltagent-awesome-agent-skills.md) | [awesome-claude-code-subagents](/tools/voltagent-awesome-claude-code-subagents.md) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Maintenance | Active (82%) | Very active (96%) |
| Days since push | 7d | 0d |
| Open issues (now) | 49 | 2 |
| Full report | [trust report](/tools/voltagent-awesome-agent-skills/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/voltagent-awesome-claude-code-subagents/trust.md) |

**Typed relationship:** awesome-agent-skills _(alternative)_ awesome-claude-code-subagents

Both repositories are collections of specialized skills or subagents for various AI coding tasks, serving as alternatives to each other.

## Decision facts: awesome-agent-skills

- **Pricing:** freemium - MIT license; free to use for all projects. Contributions from the community drive its growth and maintenance.
- **Requirements:** Compatible with multiple AI platforms such as Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, etc., ensuring wide applicability.
- **Adopt for:** awesome-agent-skills is a curated collection of over 1000 agent skills, ensuring practical use cases and quality by sourcing from official development teams and community contributors. It supports multiple AI platforms,硌

## Decision facts: awesome-claude-code-subagents

- **Adopt for:** Awesome Claude Code Subagents provides a collection of specialized AI agents for specific development tasks within the Claude Code framework. This repository contains over 154 subagents, categorized into 10 groups.

## Choose when

### Choose awesome-agent-skills if…

- Pricing: MIT license; free to use for all projects. Contributions from the community drive its growth and maintenance..
- Requirements: Compatible with multiple AI platforms such as Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, etc., ensuring wide applicability..
- Both repositories are collections of specialized skills or subagents for various AI coding tasks, serving as alternatives to each other.
- Tags unique to awesome-agent-skills: awesome-lists, agent-skills, codex-skills, claude-code-skills.
- - **When you need a diverse range of high-quality skills**: awesome-agent-skills offers a wide array of skills vetted from leading tech companies like Anthropic, Google Labs, Stripe, Vercel, and many

### Choose awesome-claude-code-subagents if…

- Both repositories are collections of specialized skills or subagents for various AI coding tasks, serving as alternatives to each other.
- Tags unique to awesome-claude-code-subagents: ai-agent-framework, awesome-list, ai-agent-tools, claude-code-subagents.
- When you need detailed and specialized AI support tailored to various coding functionalities in the Claude Code environment.

## When NOT to use awesome-agent-skills

- - **If you prefer bulk-generated skill repositories**: Unlike other collections, awesome-agent-skills focuses on real-world engineering team contributions rather than mass AI-generated content.

## When NOT to use awesome-claude-code-subagents

- If your project does not use the Claude Code framework, as these agents are specifically tailored to work within this ecosystem.
- When you prefer a more generalized AI tool that can adapt to multiple development environments rather than being specialized for one specific framework.

## Common questions

### What is the difference between awesome-agent-skills and awesome-claude-code-subagents?

awesome-agent-skills: A collection of over 1000 agent skills compatible with multiple AI agents.. awesome-claude-code-subagents: A collection of over 150 Claude Code subagents across 10 categories. See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories.

### When should I choose awesome-agent-skills over awesome-claude-code-subagents?

Choose awesome-agent-skills over awesome-claude-code-subagents when Pricing: MIT license; free to use for all projects. Contributions from the community drive its growth and maintenance.; Requirements: Compatible with multiple AI platforms such as Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, etc., ensuring wide applicability.; Both repositories are collections of specialized skills or subagents for various AI coding tasks, serving as alternatives to each other; Tags unique to awesome-agent-skills: awesome-lists, agent-skills, codex-skills, claude-code-skills; - **When you need a diverse range of high-quality skills**: awesome-agent-skills offers a wide array of skills vetted from leading tech companies like Anthropic, Google Labs, Stripe, Vercel, and many.

### When should I choose awesome-claude-code-subagents over awesome-agent-skills?

Choose awesome-claude-code-subagents over awesome-agent-skills when Both repositories are collections of specialized skills or subagents for various AI coding tasks, serving as alternatives to each other; Tags unique to awesome-claude-code-subagents: ai-agent-framework, awesome-list, ai-agent-tools, claude-code-subagents; When you need detailed and specialized AI support tailored to various coding functionalities in the Claude Code environment.

### When should I avoid awesome-agent-skills?

- **If you prefer bulk-generated skill repositories**: Unlike other collections, awesome-agent-skills focuses on real-world engineering team contributions rather than mass AI-generated content.

### When should I avoid awesome-claude-code-subagents?

If your project does not use the Claude Code framework, as these agents are specifically tailored to work within this ecosystem. When you prefer a more generalized AI tool that can adapt to multiple development environments rather than being specialized for one specific framework.

### Is awesome-agent-skills or awesome-claude-code-subagents more popular on GitHub?

awesome-agent-skills has more GitHub stars (27,576 vs 23,033). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints.

### Are awesome-agent-skills and awesome-claude-code-subagents open source?

Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub (awesome-agent-skills: MIT, awesome-claude-code-subagents: MIT).

### Where can I find alternatives to awesome-agent-skills or awesome-claude-code-subagents?

GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at /tools/voltagent-awesome-agent-skills/alternatives and /tools/voltagent-awesome-claude-code-subagents/alternatives (/tools/voltagent-awesome-agent-skills/alternatives.md, /tools/voltagent-awesome-claude-code-subagents/alternatives.md), ranked by typed relationship edges rather than popularity votes.

### Is there a machine-readable version of this comparison?

Yes. The markdown twin at /compare/voltagent-awesome-agent-skills-vs-voltagent-awesome-claude-code-subagents.md mirrors this page for agents and LLM crawlers, with the same stats table and FAQ answers.

### Which is better maintained, awesome-agent-skills or awesome-claude-code-subagents?

awesome-agent-skills: Active. awesome-claude-code-subagents: Very active. Compare maintenance labels, days since push, and release cadence in the trust section below - stars alone do not measure maintenance.

### Where are the full trust reports for awesome-agent-skills and awesome-claude-code-subagents?

GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: awesome-agent-skills: /tools/voltagent-awesome-agent-skills/trust; awesome-claude-code-subagents: /tools/voltagent-awesome-claude-code-subagents/trust.

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**Machine-readable endpoints**

- JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=voltagent-awesome-agent-skills`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=voltagent-awesome-agent-skills)
- LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt)
- Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt)

_GraphCanon - The knowledge graph for AI development. https://www.graphcanon.com/_
