skills.sh alternatives (2026)

skills.sh is a MCP & infra tool: Vercel Labs' open-source CLI (npx skills) and directory for finding, installing and sharing agent skills across Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode and 75+ other coding agents. Pricing, as the maker states it: Open source (MIT). Its GitHub repo has 35,459 stars. We found 267 tools in the directory that do overlapping work (writing code, coding in the terminal, connecting tools with MCP); 148 of them are open source and 24 list a free or freemium plan. Below are the 10 closest, ranked by how many tasks and sub-tasks they share with skills.sh, then by GitHub stars.

1. REA (Open source): MCP server and CLI that lets coding agents reverse engineer native binaries, Electron and JavaScript apps, .NET assemblies and live websites, using Ghidra, Hopper or IDA under the hood. Consider it because it also covers MCP servers; it has more GitHub stars (301,645 vs 35,459).
2. CLI-Anything (Open source): Open-source project from HKUDS that generates agent-native command-line interfaces for existing software, codebases and web APIs, with CLI-Hub, a registry of community CLIs that coding agents can install and drive. Consider it because it also covers codebase context and code search and MCP gateways and registries; it has more GitHub stars (54,399 vs 35,459).
3. Open Terminal (Open source): Self-hosted terminal service from the Open WebUI team that gives AI agents an API to run commands, manage files and execute code. Consider it because it also covers local and self-hosted.
4. Sentry MCP (Source-available + cloud): Sentry's MCP server and CLI that give coding agents access to Sentry issues, errors and traces for debugging. Consider it because it also covers tracing and observability and MCP servers.
5. CircleCI MCP (Freemium): CircleCI's MCP servers (hosted and CLI) for diagnosing build failures, inspecting runs and managing CI pipelines from coding agents. Consider it because it also covers MCP servers.
6. GitKraken MCP (See site): GitKraken's MCP server, via the GitKraken CLI, for managing repos, pull requests and issues across GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket. Consider it because it also covers code review and MCP servers.
7. Google Workspace CLI (Open source): Official Google Workspace command-line tool for Drive, Gmail, Calendar, Docs and more, usable by agents. Consider it because it also covers email.
8. NVIDIA OpenShell (Open source): Sandboxed runtime for autonomous agents with declarative YAML policies on file, network and credential access. Consider it because it also covers sandboxes and secure execution and guardrails and policies.
9. MCP Inspector (Open source): Official developer tool for testing and debugging MCP servers through a web UI, CLI or terminal UI. Consider it because it also covers MCP servers.
10. Desktop Commander MCP (Open source): MCP server that gives Claude and other clients terminal control, process management, file search and diff-based file editing on your computer. Consider it because it is ready to use without building anything; it also covers code review and computer and desktop control.

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Alternatives are picked from directory data only: same category plus shared tasks and sub-tasks. Pricing is as each maker states it; GitHub stars as recorded on each listing.