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the first library to let you embed a developer agent in your own app! observed · 2026-09-29

github.com/smol-ai/developer · homepage · Python · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-09-29

Health v2 · maintenance only

30/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 89

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-22. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 1257
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 927
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

12188 stars · 1070 forks observed · 2026-09-29

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

smol developer is a 'junior developer' AI agent that scaffolds an entire codebase from a product spec, and can be embedded as a library to add a developer agent to your own app. It supports human-in-the-loop iteration where you refine prompts, run generated code, and paste errors back for fixes.

Use cases

  • generate a full codebase from a product spec
  • embed an AI developer agent in my app
  • scaffold a starter app without rigid templates
  • debug generated code with an AI assistant
  • iterate on app prompts with human in the loop
  • build a create-anything-app style scaffolder

When to choose

  • you want an LLM agent to bootstrap a small project or prototype from a spec
  • you want a minimal, hackable library for embedding code-generation agents
  • you prefer human-in-the-loop prompt-driven development over one-shot starters

When to avoid

  • you need production-grade, reliable code generation with strong guarantees
  • you want a fully autonomous coding agent with minimal supervision
  • you need long-term maintained tooling - the project has seen limited activity since 2024

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

agent-framework llm-inference cli artificial-intelligence large-language-models developer-tools python cli cross-platform ai-coding-agent codebase-scaffolding whole-program-synthesis junior-developer-agent human-in-the-loop code-generation ai-agents automation

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Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
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