Superpowers alternatives
Superpowers is a set of skills and a session-start hook that gives a coding agent a fixed workflow: approve a design, write a plan, execute with subagents and reviews. People look for alternatives when they want role-based commands, a larger catalog of subagent definitions, or an add-on with its own team runtime. Data as of 2026-09-30.
- gstack: Role-based slash commands for Claude Code along a plan, build, review, test and ship sequence, with a browser tool. See Superpowers vs gstack. (comparison)
- ECC: A large collection of skills, agents, hooks and rules with documented installs for Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode, plus an optional memory MCP server; a paid hosted GitHub App exists.
- agency-agents: A catalog of role agents that install as subagent definitions into Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and other hosts; it supplies roles, not a process.
- BMad Method: An agile-style method with planning and implementation agent roles, installed as a plugin for Claude Code and Codex.
- wshobson/agents: A plugin marketplace of subagents and commands for Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode.
- oh-my-codex (OMX): For Codex users who want a runtime rather than skills only: it adds hooks, a team mode and optional MCP servers around Codex.
Facts
| Tool | Type | Languages | License | Pricing | Pattern | MCP | A2A | AG-UI | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superpowers | Orchestrator | Markdown, Shell, JavaScript, TypeScript | MIT | Open source, free | Supervisor | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 293,256 |
| gstack | Orchestrator | TypeScript, Markdown, Shell | MIT | Open source, free | Pipeline | Partial evidence | Unknown | Unknown | 134,550 |
| ECC | Orchestrator | JavaScript, TypeScript, Shell, Python | MIT | Open core | Other | Yes evidence | Unknown | Unknown | 269,919 |
| agency-agents | Orchestrator | Markdown, Shell | MIT | Open source, free | Crew / roles | Partial evidence | Unknown | Unknown | 155,430 |
| BMad Method | Orchestrator | Python, Markdown | unknown | Open source, free | Crew / roles | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 53,659 |
| wshobson/agents | Orchestrator | Markdown, Python | MIT | Open source, free | Pipeline | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 40,104 |
| oh-my-codex (OMX) | Orchestrator | TypeScript, Rust | MIT | Open source, free | Supervisor | Yes evidence | Unknown | Unknown | 33,433 |
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