Comparison
Open Steps vs Ponytail
Ponytail has more GitHub stars (164,282 vs 1,364). Ponytail was updated more recently (last commit 1d ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
Open Steps
Plain-language agent skills for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Gemini CLI: honest session reports, straight verdicts, steps you can follow. MIT.
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git clone https://github.com/kharmanskyi/open-steps
Ponytail
Makes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room. The best code is the code you never wrote.
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/plugin marketplace add DietrichGebert/ponytail| Metric | Open Steps | Ponytail |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Agent skill | Agent skill |
| GitHub stars | 1,364 | 164,282 |
| Stars, last 7 days | n/a | n/a |
| Forks | 119 | 8,852 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 1 |
| Language | Shell | JavaScript |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Last commit | 1w ago | 1d ago |
| Created | Aug 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| Categories | AI & LLM tooling | AI & LLM tooling |