Comparison
Ratel vs Skills
Skills has more GitHub stars (181,469 vs 476). Ratel was updated more recently (last commit 1d ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
Ratel
Context engineering for AI agents. ~80% fewer tokens. Fix tool overload. Skills and memory with in-process BM25 and semantic retrieval. Progressive Disclosure. No vector DB.
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pip install ratel-ai
Skills
Public repository for Agent Skills
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/plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills| Metric | Ratel | Skills |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Agent skill | Agent skill |
| GitHub stars | 476 | 181,469 |
| Stars, last 7 days | n/a | +103 |
| Forks | 27 | 21,495 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 0 |
| Language | Rust | Python |
| License | MIT | n/a |
| Last commit | 1d ago | 6d ago |
| Created | Nov 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| Categories | Memory & knowledge, Databases, AI & LLM tooling | AI & LLM tooling |