# Superpowers

> Superpowers is a set of Markdown skills plus a bootstrap that makes a coding agent ask what you want, write a design and a step-by-step plan, then build it with red/green TDD, subagents and review between tasks. It installs as a plugin for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot CLI, OpenCode and other harnesses, so you need one of those agents and its paid plan or API key. MIT licence. An optional visual companion loads a logo from the maintainer's site (telemetry, can be turned off). It is a free add-on and does not replace a paid product.

- Repository: https://github.com/obra/superpowers
- Official docs: https://github.com/obra/superpowers#readme
- Checked: 2026-10-21

## What it replaces
Nothing people pay for: a free tool, listed because people search for it.

## Facts, with sources

| Question | Status | Answer | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runs on my machine? | Confirmed | Yes, skills load into a coding agent on your machine | https://github.com/obra/superpowers#readme | 2026-10-18 |
| Code licence | Confirmed | MIT | https://github.com/obra/superpowers/blob/main/LICENSE | 2026-10-18 |
| Model weights licence | Confirmed | No separate model weights | https://github.com/obra/superpowers#readme | 2026-10-18 |
| Commercial use | Confirmed | Yes, MIT allows commercial use | https://github.com/obra/superpowers/blob/main/LICENSE | 2026-10-18 |
| Paid services needed? | No | Needs a supported AI coding agent, which needs a paid plan or API key | https://github.com/obra/superpowers#readme | 2026-10-18 |
| Hardware | Unknown | Not documented | none found | - |
| Operating systems | Partial | Wherever Claude Code runs: macOS, Linux, Windows | https://code.claude.com/docs/en/setup#system-requirements | 2026-10-21 |
| Setup effort | Confirmed | Easy, one plugin install command per agent | https://github.com/obra/superpowers#readme | 2026-10-18 |

GitHub: 302621 stars, 26983 forks, last push 2026-10-20, archived: no.
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