SkillsGate
SkillsGate is a free, open-source desktop application for browsing, installing, editing, and organizing reusable skills for AI coding agents. It aims to replace fragmented, manual skill-file management with one visual, local-first interface that works across multiple agents and can also manage skills on remote servers.
At a Glance
- Individual developers using multiple AI coding agents
- Engineering teams standardizing reusable agent workflows
- Developers managing private or customized skills
- Teams and operators that need to browse or sync skills across remote development machines
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SkillsGate
AI Agent Skills Manager
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Latest News
SkillsGate desktop v0.7.3 released with a Windows auto-update installer and manifest fix.
Landing page claims were aligned with the desktop app, including supported-agent names and removal of stale marketplace/TUI claims.
Desktop v0.7.2 released with macOS updater repairs and an Electron 42 move to improve packaging compatibility.
Terminal UI, CLI, and local-db packages were removed from the monorepo as the TUI was discontinued and its npm packages deprecated.
Products & Services
Electron desktop app for macOS, Windows, and Linux that provides a visual skill library, per-agent installation and removal, a built-in SKILL.md editor, favorites, local-first settings, and remote-server management over SSH.
Earlier terminal interface distributed through skillsgate/@skillsgate npm packages. It was discontinued in September 2026 and is no longer maintained; the last published version may still run through npx skillsgate.
MIT-licensed public monorepo containing the web and desktop application code, shared UI components, documentation, and release artifacts.
Market Position
SkillsGate positions itself as a free, open-source, cross-agent and cross-platform visual manager rather than an IDE-specific feature or a cloud marketplace. Its differentiators are selective per-agent control, a local-first/no-account design, direct SKILL.md editing, SSH-based remote management, and support for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Comparable solutions include JetBrains' IDE-integrated Skills Manager/Skill Repository and the Windows-only Skills Manager app listed in Microsoft Store; SkillsGate is broader across standalone agents and operating systems.
Leadership
Founders
Sultan Valiyev
Software engineer whose public LinkedIn description says he has experience building AI-powered full-stack applications and productionizing machine-learning models. GitHub identifies him as the builder of SkillsGate and the repository's principal contributor/maintainer.
Executive Team
Sultan Valiyev
Creator and maintainer
Software engineer focused on AI-powered full-stack applications and productionizing machine-learning models; identified by the repository as the person who built SkillsGate.
Founding Story
SkillsGate was started to address the fragmentation of AI-agent skills: reusable SKILL.md files are typically scattered across agent directories, projects, custom folders, and remote machines. The initial vision was a unified visual manager that could discover skills through skills.sh, install them selectively to agents, let users edit them locally, and keep settings and skill management local without requiring an account or cloud service.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Free, open-source software distributed as desktop downloads and source code under the MIT license. The product is local-first and does not require an account; no paid SaaS, usage-based API, or subscription model is described in the official materials.
Pricing Tiers
The official site says SkillsGate is free and open source under the MIT license.
Target Markets
- Individual developers using multiple AI coding agents
- Engineering teams standardizing reusable agent workflows
- Developers managing private or customized skills
- Teams and operators that need to browse or sync skills across remote development machines
- Discovering and previewing reusable AI-agent skills before installation
- Installing the same skill selectively across multiple coding agents
- Auditing and organizing skills already installed across agents and projects
- Editing and customizing SKILL.md instructions locally
- Managing private skills without an account or cloud dependency
- Browsing and syncing skills on remote development machines over SSH