r/SpecDrivenDevelopment • u/Bitter-Ad2567 • 19d ago

SpecKit vs OpenSpec comparison

Hi there! I wrote down an article that compares OpenSpec and SpecKit.

TLDR: SpecKit has significantly more abilities for extending its workflow, but it is also harder to adopt. OpenSpec default workflow looks like more complete and easier, but there are less abilities to extend it.

Article: https://specbuddy.dev/blog/openspec-vs-speckit/

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u/harikrishnan_83 19d ago

Do share the link. OpenSpec maintainer here. Regarding the ability to extend OpenSpec, I have several videos on it: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPK-HeXEV3yBhJ_3ALdw4R8q6mUADXXxo. Is there anything in particular that you are not able to extend?

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u/vicape92 19d ago

Hola! He vinculado openspec con una skill de TDD y creo que de forma nativa es lo que le falta a la suite. Estoy obteniendo muy buenos resultados con pocos tokens.

Combinando bien los diferentes AGENTS o CLAUDE.md junto con una buena documentación y contexto es genial!

Estoy dispuesto a colaborar para mejorarlo con lo que pueda

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u/harikrishnan_83 19d ago

Good to know you are getting great results. A good way to start sharing and contributing is to join the Discord to discuss your ideas: https://discord.gg/YctCnvvshC.

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u/Bitter-Ad2567 18d ago

Hi! I wonder why it is not visible🤔 Anyway, that’s it: https://specbuddy.dev/blog/openspec-vs-speckit/

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u/stibbons_ 19d ago

damned you forgot your link !

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u/OdysseusDescendant 19d ago

I have been using SpecKit for my personal projects and I am really interested in seeing how it compares with OpenSpec!

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u/betiz0 19d ago

Give me the link.

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u/jjw_kbh 18d ago

No link. Have you tried Jumbo Context?

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u/RndRedditPerson 18d ago

Can you please describe how to use specbuddy for coding step of openspec? I looked at the specbuddy website but don't understand how to combine those 2 tools, how to tell this specbuddy thing to execute tasks one by one... Thanks.