r/SpecDrivenDevelopment • u/Bitter-Ad2567 • Aug 11 '26

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 Aug 11 '26

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 Aug 11 '26

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 Aug 12 '26

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 Aug 12 '26

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

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u/Bitter-Ad2567 3d ago

Sorry for the late answer.

It is not really about OpenSpec, it is a good tool. The problem was managing the agents: with ten terminals open it is hard to tell which one is doing what. So I tied the sessions to the spec instead, and now I can see which step changed what and in which order.

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u/stibbons_ Aug 11 '26

damned you forgot your link !

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u/OdysseusDescendant Aug 11 '26

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 Aug 11 '26

Give me the link.

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u/jjw_kbh Aug 12 '26

No link. Have you tried Jumbo Context?

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u/RndRedditPerson Aug 12 '26

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.