Top GitHub repos, week 41 of 2026
The repos that gained the most stars from 5 – 11 Oct 2026, among the 8,306 we track.
| Rank | Repository | Gained | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | morluto/reaAI agents · TypeScript | +115,794 | |
| 2 | storytold/photocraftCreative tools · Rust | +47,888 | |
| 3 | boykopovar/AnyPS5C++ | +26,654 | |
| 4 | eternity4719/HowToLiveBetterHTML | +18,884 | |
| 5 | storytold/artcraftCreative tools · Rust | +16,638 | |
| 6 | openai/mathLean | +14,174 | |
| 7 | mattpocock/skillsAI agents · Shell | +10,896 | |
| 8 | Niko1221/StrataModels & inference · C++ | +10,188 | |
| 9 | storytold/filmcraftCreative tools · Rust | +10,081 | |
| 10 | storytold/lightcraftCreative tools · Rust | +10,065 | |
| 11 | storytold/pdfcraftApps & desktop · Rust | +9,673 | |
| 12 | lexmount/moliWeb & UI · Rust | +8,754 | |
| 13 | robbietilton/CompositorCreative tools · Swift | +8,404 | |
| 14 | cathrynlavery/diagram-designAI agents · HTML | +7,719 | |
| 15 | storytold/vectorcraftCreative tools · Rust | +6,942 | |
| 16 | storytold/wordcraftApps & desktop · Rust | +6,822 | |
| 17 | DuarteSantos8/openGymWeb & UI · JavaScript | +6,693 | |
| 18 | DietrichGebert/ponytailAI agents · JavaScript | +6,492 | |
| 19 | debpalash/VoiceStudioCreative tools · Python | +5,982 | |
| 20 | tester-army/e2eDev infrastructure · TypeScript | +5,708 | |
| 21 | shihabal3amri/DiPlayApps & desktop · Kotlin | +5,379 | |
| 22 | Panniantong/Agent-ReachAI agents · Python | +5,183 | |
| 23 | storytold/effectcraftDev infrastructure · Rust | +5,044 | |
| 24 | stablyai/orcaAI agents · TypeScript | +5,009 | |
| 25 | yetone/magpieAI agents · Go | +4,833 | |
1 repos flagged for fake stars would have made this list. We left them out. How we catch fake stars
Best of each topic
Web & UI
- lexmount/moli
Best headless browser for AI agents. Lite, Fast, High-Compatibility. Built in Rust
- DuarteSantos8/openGym
Self-hosted workout and body-weight tracker. Plans weekly routines over a large exercise library, guides sessions with rest timers and PR detection, logs bodyweight and progress photos, and syncs acro
- shader-effects-inc/shaders
WebGPU components for React, Vue, Svelte, Solid, JS & Framer
Dev infrastructure
- tester-army/e2e
Next generation e2e testing framework for web and mobile apps.
- storytold/effectcraft
EffectCraft: An open-source motion graphics and compositing tool written by scratch in pure Rust
- omlahore/RemoveMacAI
Debloat macOS: turn off Apple Intelligence, analytics, ads and pop-ups. A native app and CLI, and every change can be undone.
AI agents
- morluto/rea
An MCP server and CLI for reverse engineering native binaries, JavaScript and Electron apps, .NET assemblies and websites. Agents use it to inspect targets without source code and return findings with
- mattpocock/skills
Skills for Real Engineers. Straight from my .agents directory.
- cathrynlavery/diagram-design
An agent skill that generates diagrams as single self-contained HTML and SVG files, styled to a user's brand. It offers 44 diagram types and supports onboarding from a website's palette and fonts, plu
Models & inference
- Niko1221/Strata
Strata is a C++ inference engine that runs the Qwen3.8-Flash-Next model on consumer hardware with NVIDIA, AMD, Intel or Apple Silicon GPUs. It exposes OpenAI and Anthropic compatible APIs on localhost
- tashfeenahmed/freellmapi
A self-hosted gateway that exposes one OpenAI-compatible /v1 endpoint in front of many free LLM provider tiers. It stores provider keys encrypted, routes each request to an available model, fails over
- LosaLosSantos/aurelio-finance
Open-source personal finance app with an AI financial advisor: track your net worth, investments, ETFs, cash and debts on your own computer.
Apps & desktop
- storytold/pdfcraft
A desktop PDF reader and editor written from scratch in pure Rust, for viewing, searching, organizing, combining, splitting and protecting PDF files. Saves are incremental and atomic, with deep undo a
- storytold/wordcraft
A clean-room, open-source word processor written in pure Rust, with a Word-style ribbon, styles, tables, track changes, references and mail merge. It reads and writes .docx and other formats, runs nat
- shihabal3amri/DiPlay
Independent CarPlay receiver for compatible Android head units. Wired and wireless public preview.
Creative tools
- storytold/photocraft
A native, open-source photo editor written in pure Rust, offering layers, masks, adjustment and layer styles, type, vector shapes, brushes and PSD file editing. It uses a GPU compositor and runs offli
- storytold/artcraft
Desktop application for interactive AI image and video creation. It combines a 2D canvas and 3D scene staging with access to many image, video, 3D mesh, music and world models from several providers,
- storytold/filmcraft
An open-source, nonlinear video editor written from scratch in pure Rust. It offers a Premiere-style interface with three-point editing, trimming tools, a colour grading panel with curves and scopes,
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