24 Open Source Projects With the Most Stars Right Now
Picking open source by star count alone is risky. Stars measure popularity, not quality or maintenance, and a repository that trended three years ago keeps its stars long after the commits stop.
So this list ranks by stars but shows the last commit date next to each entry. A high star count paired with a long-stale commit history is itself information worth reading. Language and license are listed too, so you can check them before adopting anything.
The numbers are pulled fresh from GitHub every day. What you see here is what was observed that day, not an estimate or a rounded figure.
How this list is built: only products whose site is a GitHub repository, ranked by that day's observed star count, top 24. No editorial weighting.
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Build Your Own XWalkthroughs for rebuilding an OS, a browser or a database from scratch.Dev Tools, 548,272, Markdown, Last commit Jul 14, 2026 - 2
OpenClawA personal AI assistant that runs on your own devices and meets you in the chats you already useAI, 390,102, TypeScript, Last commit 11h ago - 3
System Design PrimerStudy material for large-scale system design, with interview questions and Anki decks.Education, 370,787, Python, Last commit 5d ago - 4
SuperpowersAn agentic skill framework, and a methodology for working with it.AI, 288,855, Shell, Last commit 1d ago - 5
SkillsA curated set of Agent Skills for a .claude directory.AI, 265,873, Shell, Last commit 2d ago - 6
ECCSkills, memory, and security bolted onto coding agents.AI, 262,996, JavaScript, Last commit 14h ago - 7
Hermes AgentThe agent that grows with youAI, 247,179, Python, Last commit 11h ago - 8
Andrej Karpathy SkillsA CLAUDE.md ruleset drawn from Andrej Karpathy's notes on LLM coding.AI, 214,149, Last commit Apr 20, 2026 - 9
Computer ScienceA free, ordered curriculum for teaching yourself computer science.Education, 209,189, HTML, Last commit Jul 14, 2026 - 10
OpenCodeThe open source coding agent.Dev Tools, 208,667, TypeScript, Last commit 12h ago - 11
n8nFair-code workflow automation for AI agents, self-hosted or in the cloud.Dev Tools, 205,391, TypeScript, Last commit 17h ago - 12
AutoGPTAn open-source platform for building and running multi-step AI agents.AI, 187,450, Python, Last commit 14h ago - 13
MarkItDownPython tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown.Other, 185,684, Python, Last commit 3d ago - 14
FirecrawlA developer API for web search and scraping.Dev Tools, 182,309, TypeScript, Last commit 12h ago - 15
SkillsAnthropic's public Agent Skills, with the spec and a template.AI, 177,180, Python, Last commit 9d ago - 16
TransformersHugging Face's model-definition framework for text, vision, audio and multimodal modelsAI, 166,404, Python, Last commit 14h ago - 17
Agency AgentsAI agents with distinct skills and personalities, in one repository.AI, 153,563, Shell, Last commit 7d ago - 18
Claude CodeAgentic coding tool that runs in the terminal and works on the codebase around it.Dev Tools, 146,743, TypeScript, Last commit 11h ago - 19
PonytailAn agent skill that pushes coding agents to write the smallest change that worksAI, 142,563, JavaScript, Last commit 5d ago - 20
Next.JsThe layer React leaves out: rendering, routing, build defaults.Dev Tools, 142,376, JavaScript, Last commit 12h ago - 21
Spec KitTemplates and worked examples for starting spec-driven development.Other, 137,982, Python, Last commit 1d ago - 22
ComfyUIA node-graph GUI, API, and backend for diffusion models.AI, 133,939, Python, Last commit 13h ago - 23
CodexLightweight coding agent that runs in your terminalDev Tools, 125,330, Rust, Last commit 13h ago - 24
MoneyPrinterTurboAI workflow that turns a topic or keyword into a finished HD short videoAI, 124,737, Python, Last commit 2d ago