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Stars gained between 2026-09-08 and 2026-10-06 — 28 days, measured from weekly samples, not rounded up to 30.

  1. firecrawlfirecrawl/firecrawl+11,287
  2. opencodesst/opencode+6,204
  3. FreeDomainDigitalPlatDev/FreeDomain+4,661
  4. browser-usebrowser-use/browser-use+4,267
  5. OpenCutOpenCut-app/OpenCut+3,730
  6. OpenHandsAll-Hands-AI/OpenHands+3,393
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3 joined on 4 Oct 2026.

Found by the weekly discovery job, which reads every GitHub repository above 10,000 stars and adds only the ones the classifier is sure about. A listing is never bought.

  1. dsh-desktop★ 11.9KAI apps and agents
  2. brigade★ 11.3KAI apps and agents
  3. Bindu★ 10.1KAI apps and agents
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728 open-source startups, and whether each one still ships.

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opencodeanomalyco/opencodeStars: 212.1KThe open source coding agent.Still shippingTypeScriptpushed todayn8nn8n-io/n8nStars: 206.8KFair-code workflow automation platform with native AI capabilities. Combine visual building with custom code, self-host or cloud, 400+ integrations.Still shippingTypeScriptpushed todayFreeDomainDigitalPlatDev/FreeDomainStars: 202.9KFree domain registration and practical DNS learning resources for everyone.SlowedMarkdownpushed 55d agofirecrawlfirecrawl/firecrawlStars: 189.2KSupercharge your AI agents with data from the web and beyond. Building the library for superintelligence. 🔥Still shippingTypeScriptpushed todayAutoGPTSignificant-Gravitas/AutoGPTStars: 187.7KAutoGPT is the vision of accessible AI for everyone, to use and to build on. Our mission is to provide the tools, so that you can focus on what matters.Still shippingPythonpushed todaydifylanggenius/difyStars: 158KBuild Agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, with rich AI model and tool support on one collaborative workspace. Deploy on cloud, VPC, or self-hosted, so teams move…Still shippingTypeScriptpushed todaylangflowlangflow-ai/langflowStars: 155.5KLangflow is a powerful tool for building and deploying AI-powered agents and workflows.Still shippingPythonpushed todayopen-webuiopen-webui/open-webuiStars: 154.1KUser-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...)Still shippingPythonpushed todaycc-switchfarion1231/cc-switchStars: 140.5KA cross-platform desktop All-in-One assistant for Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, OpenClaw, Grok Build & Hermes Agent. Only official website: ccswitch.ioStill shippingRustpushed todayexcalidrawexcalidraw/excalidrawStars: 133.6KVirtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn like diagramsStill shippingTypeScriptpushed todayrustdeskrustdesk/rustdeskStars: 125.3KAn open-source remote desktop application designed for self-hosting, as an alternative to TeamViewer.Still shippingRustpushed todaybrowser-usebrowser-use/browser-useStars: 117.3KAgents that use the browser.Still shippingPythonpushed todayimmichimmich-app/immichStars: 115.7KHigh performance self-hosted photo and video management solution.Still shippingTypeScriptpushed todaysupabasesupabase/supabaseStars: 111.2KThe Postgres development platform. Supabase gives you a dedicated Postgres database to build your web, mobile, and AI applications.Still shippingTypeScriptpushed todayopen-designnexu-io/open-designStars: 99.7K🎨 Best DeepSeek Harness Design Plugin. The open-source Claude Design alternative. 🖥️ Local-first desktop app. 🖼️ Your coding agent becomes the design engine…Still shippingTypeScriptpushed todaypaperclippaperclipai/paperclipStars: 98.1KThe open-source app everyone uses to manage agents at workStill shippingTypeScriptpushed todayRuViewruvnet/RuViewStars: 96.7Kπ RuView turns commodity WiFi signals into real-time spatial intelligence, vital sign monitoring, and presence detection — all without a single pixel of video.Still shippingRustpushed todayStirling-PDFStirling-Tools/Stirling-PDFStars: 93.7K#1 PDF Application on GitHub that lets you edit PDFs on any device anywhereStill shippingTypeScriptpushed todayOpenCutOpenCut-app/OpenCutStars: 93KThe open-source CapCut alternativeStill shippingTypeScriptpushed 12d agouptime-kumalouislam/uptime-kumaStars: 92.2KA fancy self-hosted monitoring toolStill shippingJavaScriptpushed todayragflowinfiniflow/ragflowStars: 91.7KRAGFlow is a leading open-source Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) engine that fuses cutting-edge RAG with Agent capabilities to create a superior context l…Still shippingGopushed todayzedzed-industries/zedStars: 91.4KCode at the speed of thought – Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.Still shippingRustpushed todaycorehome-assistant/coreStars: 91.3K:house_with_garden: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.Still shippingPythonpushed todayOpenHandsOpenHands/OpenHandsStars: 90.1K🙌 OpenHands: AI-Driven DevelopmentStill shippingTypeScriptpushed today

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