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GitHub Trending This Week: Free AI Repos, Explained

Every week we pick the five repos that gained the most GitHub stars, check each one is safe and official, and explain it with copy-paste setup.

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This week's fastest-rising GitHub repos are in Trending GitHub Repos This Week, Oct 5 2026: The Top 5. Trending GitHub repos this week Oct 5 2026: Matt Pocock's skills, the openGym workout tracker, e2e testing, HyperFrames video and claude-mem memory.

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This week's top 5

Each repo links to our full guide when we have one.

Stars gained, week of 5 Oct

Source: GitHub Trending, checked that week

1mattpocock/skills Matt Pocock's personal skill files for AI coding helpers+9.2K
2DuarteSantos8/openGym Self-hosted app to plan workouts and track gym progress+7.4K
3tester-army/e2e Tool for automatically testing web and mobile apps+6.6K
4heygen-com/hyperframes Lets AI agents make videos by writing web pages+4.1K
5thedotmack/claude-mem Gives Claude and other AI helpers memory across sessions+4.0K

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Every week of 2026

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Trending GitHub Repos This Week, Oct 5 2026: The Top 5Week of 5 Oct · Trending GitHub repos this week Oct 5 2026: Matt Pocock's skills, the openGym workout tracker, e2e testing, HyperFrames video and claude-mem memory.
GitHub Trending September 28, 2026: Hindsight and PaperclipWeek of 28 Sep · GitHub trending September 28 2026: Hindsight, Paperclip, NVIDIA's OpenShell and a free 542-lesson AI course, with setup steps for each.
Trending GitHub Repos Sept 21, 2026: AI Memory and SafetyWeek of 21 Sep · Trending GitHub repos Sept 21 2026: Hindsight AI memory, Orca, Cloudflare's security audit skill, ECC and Paperclip, explained for non-coders.
Most Starred GitHub Repos Sept 14, 2026: Alibaba LeadsWeek of 14 Sep · Most starred GitHub repos Sept 14 2026: Alibaba's Open Code Review, God's Eye View, ECC, i-have-adhd and Orca, with simple install steps for each.
GitHub Trending This Week, Sept 7 2026: i-have-adhd WinsWeek of 7 Sep · GitHub trending this week Sept 7 2026: i-have-adhd, God's Eye View's live 3D globe, Archify, Ponytail and ECC, with setup steps anyone can follow.
Trending GitHub Projects August 31, 2026: The Top 5Week of 31 Aug · Trending GitHub projects August 31 2026: Archify, Ponytail, the OpenMAIC AI classroom and 177 science skills for AI helpers, explained in plain English.
GitHub Trending Repos Aug 24, 2026: Archify, Codex and MoreWeek of 24 Aug · GitHub trending repos Aug 24 2026: Archify diagrams, 530+ GPT image prompts, OpenAI Codex, the Omarchy Linux setup and an AI job search helper.
Top GitHub Repos Aug 17, 2026: Videos, Mice and Free APIsWeek of 17 Aug · Top GitHub repos Aug 17 2026: MoneyPrinterTurbo makes short videos, public-apis lists free data, OpenLogi frees your Logitech mouse, plus 2 more.
GitHub Trending August 10, 2026: The Week's 5 Top ReposWeek of 10 Aug · GitHub trending August 10 2026: Diagram Design, Prime Agent, Semantica, TencentDB Agent Memory and Agent Skills, with install steps in plain English.
Trending GitHub Repos This Week: Aug 3, 2026 Top 5Week of 3 Aug · Trending GitHub repos this week Aug 3 2026: a fast PDF reader, shared AI memory, Microsoft's free AI course, AirLLM and Reasonix, explained simply.
GitHub Trending Repos the Week of July 27, 2026Week of 27 Jul · The GitHub trending repos the week of July 27, 2026: Block's Buzz, offline chat app bitchat, i-have-adhd, book-to-skill and Alibaba's Open Code Review.
Top Trending GitHub Repos July 20-26, 2026Week of 20 Jul · The top trending GitHub repos July 20-26, 2026: a free book on AI agents, World Monitor, Matt Pocock's skills, Orca and code-review-graph, explained simply.
GitHub Trending the Week of July 13, 2026: OpenCut WinsWeek of 13 Jul · GitHub trending the week of July 13, 2026: free CapCut rival OpenCut, Matt Pocock's skills, Hallmark, Awesome LLM Apps and Vibe-Trading, explained simply.
Trending GitHub Repos July 6-12, 2026: Meetily and MoreWeek of 6 Jul · The trending GitHub repos July 6-12, 2026: a private AI note taker, AI for Office files, Caveman, a video-watching skill for Claude and the Orca app.
Best GitHub Repos the Week of June 29, 2026Week of 29 Jun · The best GitHub repos the week of June 29, 2026: a ready-made AI agency, a code memory tool, OpenMontage, a Buffett-style research kit and SimpleX Chat.
Most Starred GitHub Repos June 22-28, 2026Week of 22 Jun · The most starred GitHub repos June 22-28, 2026: OpenMontage, codebase-memory-mcp, an AI stock report tool and the Palmier Pro video editor, explained simply.
Trending GitHub Repositories June 15-21, 2026Week of 15 Jun · The trending GitHub repositories June 15-21, 2026: Headroom tops the week, plus Agent Skills and codebase-memory-mcp, explained simply with setup steps.
Top GitHub Repos the Week of June 8, 2026 (Explained)Week of 8 Jun · The top GitHub repos the week of June 8, 2026: last30days, Headroom, Agent Skills, Apple Container and Taste Skill, with copy-paste setup for each.
GitHub Trending June 1-7, 2026: MarkItDown LeadsWeek of 1 Jun · GitHub trending June 1-7, 2026: Microsoft's MarkItDown, Headroom, Hermes Agent, ECC and MoneyPrinterTurbo, explained in plain words with setup steps.
Trending GitHub Repos This Week: May 25-31, 2026Week of 25 May · The trending GitHub repos the week of May 25, 2026: a code map, a cheaper AI helper, a topic-to-video maker, a free AI course and a Claude Code kit.
Trending GitHub Projects May 18 2026: OpenHuman and MoreWeek of 18 May · Trending GitHub projects May 18 2026: OpenHuman, CodeGraph, Academic Research Skills for Claude and Superpowers.
Popular GitHub Repos May 11 2026: Skills, Memory, FinanceWeek of 11 May · Popular GitHub repos May 11 2026: Matt Pocock's skills, Superpowers, DeepSeek-TUI, Anthropic's Claude kit for finance and agentmemory, explained.
GitHub Trending May 4 2026: DeepSeek-TUI Leads the WeekWeek of 4 May · GitHub trending May 4 2026: DeepSeek-TUI (now Codewhale), Matt Pocock's skills, Ruflo agent swarms, TradingAgents and Addy Osmani's Agent Skills.
Trending GitHub Repos April 27 2026: Skills Take OverWeek of 27 Apr · Trending GitHub repos April 27 2026: Matt Pocock's skills hit number one, plus Karpathy Skills, TradingAgents, GitNexus and a Codex skills list.
Best GitHub Repos, Week of April 20 2026 (Free Picks)Week of 20 Apr · Best GitHub repos week of April 20 2026: Karpathy Skills again, the free Fincept Terminal for market data, Multica, Matt Pocock's skills and Claude Context.
GitHub Trending This Week April 13 2026: Top 5 ReposWeek of 13 Apr · GitHub trending this week April 13 2026: a 44K-star rules file, Hermes Agent, claude-mem memory, MarkItDown and Multica.
Trending GitHub Repositories April 6 2026: Hermes WinsWeek of 6 Apr · Trending GitHub repositories April 6 2026: Hermes Agent, Microsoft's MarkItDown, DeepTutor, Multica and the Karpathy rules file, explained simply.
Top GitHub Repos, Week of March 30 2026: 5 Free ToolsWeek of 30 Mar · The top GitHub repos week of March 30 2026: a Claude Code guide, Codex add-ons, Microsoft's VibeVoice, a free demo recorder and Hermes Agent.
GitHub Trending March 23 2026: ECC, DeerFlow and MoreWeek of 23 Mar · GitHub trending March 23 2026: ECC, ByteDance's DeerFlow, Superpowers and Project NOMAD, an offline library.
Trending GitHub Repos March 16 2026: 5 Free AI PicksWeek of 16 Mar · Trending GitHub repos March 16 2026: Superpowers, ECC, MiroFish, Learn Claude Code and OpenViking.
Most Popular GitHub Repos, Week of March 9, 2026Week of 9 Mar · Most popular GitHub repos week of March 9, 2026: The Agency, MiroFish, BitNet, DeerFlow and Hermes Agent, explained simply with setup lines.
GitHub Trending, Week of March 2, 2026: AIRI and MoreWeek of 2 Mar · GitHub trending week of March 2, 2026: AIRI the AI companion, OpenSandbox and GitNexus, explained simply, plus the one repo we chose to skip.
Fastest-Growing GitHub Repos: Week of Feb 23, 2026Week of 23 Feb · Fastest-growing GitHub repos week of February 23, 2026: Superpowers, Hugging Face Skills, GitNexus and Context Engineering skills, explained.
Hottest GitHub Repos, Week of February 16, 2026Week of 16 Feb · Hottest GitHub repos week of February 16, 2026: Zvec, Rowboat, gog, Summarize and Google's TimesFM, explained simply with setup lines.
Popular GitHub Repos, Week of February 9, 2026Week of 9 Feb · Popular GitHub repos week of February 9, 2026: Google's LangExtract, Pi, Dexter, claude-mem and Monty, explained in plain English with setup.
Trending GitHub Projects, Week of February 2, 2026Week of 2 Feb · Trending GitHub projects week of February 2, 2026: OpenClaw, claude-mem, Pi, OpenAI Skills and PageIndex, explained simply with copy-paste setup.
GitHub Trending Repos, Week of January 26, 2026Week of 26 Jan · GitHub trending repos week of January 26, 2026: OpenClaw's record 120,800-star week, plus Remotion, PageIndex, MLX-Audio and memU, explained.
Most Starred GitHub Repos: Week of January 19, 2026Week of 19 Jan · Most starred GitHub repos week of January 19, 2026: Superpowers, AionUi, Remotion, PageIndex and UltraRAG, with plain-English setup steps.
Top GitHub Repos, Week of January 12, 2026Week of 12 Jan · Top GitHub repos week of January 12, 2026: OpenCode, Superpowers, Claude Code, Ralph and UI-TARS Desktop, explained in plain words with setup.
Trending GitHub Repos, Week of January 5, 2026Week of 5 Jan · Trending GitHub repos week of January 5, 2026: OpenCode, Claude Code, Memos, Vibe Kanban and Superpowers, explained simply with setup steps.

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How we pick the repos

Ranked by stars gained that week on GitHub Trending.
Skipped: piracy, hacking tools, account bypass, deepfakes and fake star spikes.
Every install step comes from the repo's own README.