GitHub Trending — 2026-08-21
TL;DR
AI agent tooling remains the dominant theme, with mattpocock/skills and obra/superpowers continuing to top the charts even at 200k+ stars, alongside newer agent-adjacent entries like cursor/plugins. Outside of agents, a Rust hardware-control utility, a Kotlin location-history visualizer, and Microsoft's ongoing Go-based rewrite of the TypeScript compiler round out an otherwise varied, multi-language day.
Top 10
1. mattpocock/skills (+3,368 stars today)
A large, popular collection of reusable "skills" for coding agents, shared directly from the author's own .agents directory.
2. mahlernim/google-timeline-visualizer (+1,040 stars today)
A tool that visualizes a year of travel using your Google Location History (Timeline) data.
3. harry0703/MoneyPrinterTurbo (+1,187 stars today)
An automated AI workflow that generates HD short videos from just a topic or keyword.
4. AprilNEA/OpenLogi (+1,372 stars today)
A native, local-first alternative to Logitech Options+ written in Rust, remapping mouse buttons, DPI, and SmartShift over HID++ with no account or telemetry required.
5. PostHog/posthog (+334 stars today)
An open-source product analytics platform offering AI observability, session replay, feature flags, experiments, error tracking, and logs.
6. microsoft/TypeScript (+65 stars today)
The TypeScript compiler and language, now showing Go as its top language as Microsoft's native Go-based port of the compiler progresses.
7. obra/superpowers (+789 stars today)
An agentic skills framework and software development methodology for coding agents, already sitting at nearly 276k stars.
8. santifer/career-ops (+918 stars today)
An open-source AI job search tool that scans job portals, scores listings with a structured A–F rubric, tailors your CV, and tracks applications.
9. cursor/plugins (+391 stars today)
The official specification and reference plugins for the Cursor editor's plugin system.
10. modular/modular (+905 stars today)
The Modular Platform, including MAX and the Mojo language — infrastructure for building and running AI models.
Table
| # | Repository | Language | Stars | Stars today | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mattpocock/skills | Shell | 229,331 | +3,368 | Skills for Real Engineers. Straight from my .agents directory. |
| 2 | mahlernim/google-timeline-visualizer | Kotlin | 2,193 | +1,040 | Visualize your year in travel using your Google Location History (Timeline) data |
| 3 | harry0703/MoneyPrinterTurbo | Python | 113,845 | +1,187 | 利用 AI 大模型和自动化工作流，根据主题或关键词一键生成高清短视频。Generate HD short videos from a topic or keyword with an automated AI workflow. |
| 4 | AprilNEA/OpenLogi | Rust | 12,841 | +1,372 | A native, local-first alternative to Logitech Options+, written in Rust — remap buttons, DPI, and SmartShift over HID++. No account, no telemetry. |
| 5 | PostHog/posthog | Python | 38,273 | +334 | PostHog is the leading platform for building self-driving products. Our developer tools – AI observability, analytics, session replay, flags, experiments, error tracking, logs, and more. |
| 6 | microsoft/TypeScript | Go | 110,369 | +65 | TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output. |
| 7 | obra/superpowers | Shell | 275,622 | +789 | An agentic skills framework & software development methodology that works. |
| 8 | santifer/career-ops | JavaScript | 67,408 | +918 | Open-source AI job search: scan job portals, evaluate listings with a structured A-F rubric into a 1.0-5.0 score, tailor your CV, track applications. |
| 9 | cursor/plugins | TypeScript | 4,376 | +391 | Cursor plugin specification and official plugins |
| 10 | modular/modular | Mojo | 28,670 | +905 | The Modular Platform (includes MAX & Mojo) |