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GitHub Trending Report — August 21, 2026

Today's snapshot of what the open-source world is starring. 12 repositories made the daily trending list.

Repository of the day

modular/modular — The Modular Platform (includes MAX & Mojo)

Trending today

Rank Repository Language Total stars Stars today Description
1 modular/modular Mojo 28,199 +268 The Modular Platform (includes MAX & Mojo)
2 cursor/plugins TypeScript 4,185 +449 Cursor plugin specification and official plugins
3 akitaonrails/ai-memory Rust 3,745 +332 Solution for long term memory for agent coding CLIs and to facilitate handoff between different agent vendors
4 harry0703/MoneyPrinterTurbo Python 113,282 +2,761 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 workf
5 agent-substrate/substrate Go 1,478 +22 Agent Substrate: the core system
6 chaitanyagiri/munder-difflin TypeScript 3,222 +507 local multi-agent harness
7 PostHog/posthog Python 38,078 +60 🦔 PostHog is the leading platform for building self-driving products. Our developer tools – AI observability,
8 mahlernim/google-timeline-visualizer Kotlin 1,847 +657 Visualize your year in travel using your Google Location History (Timeline) data
9 volcengine/OpenViking Python 31,239 +950 Self-evolving Context Database for AI Agents. Unify Agent Memory, Knowledge RAG and Skills.
10 makeplane/plane TypeScript 56,643 +98 🔥🔥🔥 Open-source Jira, Linear, Monday, and ClickUp alternative. Plane is a modern project management platfor
11 Tencent/AI-Infra-Guard Python 5,101 +50 A full-stack AI Red Teaming platform securing AI ecosystems via Agent Scan, Skills Scan, MCP scan, AI Infra sc
12 RyanCodrai/turbovec Rust 16,031 +230 A vector index built on TurboQuant, written in Rust with Python bindings

Star jumps detected

  • openai/codex gained +2,290 stars in the last day (trailing average: 195/day). Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal
  • akitaonrails/ai-memory gained +436 stars in the last day. Solution for long term memory for agent coding CLIs and to facilitate handoff between different agen
  • makeplane/plane gained +352 stars in the last day (trailing average: 57/day). 🔥🔥🔥 Open-source Jira, Linear, Monday, and ClickUp alternative. Plane is a modern project manageme
  • cursor/plugins gained +330 stars in the last day. Cursor plugin specification and official plugins
  • ripienaar/free-for-dev gained +288 stars in the last day (trailing average: 86/day). A list of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS offerings that have free tiers of interest to devops and infradev
  • kubernetes/kubernetes gained +118 stars in the last day (trailing average: 20/day). Production-Grade Container Scheduling and Management
  • browser-use/browser-harness gained +102 stars in the last day (trailing average: 19/day). Browser Harness | Self-healing harness that enables LLMs to complete any task.
  • Usagi-org/ai-goofish-monitor gained +55 stars in the last day (trailing average: 3/day). 基于 Playwright 和AI实现的闲鱼多任务实时/定时监控与智能分析系统，配备了功能完善的后台管理UI。帮助用户从闲鱼海量商品中，找到心仪产品。

New on the radar

  • modular/modular (Mojo, 28,199 stars) — The Modular Platform (includes MAX & Mojo)
  • agent-substrate/substrate (Go, 1,478 stars) — Agent Substrate: the core system
  • PostHog/posthog (Python, 38,078 stars) — 🦔 PostHog is the leading platform for building self-driving products. Our developer tools – AI observability, analytics
  • mahlernim/google-timeline-visualizer (Kotlin, 1,847 stars) — Visualize your year in travel using your Google Location History (Timeline) data
  • Tencent/AI-Infra-Guard (Python, 5,101 stars) — A full-stack AI Red Teaming platform securing AI ecosystems via Agent Scan, Skills Scan, MCP scan, AI Infra scan and LLM

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