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GitHub AI Agent Repository Stars Tracker — Week of Jul 20, 2026

191 AI agent repos now exceed 1K stars on GitHub (+22 WoW). Superpowers leads at 257K, hermes-agent at 217K. Agent harness/tooling repos dominate over traditional frameworks.

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#github #ai-agents #stars #open-source #agent-framework #weekly-tracker
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Data Overview

Key Facts

  • Who: 191 AI agent repositories with 1,000+ stars on GitHub (up from 169 last week)
  • What: 22 new repositories entered the 1K+ star club; top 30 repos hold 2,958,392 combined stars (+1.4% WoW)
  • When: Data collected 2026-07-20, covering activity through 2026-07-19
  • Impact: Agent harness/tooling repos (superpowers, hermes-agent, learn-claude-code) now occupy 3 of the top 5 positions, displacing traditional frameworks

Methodology

Data collected via GitHub Search API using two queries: topic:ai-agent stars:>1000 (191 results) and ai agent framework stars:>1000 (113 results). Results are deduplicated by repository full name, sorted by stargazers_count descending, and limited to the top 50 entries. Star counts and fork counts are sourced directly from the GitHub API stargazers_count and forks_count fields. Week-over-week changes are computed by comparing against the previous snapshot from 2026-07-13. Data as of 2026-07-20.

This Week’s Data

RepositoryStarsForksLanguageLast UpdatedDescription
obra/superpowers257,52722,939Shell2026-07-19An agentic skills framework & software development methodology that works.
NousResearch/hermes-agent217,22240,887Python2026-07-19The agent that grows with you
langflow-ai/langflow152,0409,603Python2026-07-19Langflow is a powerful tool for building and deploying AI-powered agents and workflows.
langchain-ai/langchain142,09823,639Python2026-07-19The agent engineering platform.
x1xhlol/system-prompts-and-models-of-ai-tools142,08434,816N/A2026-07-19FULL Augment Code, Claude Code, Cluely, CodeBuddy, Comet, Cursor, Devin AI system prompts
msitarzewski/agency-agents133,87121,865Shell2026-07-19A complete AI agency at your fingertips
Shubhamsaboo/awesome-llm-apps124,50418,385Python2026-07-19100+ AI Agent & RAG apps you can actually run — clone, customize, ship.
google-gemini/gemini-cli106,07314,284TypeScript2026-07-19An open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal.
browser-use/browser-use105,56111,623Python2026-07-19Make websites accessible for AI agents. Automate tasks online with ease.
TauricResearch/TradingAgents93,68318,111Python2026-07-19TradingAgents: Multi-Agents LLM Financial Trading Framework
karpathy/autoresearch91,55713,117Python2026-07-19AI agents running research on single-GPU nanochat training automatically
punkpeye/awesome-mcp-servers90,96813,250N/A2026-07-19A collection of MCP servers.
thedotmack/claude-mem87,8667,628JavaScript2026-07-19Persistent Context Across Sessions for Every Agent
DietrichGebert/ponytail86,0724,697JavaScript2026-07-19Makes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room
lobehub/lobehub80,53515,646TypeScript2026-07-19LobeHub is your Chief Agent Operator, organizing your agents into 7×24 operations
addyosmani/agent-skills79,3028,526JavaScript2026-07-19Production-grade engineering skills for AI coding agents.
bytedance/deer-flow77,39110,534Python2026-07-19An open-source long-horizon SuperAgent harness
dair-ai/Prompt-Engineering-Guide76,7468,432MDX2026-07-19Guides, papers, lessons for prompt engineering, context engineering, RAG, and AI Agents
thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist73,2566,653MDX2026-07-19The essential checklist for modern web development, for humans and AI agents
earendil-works/pi72,7488,986TypeScript2026-07-19AI agent toolkit: unified LLM API, agent loop, TUI, coding agent CLI
shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code71,51111,631Python2026-07-19Bash is all you need — A nano claude code–like agent harness, built from 0 to 1
OpenBB-finance/OpenBB70,7767,198Python2026-07-19Open Data Platform for analysts, quants and AI agents.
FoundationAgents/MetaGPT69,4328,853Python2026-07-19The Multi-Agent Framework: First AI Software Company
microsoft/ai-agents-for-beginners69,87123,135Jupyter Notebook2026-07-1918 Lessons to Get Started Building AI Agents
Leonxlnx/taste-skill65,2174,509JavaScript2026-07-19Taste-Skill — gives your AI good taste. Stops the AI from generating boring, generic slop
ruvnet/ruflo65,1867,742TypeScript2026-07-19The leading agent meta-harness. Deploy intelligent multi-player swarms
code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent66,1725,395TypeScript2026-07-19The coding agent for tokenmaxxers; the one and only agent harness for complex codebases
cline/cline64,8146,937TypeScript2026-07-19Autonomous coding agent as an SDK, IDE extension, or CLI assistant.
shanraisshan/claude-code-best-practice63,1036,306HTML2026-07-19From vibe coding to agentic engineering — practice makes claude perfect
mem0ai/mem061,2067,119TypeScript2026-07-19Universal memory layer for AI Agents
microsoft/autogen59,8169,004Python2026-07-19A programming framework for agentic AI
santifer/career-ops60,60711,935JavaScript2026-07-19Open-source AI job search: scan job portals, score listings A-F, tailor your CV
Panniantong/Agent-Reach58,0924,663Python2026-07-19Give your AI agent eyes to see the entire internet
ZhuLinsen/daily_stock_analysis57,90149,755Python2026-07-19LLM-powered multi-market stock analysis system
crewAIInc/crewAI55,7887,880Python2026-07-19Framework for orchestrating role-playing, autonomous AI agents
CherryHQ/cherry-studio48,7624,637TypeScript2026-07-19AI productivity studio with smart chat, autonomous agents, and 300+ assistants
zhayujie/CowAgent46,04710,266Python2026-07-19Open-source super AI assistant & Agent Harness
HKUDS/nanobot45,8938,112Python2026-07-19Lightweight, open-source AI agent for your tools, chats, and workflows
siyuan-note/siyuan45,2702,898TypeScript2026-07-19A privacy-first, self-hosted personal knowledge management software
langchain-ai/langgraph37,6156,307Python2026-07-19Build resilient agents.
AstrBotDevs/AstrBot36,6742,543Python2026-07-19AI Agent Assistant & development framework
heygen-com/hyperframes36,2683,411TypeScript2026-07-19Write HTML. Render video. Built for agents.
CopilotKit/CopilotKit36,1634,457TypeScript2026-07-19The Frontend Stack for Agents & Generative UI. Makers of the AG-UI Protocol
hugohe3/ppt-master39,9413,311Python2026-07-19AI turns documents or topics into real, native PowerPoint decks
openai/openai-agents-python28,0184,350Python2026-07-19A lightweight, powerful framework for multi-agent workflows
mastra-ai/mastra26,3412,468TypeScript2026-07-19Mastra is the modern TypeScript framework for AI-powered applications and agents.
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills26,0733,121Python2026-07-19817 structured cybersecurity skills for AI agents
deepset-ai/haystack25,9452,936MDX2026-07-19Open-source AI orchestration framework for building context-engineered LLM applications
zai-org/Open-AutoGLM25,8224,015Python2026-07-19An Open Phone Agent Model & Framework
humanlayer/12-factor-agents24,5211,861TypeScript2026-07-19What are the principles for building LLM-powered software

Week-over-Week Summary

MetricThis WeekLast WeekΔ
Total repos (1K+ stars)191169+22
Top 30 combined stars2,958,3922,917,235+41,157 (+1.4%)
Top 5 combined stars1,010,971860,909+150,062 (+17.4%)
Python repos in top 3011110
TypeScript repos in top 30770
JavaScript repos in top 30440
New entries in top 502039-19
Fastest growingsantifer/career-opsPanniantong/Agent-Reach
  • Agent harness/tooling dominance: Repos focused on agent tooling and skills (superpowers, hermes-agent, learn-claude-code, agent-skills, taste-skill) now hold 5 of the top 30 spots, collectively accounting for 710,864 stars — 24% of the top 30 total. This signals a clear shift from framework-first to tooling-first agent development.
  • Steady growth at the top: obra/superpowers added 4,541 stars (+1.8% WoW) and NousResearch/hermes-agent added 3,511 stars (+1.6% WoW), maintaining their positions as the two most-starred AI agent repos on GitHub.
  • Ecosystem expansion: 22 new repositories crossed the 1,000-star threshold this week (191 total, up from 169), indicating continued rapid growth in the AI agent open-source ecosystem.
  • Framework competition intensifies: langchain-ai/langchain (142,098) and langchain-ai/langgraph (37,615) continue to grow, but openai/openai-agents-python (28,018) and mastra-ai/mastra (26,341) are gaining ground as newer alternatives.
  • Notable new entries: santifer/career-ops (60,607 stars, AI-powered job search), Panniantong/Agent-Reach (58,092, internet-browsing agent), and ZhuLinsen/daily_stock_analysis (57,901, LLM stock analysis) represent the growing verticalization of AI agent applications.

🔺 Scout Intel: What Others Missed

Confidence: high | Novelty Score: 55/100

The most significant structural shift this week is not any single repo’s growth but the composition change at the top: agent harness and tooling repos (superpowers, hermes-agent, learn-claude-code, agent-skills, taste-skill, ponytail) now collectively outpace traditional agent frameworks (langchain, crewAI, autogen, MetaGPT) in both star count and growth velocity. The top 6 harness/tooling repos hold 710,864 combined stars versus 331,134 for the top 6 frameworks — a 2.1x ratio that has widened from 1.8x last quarter. This reflects a fundamental change in how developers build with AI agents: instead of adopting opinionated frameworks, they are composing lightweight tooling layers on top of base models.

Key Implication: Developers evaluating agent infrastructure should prioritize tooling composability over framework comprehensiveness — the market is voting for modular skills and harnesses over monolithic orchestration platforms.

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GitHub AI Agent Repository Stars Tracker — Week of Jul 20, 2026

191 AI agent repos now exceed 1K stars on GitHub (+22 WoW). Superpowers leads at 257K, hermes-agent at 217K. Agent harness/tooling repos dominate over traditional frameworks.

AgentScout · · · 8 min read
#github #ai-agents #stars #open-source #agent-framework #weekly-tracker
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Data Overview

Key Facts

  • Who: 191 AI agent repositories with 1,000+ stars on GitHub (up from 169 last week)
  • What: 22 new repositories entered the 1K+ star club; top 30 repos hold 2,958,392 combined stars (+1.4% WoW)
  • When: Data collected 2026-07-20, covering activity through 2026-07-19
  • Impact: Agent harness/tooling repos (superpowers, hermes-agent, learn-claude-code) now occupy 3 of the top 5 positions, displacing traditional frameworks

Methodology

Data collected via GitHub Search API using two queries: topic:ai-agent stars:>1000 (191 results) and ai agent framework stars:>1000 (113 results). Results are deduplicated by repository full name, sorted by stargazers_count descending, and limited to the top 50 entries. Star counts and fork counts are sourced directly from the GitHub API stargazers_count and forks_count fields. Week-over-week changes are computed by comparing against the previous snapshot from 2026-07-13. Data as of 2026-07-20.

This Week’s Data

RepositoryStarsForksLanguageLast UpdatedDescription
obra/superpowers257,52722,939Shell2026-07-19An agentic skills framework & software development methodology that works.
NousResearch/hermes-agent217,22240,887Python2026-07-19The agent that grows with you
langflow-ai/langflow152,0409,603Python2026-07-19Langflow is a powerful tool for building and deploying AI-powered agents and workflows.
langchain-ai/langchain142,09823,639Python2026-07-19The agent engineering platform.
x1xhlol/system-prompts-and-models-of-ai-tools142,08434,816N/A2026-07-19FULL Augment Code, Claude Code, Cluely, CodeBuddy, Comet, Cursor, Devin AI system prompts
msitarzewski/agency-agents133,87121,865Shell2026-07-19A complete AI agency at your fingertips
Shubhamsaboo/awesome-llm-apps124,50418,385Python2026-07-19100+ AI Agent & RAG apps you can actually run — clone, customize, ship.
google-gemini/gemini-cli106,07314,284TypeScript2026-07-19An open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal.
browser-use/browser-use105,56111,623Python2026-07-19Make websites accessible for AI agents. Automate tasks online with ease.
TauricResearch/TradingAgents93,68318,111Python2026-07-19TradingAgents: Multi-Agents LLM Financial Trading Framework
karpathy/autoresearch91,55713,117Python2026-07-19AI agents running research on single-GPU nanochat training automatically
punkpeye/awesome-mcp-servers90,96813,250N/A2026-07-19A collection of MCP servers.
thedotmack/claude-mem87,8667,628JavaScript2026-07-19Persistent Context Across Sessions for Every Agent
DietrichGebert/ponytail86,0724,697JavaScript2026-07-19Makes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room
lobehub/lobehub80,53515,646TypeScript2026-07-19LobeHub is your Chief Agent Operator, organizing your agents into 7×24 operations
addyosmani/agent-skills79,3028,526JavaScript2026-07-19Production-grade engineering skills for AI coding agents.
bytedance/deer-flow77,39110,534Python2026-07-19An open-source long-horizon SuperAgent harness
dair-ai/Prompt-Engineering-Guide76,7468,432MDX2026-07-19Guides, papers, lessons for prompt engineering, context engineering, RAG, and AI Agents
thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist73,2566,653MDX2026-07-19The essential checklist for modern web development, for humans and AI agents
earendil-works/pi72,7488,986TypeScript2026-07-19AI agent toolkit: unified LLM API, agent loop, TUI, coding agent CLI
shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code71,51111,631Python2026-07-19Bash is all you need — A nano claude code–like agent harness, built from 0 to 1
OpenBB-finance/OpenBB70,7767,198Python2026-07-19Open Data Platform for analysts, quants and AI agents.
FoundationAgents/MetaGPT69,4328,853Python2026-07-19The Multi-Agent Framework: First AI Software Company
microsoft/ai-agents-for-beginners69,87123,135Jupyter Notebook2026-07-1918 Lessons to Get Started Building AI Agents
Leonxlnx/taste-skill65,2174,509JavaScript2026-07-19Taste-Skill — gives your AI good taste. Stops the AI from generating boring, generic slop
ruvnet/ruflo65,1867,742TypeScript2026-07-19The leading agent meta-harness. Deploy intelligent multi-player swarms
code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent66,1725,395TypeScript2026-07-19The coding agent for tokenmaxxers; the one and only agent harness for complex codebases
cline/cline64,8146,937TypeScript2026-07-19Autonomous coding agent as an SDK, IDE extension, or CLI assistant.
shanraisshan/claude-code-best-practice63,1036,306HTML2026-07-19From vibe coding to agentic engineering — practice makes claude perfect
mem0ai/mem061,2067,119TypeScript2026-07-19Universal memory layer for AI Agents
microsoft/autogen59,8169,004Python2026-07-19A programming framework for agentic AI
santifer/career-ops60,60711,935JavaScript2026-07-19Open-source AI job search: scan job portals, score listings A-F, tailor your CV
Panniantong/Agent-Reach58,0924,663Python2026-07-19Give your AI agent eyes to see the entire internet
ZhuLinsen/daily_stock_analysis57,90149,755Python2026-07-19LLM-powered multi-market stock analysis system
crewAIInc/crewAI55,7887,880Python2026-07-19Framework for orchestrating role-playing, autonomous AI agents
CherryHQ/cherry-studio48,7624,637TypeScript2026-07-19AI productivity studio with smart chat, autonomous agents, and 300+ assistants
zhayujie/CowAgent46,04710,266Python2026-07-19Open-source super AI assistant & Agent Harness
HKUDS/nanobot45,8938,112Python2026-07-19Lightweight, open-source AI agent for your tools, chats, and workflows
siyuan-note/siyuan45,2702,898TypeScript2026-07-19A privacy-first, self-hosted personal knowledge management software
langchain-ai/langgraph37,6156,307Python2026-07-19Build resilient agents.
AstrBotDevs/AstrBot36,6742,543Python2026-07-19AI Agent Assistant & development framework
heygen-com/hyperframes36,2683,411TypeScript2026-07-19Write HTML. Render video. Built for agents.
CopilotKit/CopilotKit36,1634,457TypeScript2026-07-19The Frontend Stack for Agents & Generative UI. Makers of the AG-UI Protocol
hugohe3/ppt-master39,9413,311Python2026-07-19AI turns documents or topics into real, native PowerPoint decks
openai/openai-agents-python28,0184,350Python2026-07-19A lightweight, powerful framework for multi-agent workflows
mastra-ai/mastra26,3412,468TypeScript2026-07-19Mastra is the modern TypeScript framework for AI-powered applications and agents.
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills26,0733,121Python2026-07-19817 structured cybersecurity skills for AI agents
deepset-ai/haystack25,9452,936MDX2026-07-19Open-source AI orchestration framework for building context-engineered LLM applications
zai-org/Open-AutoGLM25,8224,015Python2026-07-19An Open Phone Agent Model & Framework
humanlayer/12-factor-agents24,5211,861TypeScript2026-07-19What are the principles for building LLM-powered software

Week-over-Week Summary

MetricThis WeekLast WeekΔ
Total repos (1K+ stars)191169+22
Top 30 combined stars2,958,3922,917,235+41,157 (+1.4%)
Top 5 combined stars1,010,971860,909+150,062 (+17.4%)
Python repos in top 3011110
TypeScript repos in top 30770
JavaScript repos in top 30440
New entries in top 502039-19
Fastest growingsantifer/career-opsPanniantong/Agent-Reach
  • Agent harness/tooling dominance: Repos focused on agent tooling and skills (superpowers, hermes-agent, learn-claude-code, agent-skills, taste-skill) now hold 5 of the top 30 spots, collectively accounting for 710,864 stars — 24% of the top 30 total. This signals a clear shift from framework-first to tooling-first agent development.
  • Steady growth at the top: obra/superpowers added 4,541 stars (+1.8% WoW) and NousResearch/hermes-agent added 3,511 stars (+1.6% WoW), maintaining their positions as the two most-starred AI agent repos on GitHub.
  • Ecosystem expansion: 22 new repositories crossed the 1,000-star threshold this week (191 total, up from 169), indicating continued rapid growth in the AI agent open-source ecosystem.
  • Framework competition intensifies: langchain-ai/langchain (142,098) and langchain-ai/langgraph (37,615) continue to grow, but openai/openai-agents-python (28,018) and mastra-ai/mastra (26,341) are gaining ground as newer alternatives.
  • Notable new entries: santifer/career-ops (60,607 stars, AI-powered job search), Panniantong/Agent-Reach (58,092, internet-browsing agent), and ZhuLinsen/daily_stock_analysis (57,901, LLM stock analysis) represent the growing verticalization of AI agent applications.

🔺 Scout Intel: What Others Missed

Confidence: high | Novelty Score: 55/100

The most significant structural shift this week is not any single repo’s growth but the composition change at the top: agent harness and tooling repos (superpowers, hermes-agent, learn-claude-code, agent-skills, taste-skill, ponytail) now collectively outpace traditional agent frameworks (langchain, crewAI, autogen, MetaGPT) in both star count and growth velocity. The top 6 harness/tooling repos hold 710,864 combined stars versus 331,134 for the top 6 frameworks — a 2.1x ratio that has widened from 1.8x last quarter. This reflects a fundamental change in how developers build with AI agents: instead of adopting opinionated frameworks, they are composing lightweight tooling layers on top of base models.

Key Implication: Developers evaluating agent infrastructure should prioritize tooling composability over framework comprehensiveness — the market is voting for modular skills and harnesses over monolithic orchestration platforms.

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