10 Fastest-Growing GitHub Repos This Week (Second Week of April 2026)

Every week we scan GitHub for the fastest-growing repositories in AI and developer tooling. Here are the 10 repos that exploded in stars this week — from new AI coding tools to open-source frameworks worth bookmarking.

Week of Second Week of April 2026 | Ranked by stars gained in the last 7 days.


1. alchaincyf/hermes-agent-orange-book — ⭐ 2.4k

Hermes Agent 从入门到精通 · 橙皮书系列 · Nous Research 开源 AI Agent 框架实战指南

2,364 stars 🔀 252 forks 💻 Multiple languages 📄 No license
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2. yizhiyanhua-ai/fireworks-tech-graph — ⭐ 2.2k

Claude Code skill for generating production-quality SVG+PNG technical diagrams. Supports 8 diagram types, 5 visual styles, and deep AI/Agent domain knowledge.

2,184 stars 🔀 173 forks 💻 Python 📄 MIT
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3. QLHazyCoder/codex-oauth-automation-extension — ⭐ 1.3k

Chrome扩展:支持OpenAI OAuth注册、验证码获取、CPA回调验证与自动恢复

1,267 stars 🔀 270 forks 💻 JavaScript 📄 Apache-2.0
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4. nashsu/llm_wiki — ⭐ 1.2k

LLM Wiki is a cross-platform desktop application that turns your documents into an organized, interlinked knowledge base — automatically. Instead of traditional RAG (retrieve-and-answer from scratch e

1,199 stars 🔀 130 forks 💻 TypeScript 📄 NOASSERTION
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5. momenbasel/PureMac — ⭐ 1.2k

Free, open-source macOS cleaner. CleanMyMac alternative with zero telemetry. Native SwiftUI, scheduled auto-cleaning, Xcode/Homebrew/system cache cleanup. MIT licensed.

1,191 stars 🔀 56 forks 💻 Swift 📄 MIT
🏷️ cache-cleaner, cleanmymac, cleanup, disk-cleaner
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6. joeynyc/hermes-hudui — ⭐ 850

Web UI consciousness monitor for Hermes — the AI agent with persistent memory

850 stars 🔀 88 forks 💻 Python 📄 MIT
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7. vyfor/rattles — ⭐ 820

🪇 Minimal terminal spinners for Rust

820 stars 🔀 15 forks 💻 Rust 📄 MIT
🏷️ animation, cli, no-std, ratatui
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8. hexiecs/talk-normal — ⭐ 762

Make any LLM talk like a normal person. A system prompt that removes AI slop.

762 stars 🔀 18 forks 💻 Shell 📄 MIT
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9. obdev/littlesnitch-linux — ⭐ 660

Open Source components of Little Snitch for Linux

660 stars 🔀 22 forks 💻 Rust 📄 GPL-2.0
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10. whwangovo/pyre-code — ⭐ 657

A self-hosted ML coding practice platform. 68 problems from ReLU to flow matching — attention, training, RLHF, diffusion, and more. Instant feedback in the browser.

657 stars 🔀 62 forks 💻 Python 📄 NOASSERTION
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Data pulled from the GitHub Search API. Star counts reflect totals at time of publication. We update this list every Monday. Browse all posts →

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