The latest articles on DEV Community by aibars (@aibars). https://dev.to/aibars https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4151290%2F32651bc6-ed4f-4466-8183-db69a2932db3.png https://dev.to/aibars en aibars Wed, 30 Sep 2026 04:05:29 +0000 https://dev.to/aibars/the-fastest-growing-open-source-ai-projects-right-now-and-how-i-track-them-4649 https://dev.to/aibars/the-fastest-growing-open-source-ai-projects-right-now-and-how-i-track-them-4649 <p>Keeping up with AI open source is a full-time job. Every week a new agent framework, MCP server or LLM tool shoots up GitHub. I got tired of jumping between news sites, GitHub trending and X threads, so I built a small site called AIBARS that tracks it all in one place.</p> <p>Here is a snapshot of what its rankings show today (Sep 30, 2026).</p> <h2> Most starred AI projects </h2> <ul> <li>openclaw: ~390k stars</li> <li>superpowers: ~292k stars</li> <li>skills: ~270k stars</li> <li>hermes-agent: ~249k stars</li> <li>deepseek-harness: ~237k stars</li> <li>n8n: ~206k stars</li> </ul> <h2> Fastest star growth </h2> <ul> <li>deepseek-harness: +3,408</li> <li>skills: +2,198</li> <li>ponytail: +1,906</li> <li>cc-switch: +1,871</li> <li>firecrawl: +1,678</li> </ul> <h2> What I noticed </h2> <ol> <li> <strong>Agent tooling dominates the charts.</strong> Agent harnesses, skills and workflow projects fill most of both lists. The attention has clearly moved from models to the tooling around them.</li> <li> <strong>Total stars and star growth tell different stories.</strong> Some projects with huge star counts are barely moving, while smaller ones like ponytail and cc-switch are climbing fast. If you only look at the all-time list, you miss what is rising right now.</li> <li> <strong>The same names show up twice.</strong> deepseek-harness and skills appear in both the most-starred and fastest-growing lists, which suggests momentum is compounding for a few winners.</li> </ol> <h2> Why I built it </h2> <p>I wanted a single page that answers "what actually matters in AI this week?" without opening ten tabs. AIBARS started as my own dashboard for that, and I've kept improving it for over a year.</p> <p>Besides the open-source rankings, it has daily curated AI news, model rankings, 100+ AI tools and free learning resources. It is available in 6 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean and German.</p> <p>You can see the live rankings here: <a href="https://aibars.net/en/ranking" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://aibars.net/en/ranking</a></p> <h2> Your turn </h2> <p>What do you use to keep up with AI open source? And what would you want a site like this to show that it doesn't yet?</p> ai opensource machinelearning showdev