Agents ruled the trending list again on November 1, 2026, but the more interesting story is how much of the rest of the board is about owning your own stack. Here is the recap, grouped by what the tools actually do.
Agent Platforms and Runtimes
- calesthio/OpenMontage: an open-source agentic video production system with 12 pipelines and 100+ tools (+583 stars today).
- paperclipai/paperclip: an open-source app for managing agents at work (+401 stars today).
- Nasiko-Labs/nasiko: an open runtime for AI agents (+212 stars today).
- langchain-ai/deepagents: a batteries-included agent harness (+46 stars today).
- rivet-dev/rivet: Rivet Actors, a primitive for stateful workloads built for AI agents and durable execution (+21 stars today).
- kirodotdev/KiroCrew: a persistent workspace for development work that self-improves across sessions (+19 stars today).
- a2ui-project/a2ui: no description provided, but the name points to agent-to-UI work (+19 stars today).
Agent Skills, Memory, and Coding Assistants
- anthropics/skills: the public repository for Agent Skills (+295 stars today).
- MemPalace/mempalace: an open-source AI memory system billed as best-benchmarked (+258 stars today).
- 0x0funky/agent-sprite-forge: an Agent Skill that generates 2D sprite sheets, maps, and animated GIFs from prompts (+45 stars today).
- QwenLM/qwen-code: an open-source AI coding agent that lives in your terminal (+39 stars today).
- The-PR-Agent/pr-agent: an open-source pull request reviewer (+122 stars today).
- ethanplusai/harvey: an autonomous AI sales agent that runs on Claude Code or Codex subscriptions (+244 stars today).
Local-First AI and Self-Hosted Apps
- janhq/jan: an open-source ChatGPT alternative that runs fully offline (+36 stars today).
- Crosstalk-Solutions/project-nomad: an offline-first knowledge and education server with optional local AI (+100 stars today).
- Billionmail/BillionMail: a self-hosted mail server, newsletter, and email marketing stack (+101 stars today).
- paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx: document management to scan, index, and archive files (+80 stars today).
- IceWhaleTech/CasaOS: a simple personal cloud system (+40 stars today).
- melgarafael/DeskcommCRM: a self-hosted CRM with native AI agents and WhatsApp (+40 stars today).
- fastrepl/anarlog: an open-source Granola AI alternative (+38 stars today).
Infrastructure, Networking, and Security
- AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome: a network-wide ad and tracker blocking DNS server (+117 stars today).
- fatedier/frp: a fast reverse proxy for exposing local servers behind NAT (+46 stars today).
- k3s-io/k3s: lightweight Kubernetes (+13 stars today).
- skyhook-io/radar: a Kubernetes UI with a built-in MCP server for agents (+7 stars today).
- crossplane/crossplane: the cloud native control plane (+6 stars today).
- betterleaks/betterleaks: finds leaked secrets everywhere (+29 stars today).
- infosave2007/aivpn: a VPN that hides traffic from deep packet inspection (+48 stars today).
Dev Workflow and Learning
- bregman-arie/devops-exercises: DevOps interview questions across Linux, Kubernetes, Terraform, and more (+342 stars today).
- nektos/act: run GitHub Actions locally (+18 stars today).
- tauri-apps/tauri: smaller, faster desktop and mobile apps with a web frontend (+35 stars today).
What It Signals
Builders are moving past single agents toward the plumbing around them: runtimes, memory, skills, and management layers. At the same time, the steady interest in self-hosted mail, documents, and offline AI suggests many founders want agent-era capability without handing their data to another subscription.