Trending open-source projects by category

Fifteen curated categories spanning the AI and developer ecosystem — from agent frameworks and MCP servers to local LLM runtimes, databases and security tooling. Every category is ranked by a cross-source momentum score that blends GitHub star velocity with mentions on Hacker News, X, Bluesky, Product Hunt and Dev.to.

AI Agents

367

Agent frameworks, copilots, autonomous workflows, and multi-agent systems

Model Context Protocol

133

Protocol servers, connectors, registries, and tooling around MCP ecosystems

Developer Tools

Build tools, linters, formatters, editors, and DX utilities

Browser Automation

Browser-use stacks, automation agents, web operators, and testing runtimes

Local LLM

On-device inference engines, local model runtimes, and self-hosted LLM stacks

Security

Vulnerability scanning, secrets detection, and security automation

Infrastructure

Cloud platforms, orchestration, containers, and deployment tools

Design Engineering

Design-to-code systems, UI generation, design tooling, and frontend engineering kits

AI & Machine Learning

254

Large language models, inference engines, training frameworks, and AI tooling

Web Frameworks

Frontend and full-stack frameworks powering the modern web

Databases

SQL, NoSQL, vector, time-series, and analytical databases

Mobile & Desktop

Cross-platform frameworks, native tooling, and desktop apps

Data & Analytics

BI tools, data pipelines, visualization, and analytics engines

Crypto & Web3

Blockchain clients, smart contract tooling, and DeFi infrastructure

Rust Ecosystem

Rust-native libraries, frameworks, and tools built for performance