10 GitHub repos that defined 2026 so far.
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1. OpenClaw
Peter Steinberger went from 9,000 to over 300,000 stars in months. Personal AI assistant that runs entirely on your devices. Steinberger joined OpenAI shortly after.
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github.com/openclaw/openclaw
2. anthropics/skills
135,000 stars. The patterns Anthropic uses internally to extend Claude. The repo that defined the skills ecosystem of 2026.
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github.com/anthropics/skills
3. affaan-m/everything-claude-code
141,000 stars. The complete library of Claude Code skills, agents, and commands. The aggregator every serious builder forks.
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github.com/affaan-m/everythi…
4. andrej-karpathy-skills
Forrest Chang built a single CLAUDE md file in January. 109,000 stars. The most starred single-file repo in GitHub history.
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github.com/forrestchang/andr…
5. Hermes Agent
Nous Research released this in February. 105,000 stars. The self-evolving AI agent that gets smarter the more you use it.
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github.com/NousResearch/herm…
6. obra/superpowers
94,000 stars. Officially accepted into Anthropic's skills marketplace. Multi-agent orchestration without the boilerplate.
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github.com/obra/superpowers
7. claude-task-master
Multi-agent orchestration on top of Claude Code. Turn one prompt into a coordinated team of specialists shipping a feature while you sleep.
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github.com/eyaltoledano/clau…
8. MemPalace
Milla Jovovich, the actress from Resident Evil, co-built this with Ben Sigman using Claude Code. Near-perfect score on the LongMemEval benchmark.
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github.com/MemPalace/mempala…
9. karpathy/autoresearch
Andrej Karpathy released his own research automation framework. 23,000 stars in three days. The closest thing to having Karpathy as your research partner.
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github.com/karpathy/autorese…
10. karpathy/nanochat
Karpathy released a complete pipeline to train a ChatGPT from scratch for $100. 54,800 stars. The best ChatGPT money can buy is the one you train yourself.
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github.com/karpathy/nanochat
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