Top trending repos on GitHub: August 23, 2026

openai/codex is #1 on GitHub Trending Repos on August 23, replacing modular/modular, which led on August 21. Memeburn dated an OpenAI usage-reset note for Codex and ChatGPT Work subscribers to August 21 as active users crossed 20 million. Only mattpocock/skills and AprilNEA/OpenLogi remain from Friday's top 10.

openai/codex
OpenAI's terminal coding agent leads the board. GitHub lists the public repo at more than 115,000 stars. Gradually.ai put stars near 103,504 in early August; Tibo Sottiaux's August 21 note credited a usage reset as Codex crossed 20 million active users. New #1 versus August 21.
freestylefly/awesome-gpt-image-2
A new #2 awesome-list for GPT image-2 resources. No widely dated August 23 launch post was found; the rank is a GitHub Trending placement.
mattpocock/skills
Matt Pocock's engineering-skills set for coding agents slips from #2 on August 21 to #3. The August 21 daily already described it as MIT-licensed TDD and review prompts. No new August 23 release note was found.
basecamp/omarchy
A new #4 Basecamp repo. No widely reported August 23 launch post was found in the fetch. The rank is recorded without a sourced why beyond GitHub Trending.
AprilNEA/OpenLogi
A Rust, local-first Logitech Options alternative, down from #3 on August 21 to #5. Friday's daily already covered HID remaps; no new August 23 tag was found.
block/buzz
A new #6 Block repo. No widely reported August 23 announcement was found in the fetch.
apache/maka
A new #7 Apache repo. No widely reported August 23 release note was found in the fetch.
Alishahryar1/free-claude-code
A new #8. No widely reported August 23 launch post was found. The name points at Claude Code access; treat the why as unconfirmed beyond the trending rank.
tinyhumansai/openhuman
A new #9. No widely reported August 23 announcement was found in the fetch.
affaan-m/ECC
A new #10. No widely reported August 23 announcement was found in the fetch.

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What changed on GitHub since yesterday

No August 22 GitHub daily ran, so the comparison is August 21 versus August 23.

New in the top 10: openai/codex (#1), freestylefly/awesome-gpt-image-2 (#2), basecamp/omarchy (#4), block/buzz (#6), apache/maka (#7), Alishahryar1/free-claude-code (#8), tinyhumansai/openhuman (#9), affaan-m/ECC (#10).

Drop-offs: modular/modular, obra/superpowers, cursor/plugins, santifer/career-ops, akitaonrails/ai-memory, harry0703/MoneyPrinterTurbo, agent-substrate/substrate, chaitanyagiri/munder-difflin.

Holdovers: mattpocock/skills (#2 to #3), AprilNEA/OpenLogi (#3 to #5).

What today's GitHub trends reveal

The GitHub board rotated from Modular's Mojo stack to OpenAI's Codex CLI. That matches an August 21 usage-reset note and a 20 million active-user claim, not a quiet star drift. Eight of ten repos are new versus August 21.

mattpocock/skills and OpenLogi are the only Friday survivors, both down one-to-two ranks. Awesome-gpt-image-2 at #2 is a list repo riding image-model interest, not a product launch dated August 23. Several remaining rows have no sourced announcement; they are ranked because GitHub Trending listed them, not because a press note exists. See best GitHub trend research tools.

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