What is ranking on GitHub today: August 26, 2026

freestylefly/awesome-gpt-image-2 is the surprise on GitHub for August 26, 2026, a new #1 after the README listed 7,978 stars, 1,036 forks, and an MIT license on a repo created April 25, 2026. Alishahryar1/free-claude-code, yesterday's #1, is off the top 10. anthropics/claude-plugins-community jumps from #7 to #2. The board still clusters on agents and image prompts, not infrastructure.

freestylefly/awesome-gpt-image-2
A new #1. The README calls it a Prompt-as-Code engine for GPT-Image2, with 500+ reverse-engineered cases and 20+ templates. GitHub showed about 7,978 stars and 1,036 forks. The install line is npx skills add freestylefly/awesome-gpt-image-2. The homepage is gpt-image2.canghe.ai. Created April 25, 2026.
anthropics/claude-plugins-community
Rises from #7 on August 25 to #2. Anthropic's community plugin index for Claude Code is the named distribution row beside several agent repos. No separate CVE dated August 26 was required to explain the climb.
MadsLorentzen/ai-job-search
Holds #3. The MIT job-application framework on Claude Code still shows the README claim of 69 tailored applications and 20 first interviews before a June 2026 hire. Yesterday's fetch listed about 29,194 stars and 9,802 forks. Created March 18, 2026.
apache/maka
Rises from #9 to #4. Apache Incubator lists project entry on August 13, 2026. The README describes a local-first agent workspace that records model messages and tool calls in an append-only log. GitHub showed about 2,552 stars, 285 forks, and 236 open issues. Created May 27, 2026.
TauricResearch/TradingAgents
A new #5. No widely reported product launch note was found for August 26, 2026. The repo sits on the board as a multi-agent trading research stack next to Maka and Claude plugins.
AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian
A new #6. No widely reported launch note was found for August 26, 2026. The name is a Claude Code plus Obsidian bridge. The README/stars pattern is the why on a thin news day.
rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch
A new #7. No widely reported course-drop date of August 26 was attached at fetch time. The repo is a curriculum row in an agent-heavy list.
tinyhumansai/openhuman
A new #8. No widely reported launch note was found for August 26, 2026. The README/stars pattern is the why on a thin news day.
basecamp/omarchy
A new #9. Basecamp's repo is a new entrant. No separate August 26 changelog was required for the rank. The README/stars pattern is the why on a thin news day.
Shubhamsaboo/awesome-llm-apps
A new #10. The awesome-list of LLM apps is a catalog row. No dated CVE or version pin was attached at fetch time.

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What changed on GitHub since yesterday

New in the top 10 versus August 25: awesome-gpt-image-2 (#1), TradingAgents (#5), claude-obsidian (#6), ai-engineering-from-scratch (#7), openhuman (#8), omarchy (#9), awesome-llm-apps (#10). Drop-offs: free-claude-code (#1), openai/codex (#2), andrej-karpathy-skills (#4), makeplane/plane (#5), hermes-agent (#6), OpenLogi (#8), PostHog (#10). Holdovers: ai-job-search at #3; claude-plugins-community from #7 to #2; apache/maka from #9 to #4.

What today's GitHub repos reveal

Prompt libraries and Claude Code plugins replaced yesterday's proxy-and-Codex pair. awesome-gpt-image-2 at #1 is an image-template catalog, 7,978 stars, not a coding agent. claude-plugins-community at #2 and claude-obsidian at #6 keep Anthropic's plugin surface on the board after free-claude-code left.

apache/maka at #4 is the incubation story from August 13, now up five ranks with about 2,552 stars. ai-job-search holding #3 is the only stable job-search fixture. For GitHub tooling, see best GitHub trend research tools.

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