What's trending on GitHub today: August 5, 2026
TencentCloud/TencentDB-Agent-Memory climbs from rank 5 on August 4 to rank 1 on GitHub Trending Repos August 5, 2026, as an open-source long-term memory pipeline for AI agents. lyogavin/airllm drops from rank 1 to rank 8 after yesterday's layer-wise LLM inference surge. uber/ADR debuts at rank 4, obra/superpowers at rank 5, and cypress-io/cypress, webpack/webpack, denoland/deno, angular/angular, and tailwindlabs/tailwindcss all enter the published board. Trends MCP get_top_trends returned 18 repositories (as_of 2026-08-05T06:01:44 UTC) for type GitHub Trending Repos. This post lists all 18 items.
Top trending repositories on GitHub: August 5
TencentCloud/TencentDB-Agent-Memory: Open-source local long-term memory pipeline for AI agents from Tencent Cloud, with MarkTechPost coverage on May 23, 2026 and a v1.0.0 release around June 11, 2026. Climbs from rank 5 on August 4 to rank 1 via Trends MCP. No widely reported trigger identified for August 5, 2026 beyond ongoing agent-memory demand.
zhaoxuya520/reverse-skill: AI skill-routing pack for reverse engineering, authorized penetration testing, and CTF work across clients such as Claude Code and Cursor. Holds rank 2 from August 4. No widely reported trigger identified for August 5, 2026.
firecrawl/pdf-inspector: Firecrawl's open-source Rust library that classifies PDFs as text-based, scanned, image-based, or mixed and extracts Markdown without OCR for native-text pages. Holds rank 3 from August 4 after debuting August 4. No widely reported trigger identified for August 5, 2026.
uber/ADR: Uber's Architecture Decision Records repository documenting technical decisions across Uber engineering. New at rank 4 versus the August 4 published board. No widely reported trigger identified for August 5, 2026.
obra/superpowers: Agent tooling repository associated with obra's superpowers workflow for AI-assisted development. New at rank 5 versus August 4. No widely reported trigger identified for August 5, 2026.
microsoft/generative-ai-for-beginners: Microsoft's generative AI beginner curriculum covering prompt engineering and model basics. Slips from rank 7 on August 4 to rank 6. No widely reported trigger identified for August 5, 2026.
cypress-io/cypress: End-to-end testing framework for web applications. New at rank 7 versus August 4. No widely reported trigger identified for August 5, 2026 beyond evergreen test-automation traffic.
lyogavin/airllm: Memory-efficient LLM inference library that loads one layer at a time so large models can run on limited GPU VRAM. Drops from rank 1 on August 4 to rank 8 after a one-day peak. No widely reported trigger identified for August 5, 2026.
webpack/webpack: JavaScript module bundler for web applications. New at rank 9 versus August 4. No widely reported trigger identified for August 5, 2026.
gabime/spdlog: Fast C++ logging library. New at rank 10 versus August 4. No widely reported trigger identified for August 5, 2026.
denoland/deno: Deno JavaScript and TypeScript runtime. New at rank 11 versus August 4. No widely reported trigger identified for August 5, 2026.
usekaneo/kaneo: Open-source, self-hosted project management tool with Docker and native GitHub sync; latest notes around v2.9.0 landed June 30, 2026. Slips from rank 15 on August 4 to rank 12. No widely reported trigger identified for August 5, 2026.
livekit/agents: LiveKit agents framework for real-time voice and multimodal agents. Slips from rank 14 on August 4 to rank 13. No widely reported trigger identified for August 5, 2026.
angular/angular: Angular web application framework. New at rank 14 versus August 4. No widely reported trigger identified for August 5, 2026.
tailwindlabs/tailwindcss: Utility-first CSS framework. New at rank 15 versus August 4. No widely reported trigger identified for August 5, 2026.
browser-use/video-use: Browser automation project extending browser-use patterns to video workflows. New at rank 16 versus August 4. No widely reported trigger identified for August 5, 2026.
esengine/DeepSeek-Reasonix: Engine project related to DeepSeek reasoning workflows. Slips from rank 4 on August 4 to rank 17, a 13-rank drop via Trends MCP. No widely reported trigger identified for August 5, 2026.
EveryInc/compound-engineering-plugin: EveryInc compound engineering plugin for AI-assisted development workflows. New at rank 18 versus August 4, expanding the board from 16 to 18 rows. No widely reported trigger identified for August 5, 2026.
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What changed on GitHub versus August 4
Compared with the August 4, 2026 GitHub daily post, agent memory overtook local inference at the top while classic web tooling names entered the board.
| Change | Details |
|---|---|
| Big movers | TencentCloud/TencentDB-Agent-Memory (#5 to #1); lyogavin/airllm (#1 to #8); esengine/DeepSeek-Reasonix (#4 to #17) |
| New entrants | uber/ADR (#4); obra/superpowers (#5); cypress-io/cypress (#7); webpack/webpack (#9); gabime/spdlog (#10); denoland/deno (#11); angular/angular (#14); tailwindlabs/tailwindcss (#15); browser-use/video-use (#16); EveryInc/compound-engineering-plugin (#18) |
| Drop-offs from August 4 board | microsoft/AI-For-Beginners; donnemartin/system-design-primer; antirez/ds4; shiyu-coder/Kronos; Alishaharyar1/free-claude-code; iv-org/invidious; jamiepine/voicebox |
What August 5 GitHub trends reveal
The August 5 board rotates hard from August 4's inference-led list toward agent infrastructure and mainstream web stacks. TencentDB-Agent-Memory at #1 and obra/superpowers at #5 keep AI-agent tooling at the center, while uber/ADR at #4 adds engineering-process documentation beside firecrawl/pdf-inspector at #3. airllm's drop from #1 to #8 after a one-day peak shows how quickly local LLM inference repos cool once star velocity fades. Cypress, webpack, Deno, Angular, and Tailwind entering together signal a web-platform cluster absent from August 4's top 18.
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These ranks came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends API on August 5, 2026, using type GitHub Trending Repos and limit 50 (18 returned). The feed serves analysts, marketers, and agent workflows that need live boards. Related page: https://www.trendsmcp.ai/github-trending-repos-api.
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