What's trending on GitHub today: August 9, 2026
PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent holds rank 1 on GitHub Trending Repos August 9, 2026, after debuting at #1 on August 8 as an open-source self-improving RLM coding agent for long-running autonomous tasks. TapXWorld/ChinaTextbook enters at rank 3 and google/skills at rank 4 on a board that shrinks from 17 repositories on August 8 to 12 today, while cloudflare/computer drops out entirely. The prime-agent repo shows about 9,527 stars at research time. Trends MCP get_top_trends returned 12 repositories (as_of 2026-08-09T06:01:37 UTC), down from 17 on August 8. This post lists all 12 items.
Top trending repositories on GitHub: August 9
PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent: Open-source self-improving RLM coding agent for long-running autonomous tasks, built around a persistent IPython kernel and recursive subagents. Holds rank 1 after debuting at #1 on August 8 following Prime Intellect's August 2026 product launch. About 9,527 stars at research time.
addyosmani/agent-skills: Production-grade engineering skills pack with 24 workflows installable via the skills CLI into 70-plus AI coding agents. Holds rank 2 from August 8. About 84,757 stars at research time.
TapXWorld/ChinaTextbook: Repository collecting PDF textbooks for primary, secondary, and university levels in China. Returns at rank 3 after ranking #8 on August 7 and exiting the August 8 board; about 78,078 stars at research time. No widely reported August 9, 2026, trigger identified.
google/skills: Google's public agent-skills pack for AI coding agents across Google products and technologies. New at rank 4 versus August 8, when it sat at rank 17 on a 17-repo board. About 16,897 stars at research time.
mattpocock/skills: Matt Pocock's public agent-skills collection for engineering workflows such as TDD, specs, code review, and bug diagnosis. Holds rank 5 after ranking #4 on August 8. About 210,389 stars at research time.
goauthentik/authentik: Open-source identity provider for SSO with SAML, OAuth2/OIDC, LDAP, and RADIUS. Slips from rank 6 on August 8 to rank 6, unchanged in position. About 24,071 stars at research time.
TauricResearch/TradingAgents: Multi-agent LLM financial trading framework for research and experimentation. New at rank 7 versus August 8, when it was outside the board. About 96,695 stars at research time.
google/guava: Google's core Java libraries for collections, caching, primitives, and concurrency. Climbs from rank 12 on August 8 to rank 8. About 51,877 stars at research time.
LadybirdBrowser/ladybird: Independent web browser project building a from-scratch rendering engine and browser stack. New at rank 9 versus August 8. About 65,072 stars at research time.
denoland/celld: Self-hosted, distributed Durable Objects runtime from Deno. Climbs from rank 14 on August 8 to rank 10. About 2,711 stars at research time.
litu54/DevOps-Interview-Guide: Curated DevOps interview preparation guide covering common questions and topics. New at rank 11 versus August 8. About 767 stars at research time.
bannedbook/fanqiang: Chinese-language repository documenting circumvention and scientific-internet-access tooling. New at rank 12 versus August 8. About 50,066 stars at research time. No widely reported August 9, 2026, trigger identified.
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What changed on GitHub versus August 8
Compared with the August 8, 2026 GitHub daily post, Prime Agent keeps #1 but the board contracts from 17 rows to 12 and several August 8 fixtures exit.
Big movers inside overlap: google/guava (#12 to #8); denoland/celld (#14 to #10).
Holds in top 5: PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent (#1); addyosmani/agent-skills (#2); mattpocock/skills (#5, down one slot from #4).
New entrants versus August 8 board: TapXWorld/ChinaTextbook (#3); google/skills (#4); TauricResearch/TradingAgents (#7); LadybirdBrowser/ladybird (#9); litu54/DevOps-Interview-Guide (#11); bannedbook/fanqiang (#12).
Drop-offs from August 8 board: cloudflare/computer (#3); obra/superpowers (#5); semantica-agi/semantica (#7); 666ghj/MiroFish (#8); chenyme/grok2api (#9); jdx/mise (#10); Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT (#11); unclebob/swarm-forge (#13); K2SOsint/Legendary_OSINT (#15); pranshuparmar/witr (#16).
Board size: 12 repos on August 9 versus 17 on August 8 and 13 on August 7.
What August 9 GitHub trends reveal
August 9 is still an agent-and-skills day, but the feed thins and rotates supporting repos. PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent at #1, addyosmani/agent-skills at #2, mattpocock/skills at #5, and google/skills at #4 keep the skills cluster intact even as cloudflare/computer exits after August 3 Agents Week attention. TapXWorld/ChinaTextbook at #3 shows non-agent traffic can still crack the top five: the textbook PDF archive carries about 78,078 stars without a fresh August 9 news hook. The shrink from 17 repos to 12 suggests GitHub Trending trimmed marginal August 8 entrants (MiroFish, grok2api, mise, OSINT tooling) while admitting LadybirdBrowser/ladybird, TradingAgents, a DevOps interview guide, and fanqiang. Prime Agent holding #1 across August 8 and August 9 indicates the RLM coding-agent launch still drives the headline slot.
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These ranks came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends API on August 9, 2026, using type GitHub Trending Repos and limit 50 (12 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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