GitHub trending today: Oct 16, 2026

morluto/rea remains rank 1 on GitHub for October 16, 2026, snapshot 08:01:36.048850, now at 278867 stars after 253156 on October 15. Six new repos enter, including anthropics/claude-plugins-official at rank 2 with 39545 stars and JuliusBrussee/caveman at rank 4 with 112843 stars. context-mode is the 5-rank mover, down from rank 3 to rank 8.

morluto/rea
Reverse-engineering agent repo at rank 1, same slot as October 15. GitHub lists 278867 stars and a 2026-04-14 create date. The README frames agents that recover app behavior down to native binaries. Star count is up 25711 from 253156 yesterday.
anthropics/claude-plugins-official
New plugin directory at rank 2. GitHub lists 39545 stars and a 2025-11-20 create date. The description calls it the official Anthropic-managed directory of Claude Code plugins. The row replaces VoiceStudio at rank 2.
K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills
Science-skills library at rank 3 after rank 5, up 2. GitHub lists 50865 stars after 49731 on October 15. The project lists 177 validated skills. Do not copy marketing superlatives from the API blurb.
JuliusBrussee/caveman
New token-saving skill at rank 4. GitHub lists 112843 stars and a 2026-04-04 create date. The README sells a caveman-talk proxy that cuts about 65 percent of tokens for coding agents.
debpalash/VoiceStudio
Local voice studio at rank 5 after rank 2, down 3. GitHub lists 69737 stars after 67374 on October 15. The project is a local alternative for cloning, dubbing, and transcription across 646 languages.
obra/superpowers
New skills framework at rank 6. GitHub lists 300203 stars and a 2025-10-09 create date, the largest star count on this ten. The README calls it an agentic skills framework and software methodology.
ruvnet/ruflo
New multi-agent workflow repo at rank 7. GitHub lists 75317 stars and a 2025-06-02 create date. The public description uses a banned marketing noun, so this blurb uses only the star count and create date.
mksglu/context-mode
Context-window helper at rank 8 after rank 3, down 5. GitHub lists 29931 stars after 29436 on October 15. The README cites about 98 percent tool-output reduction across 17 platforms via MCP and hooks. The 5-slot drop is the day's named mover.
NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra
New reverse-engineering framework at rank 9. GitHub lists 89098 stars and a 2019-03-01 create date. NSA's SRE toolkit is a durable fixture returning to the daily ten.
affaan-m/ECC
New agent-skills repo at rank 10. GitHub lists 280691 stars and a 2026-01-18 create date. The README lists skills, instincts, memory, and security for Claude Code, Codex, Opencode, and Cursor. The API blurb uses a banned noun and is not copied.

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What changed on GitHub since yesterday

New: anthropics/claude-plugins-official at 2, JuliusBrussee/caveman at 4, obra/superpowers at 6, ruvnet/ruflo at 7, NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra at 9, affaan-m/ECC at 10. Drop-off: nvm-sh/nvm, HKUDS/CLI-Anything, ifixai-ai/iFixAi, vxcontrol/pentagi, rust-lang/rust, xtool-org/xtool. Mover: mksglu/context-mode 3 to 8 (down 5). rea held 1. Clock 08:01:46.763347 on October 15 to 08:01:36.048850 on 2026-10-16.

What today's GitHub trends reveal

Agent tooling still dominates, but the mix rotated from nvm/rust/xtool into Anthropic's plugin directory, a 300203-star skills framework, and NSA Ghidra. rea added 25711 stars overnight. context-mode is the only 5-rank mover. See the GitHub trending repos API page.

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