Top Open source repositories on GitHub
Notable open-source projects across every category.
Ranked by stars across 3,886 repositories tagged open-source. Refreshed daily.
- 1public-apis/public-apis★ 443,197 · ⑂ 48,577
A collective list of free APIs
- api
- public-apis
- free
- apis
- list
- development
- 2f/prompts.chat★ 163,993 · ⑂ 21,253
f.k.a. Awesome ChatGPT Prompts. Share, discover, and collect prompts from the community. Free and open source — self-host for your organization with complete privacy.
- chatgpt
- ai
- artificial-intelligence
- awesome-list
- chatgpt-prompts
- claude
- 3x1xhlol/system-prompts-and-models-of-ai-tools★ 140,948 · ⑂ 34,742
FULL Augment Code, Claude Code, Cluely, CodeBuddy, Comet, Cursor, Devin AI, Junie, Kiro, Leap.new, Lovable, Manus, NotionAI, Orchids.app, Perplexity, Poke, Qoder, Replit, Same.dev, Trae, Traycer AI, VSCode Agent, Warp.dev, Windsurf, Xcode, Z.ai Code, Dia & v0. (And other Open Sourced) System Prompts, Internal Tools & AI Models
- ai
- cursor
- lovable
- system-prompts
- v0
- cursorai
- 4langchain-ai/langchain★ 139,782 · ⑂ 23,182
The agent engineering platform.
- ai
- anthropic
- gemini
- langchain
- llm
- openai
- 5godotengine/godot★ 112,846 · ⑂ 25,714
Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine
- game-engine
- godot
- godotengine
- open-source
- multi-platform
- gamedev
- 6farion1231/cc-switch★ 105,379 · ⑂ 6,971
A cross-platform desktop All-in-One assistant for Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, OpenClaw, Gemini CLI & Hermes Agent. Only official website: ccswitch.io
- ai-tools
- claude-code
- desktop-app
- open-source
- rust
- tauri
- 7redis/redis★ 75,003 · ⑂ 24,677
For developers, who are building real-time data-driven applications, Redis is the preferred, fastest, and most feature-rich cache, data structure server, and document and vector query engine.
- database
- key-value
- nosql
- redis
- caching
- distributed-systems
- 8facebook/docusaurus★ 65,307 · ⑂ 9,938
Easy to maintain open source documentation websites.
- documentation
- website
- javascript
- react
- open-source
- hacktoberfest
- 9rtk-ai/rtk★ 64,315 · ⑂ 3,963
CLI proxy that reduces LLM token consumption by 60-90% on common dev commands. Single Rust binary, zero dependencies
- agentic-coding
- ai-coding
- anthropic
- claude-code
- cli
- command-line-tool
- 10santifer/career-ops★ 54,959 · ⑂ 10,881
AI-powered job search system built on Claude Code. 14 skill modes, Go dashboard, PDF generation, batch processing.
- ai-agent
- anthropic
- automation
- career
- claude
- claude-code
- 11firstcontributions/first-contributions★ 54,584 · ⑂ 104,671
🚀✨ Help beginners to contribute to open source projects
- open-source
- tutorial
- contribution
- beginner
- beginner-friendly
- contributions-welcome
- 12twentyhq/twenty★ 50,956 · ⑂ 7,422
The open alternative to Salesforce, designed for AI.
- crm
- customer
- graphql
- marketing
- react
- sales
- 13serhii-londar/open-source-mac-os-apps★ 49,229 · ⑂ 2,599
🚀 Awesome list of open source applications for macOS. https://t.me/s/opensourcemacosapps
- macos
- mac
- macosx
- apps
- applications
- awesome-list
- 14GitHubDaily/GitHubDaily★ 46,837 · ⑂ 4,646
坚持分享 GitHub 上高质量、有趣实用的开源技术教程、开发者工具、编程网站、技术资讯。A list cool, interesting projects of GitHub.
- github
- open-source
- ai
- java
- python
- web
- 15bevyengine/bevy★ 46,756 · ⑂ 4,639
A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust
- bevy
- gamedev
- game-engine
- open-source
- rust
- game-development
- 16calcom/cal.diy★ 45,710 · ⑂ 14,143
Scheduling infrastructure for absolutely everyone.
- open-source
- typescript
- nextjs
- next-auth
- postgresql
- prisma
- 17asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks★ 43,961 · ⑂ 7,282
Extracted system prompts from Anthropic - Claude Fable 5, Opus 4.8, Claude Code, Claude Design. OpenAI - ChatGPT 5.5 Thinking, GPT 5.5 Instant, Codex. Google - Gemini 3.5 Flash, 3.1 Pro, Antigravity. xAI - Grok, Cursor, Copilot, VS Code, Perplexity, and more. Updated regularly.
- ai
- anthropic
- awesome
- chatbot
- chatgpt
- claude
- 18payloadcms/payload★ 43,124 · ⑂ 3,830
Payload is the open-source, fullstack Next.js framework, giving you instant backend superpowers. Get a full TypeScript backend and admin panel instantly. Use Payload as a headless CMS or for building powerful applications.
- headless-cms
- cms
- express
- graphql
- react
- payload
- 19janhq/jan★ 43,112 · ⑂ 2,948
Jan is an open source alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your computer.
- llamacpp
- localai
- self-hosted
- gpt
- tauri
- chatgpt
- 20juspay/hyperswitch★ 43,036 · ⑂ 4,822
Open source, composable payments platform | PCI compliant | SaaS and Self-host options | Enables connectivity to multiple payment, payout, fraud, vault and tokenization providers | Uplifts authorization with intelligent routing and revenue recovery | Reduce payment processing costs with cost observability | Reduces payment ops with reconciliation
- payments
- rust
- orchestration
- hacktoberfest
- beginner-friendly
- featured
- 21HeyPuter/puter★ 42,375 · ⑂ 3,894
🌐 The Internet Computer! Free, Open-Source, and Self-Hostable.
- desktop
- desktop-environment
- osjs
- web-desktop
- webtop
- cloud-os
- 22siddharthvaddem/openscreen★ 38,716 · ⑂ 2,761
Create stunning demos for free. Open-source, no subscriptions, no watermarks, and free for commercial use. An alternative to Screen Studio.
- electron
- pixijs
- screen-recorder
- open-source
- screen-capture
- 23spacedriveapp/spacedrive★ 38,356 · ⑂ 1,297
Spacedrive is an open source cross-platform file explorer, powered by a virtual distributed filesystem written in Rust.
- file-manager
- distributed-systems
- cross-platform
- encryption
- storage
- rust
- 24nextcloud/server★ 35,880 · ⑂ 5,015
☁️ Nextcloud server, a safe home for all your data
- open-source
- file-sharing
- enterprise
- sharing
- collaboration
- cloud
- 25CopilotKit/CopilotKit★ 35,343 · ⑂ 4,387
The Frontend Stack for Agents & Generative UI. React, Angular, Mobile, Slack, and more. Makers of the AG-UI Protocol
- ai
- llm
- nextjs
- open-source
- react
- reactjs
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