Daily · star velocity · 2026-10-18

rea leads again, while a drag-and-drop converter and a Rust CAD join the chart

Today: rea keeps a wide lead with evidence-backed reverse engineering, the free-model plugin for the DeepSeek Harness holds two, and a no-window file converter, a pure-Rust parametric CAD and Google's harnessing research debut.

Fastest-growing this period

Counts come from GitHub's official stargazers/history endpoint: the stars gained on each day of the window. Project briefs and the reading notes below are editorial additions.

1

morluto/rea : Point your agent at any app and learn how it works
TypeScript
A toolkit that lets your coding agent reverse engineer software without source code: it inspects native binaries through Hopper or Ghidra, JavaScript and Electron apps, .NET assemblies and websites, then explains how a feature works with the evidence and the limits behind each conclusion. Analysis runs locally, and the same tools work straight from your terminal.

+16,729
2

Ebony-Vinyl/dsh-our-free-model : A dsh plugin that puts frontier models one install away, no login or API key
JavaScript
A plugin for the DeepSeek Harness shell: install it and the model picker fills with free frontier models like DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Kimi K3, no login or key needed. Free lanes come straight from OpenCode's Zen and Kilo AI's public gateways, re-pulled every refresh. A local OpenAI-compatible relay port lets other tools call the same models, and usage stats stay on the machine.

+3,045
3

debpalash/VoiceStudio : Try voice design, transcription and dubbing in one workspace
Python
A local audio workspace for voice design, transcription, dubbing and longer narrated projects. Useful for trying several speech workflows with your own material in one application, with engine choice and hardware determining the supported languages and output quality.

+2,132
4

MadsLorentzen/ai-job-search : Turn a job listing into tailored application prep
Python
A Claude Code workflow that compares job postings with your profile and helps prepare tailored applications and interviews. Its bundled search tools target Danish job boards, with an extension path for other portals, so check the coverage for your own market.

+2,103
5

boykopovar/AnyPS5 : Run PS5 games natively on Linux and Windows, with no emulation layer
C++
Ports PS5 executables by relinking them into the host's native format and reimplementing the system prx libraries for dynamic linking, so nothing is emulated and no separate runtime is needed. A shader recompiler produces validated SPIR-V, SDL controllers map directly, and the compatibility list tracks verified games, led by a 2D platformer at a steady 60 fps on a GTX 1050 Ti.

+2,014
6

KnifeLemon/Filee : Hold a key, drag a file, drop it on the format you want
C#
A free, open-source file converter with no app window: hold Ctrl (Option on macOS), drag your files, and drop them on the ring of formats that opens at your cursor. It handles 244 formats including Office documents, PDF, e-books, CAD files and 3D models without installing Office or LibreOffice, works fully offline, and saves each result next to the original.

+1,500
7

storytold/photocraft : Photoshop rebuilt from scratch in pure Rust, PSD files included
Rust
A clean-room reimplementation of Photoshop written entirely in Rust: layers, masks, adjustment layers, type and brushes, opening, editing and saving real PSD files. Every action is a command, so the same engine can be driven from the interface, the command line, a JSON control channel or an MCP server.

+1,381
8

tangency-labs/solidcraft : Parametric 3D CAD in pure Rust that rebuilds on every edit
Rust
An open-source parametric 3D CAD application written in pure Rust. Sketch with constraints, extrude and fillet through a feature timeline, then change any dimension and watch the whole model rebuild. It runs on Windows, macOS and Linux as well as in the browser, and AI agents can model directly through the built-in MCP server.

+1,344
9

google-research/harness2 : Let agents rewrite the prompts, tools and memory around them
Python
A Google Research framework for recursive agent harnessing. At task level it proposes edits, probes them on the same task, then composes a refined harness from behavioral contrasts, weights untouched. A second level keeps an improvement harness that reuses evidence-backed lessons across tasks. Includes OpenCode and Codex executors plus JobBench, LAB and WorkBuddy-Bench.

+1,329
10

anomalyco/opencode : Let your terminal agent plan before it starts editing
TypeScript
An open-source terminal assistant for reading, editing and running a software project. Separate plan and build modes let you first explore an unfamiliar codebase with restricted editing, then switch to implementation when the approach is clearer.

+1,282

Ranking window: 2026-10-17 UTC, full day.

What I would look at first

Reading notes updated 2026-10-18; the ranking above preserves its original reporting window.

This edition covers 17 October, the most recent fully settled UTC day. morluto/rea stays at number one by a wide margin: hand it a website, an Electron app, a .NET assembly or a native binary, and your coding agent returns a readable account of how the software works, with the evidence and the limits behind every claim. Ebony-Vinyl/dsh-our-free-model follows at two, a DeepSeek Harness plugin that fills the model picker with free frontier models such as DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Kimi K3, no login or key required. debpalash/VoiceStudio at three keeps voice design, transcription, video dubbing and longer narrated projects inside one fully local application.

The middle of the chart mixes job hunting with two very different kinds of tooling. MadsLorentzen/ai-job-search at four wires job search, profile matching, resume tailoring and interview prep into one Claude Code workflow; its bundled search leans on Danish job boards, so confirm the coverage for your own market. boykopovar/AnyPS5 at five relinks PS5 executables into native Linux or Windows programs, no emulation involved. KnifeLemon/Filee at six is the day’s most approachable debut: hold a key, drag your files, and drop them on the ring of formats that opens at your cursor, with 244 formats handled offline and results saved next to the originals.

The tail of the list is where the long reads live. storytold/photocraft at seven remains the clean-room Photoshop rewritten in pure Rust, opening and saving real PSD files. tangency-labs/solidcraft at eight brings the same pure-Rust discipline to parametric CAD: sketch with constraints, change a dimension, and the whole model rebuilds, with an MCP server that lets agents model directly. google-research/harness2 at nine is Google’s research framework for recursive agent harnessing, where an agent proposes edits, probes them on the same task and composes the improvements worth keeping. anomalyco/opencode closes the list with a terminal assistant that separates planning from editing. If you try only one today, spend two minutes with Filee: it replaces a surprising number of converter bookmarks.

rea leads again, while a drag-and-drop converter and a Rust CAD join the chart

Fastest-growing this period

morluto/rea : Point your agent at any app and learn how it works

Ebony-Vinyl/dsh-our-free-model : A dsh plugin that puts frontier models one install away, no login or API key

debpalash/VoiceStudio : Try voice design, transcription and dubbing in one workspace

MadsLorentzen/ai-job-search : Turn a job listing into tailored application prep

boykopovar/AnyPS5 : Run PS5 games natively on Linux and Windows, with no emulation layer

KnifeLemon/Filee : Hold a key, drag a file, drop it on the format you want

storytold/photocraft : Photoshop rebuilt from scratch in pure Rust, PSD files included

tangency-labs/solidcraft : Parametric 3D CAD in pure Rust that rebuilds on every edit

google-research/harness2 : Let agents rewrite the prompts, tools and memory around them

anomalyco/opencode : Let your terminal agent plan before it starts editing

What I would look at first