Daily · star velocity · 2026-10-20

rea holds the top spot again, with harness2 and a job-hunting Claude workflow close behind

Today: rea stays first with agent-driven reverse engineering, google-research/harness2 refines its own agent harness, and the rest of the chart is built for immediate use: a job-search workflow, free frontier models in DeepSeek Harness, local voice dubbing and a no-root TV cleanup.

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.

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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.

+13,414
2

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.

+4,762
3

Gathin23/cleanyourtv : Debloat any Android TV over Wi-Fi and swap in a clean launcher
Java
A kit that turns an ad-filled Android TV home screen into a calm, Apple TV style one. Over the same Wi-Fi, its ADB scripts back up the TV, disable telemetry, sponsored rows and preloaded apps without uninstalling anything, then install a tiny launcher with a dock of four apps. A restore script undoes every step, and tested lists ship for Xiaomi, TCL, Sony and more.

+4,435
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.

+3,990
5

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.

+3,186
6

YuJunZhiXue/dsh-purge : Patch your local DeepSeek Harness to see where a refusal actually comes from
JavaScript
A plugin that patches your own DeepSeek Harness install and splits host-side interception from model behavior, so a red-team run can tell whether a refusal came from the harness runtime or the model itself. Prompts are swapped per model, the patch applies or restores in one click, and you can point it at your own server. The license is commercial.

+2,557
7

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.

+2,152
8

xerj-org/xerj : Let your agent reuse how similar open-source repos solved a task
Rust
A local search engine in one Rust binary that auto-indexes any folder, so an agent pulls the exact code passage it needs instead of reading files one by one. For a new task it finds the closest open-source repos and reuses their solutions first; a controlled study reported 2.7x fewer output tokens at the same solve rate. BM25 search and an MCP endpoint are built in.

+2,117
9

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.

+1,820
10

stablyai/orca : Compare several coding agents in separate workspaces
TypeScript
A desktop interface for running terminal coding agents in separate Git worktrees. You can compare attempts at the same task and inspect their changes, useful when juggling several experiments would otherwise mean managing many terminals and directories.

+1,566

Ranking window: 2026-10-19 UTC, full day.

What I would look at first

Reading notes updated 2026-10-20; the ranking above preserves its original reporting window.

This edition covers 19 October, the most recent fully settled UTC day. morluto/rea sits on top for another day: hand your coding agent a website, an Electron app, a .NET assembly or a native binary, and it comes back with a readable explanation of how the software works, citing the evidence and the limits behind each conclusion. Analysis stays local, and the same toolkit runs from a plain terminal. google-research/harness2 holds second. This Google Research setup treats the agent harness itself as the thing to improve: it proposes an edit, tests that edit on the same task, and composes a refined harness from the behavioral contrast, all without touching model weights. OpenCode and Codex executors and three benchmarks ship in the box.

The middle of the chart is for people with a task to finish this week. MadsLorentzen/ai-job-search wires job search, CV tailoring and interview practice into one Claude Code workflow; the bundled boards skew Danish, so plan to point it at your own sources. Ebony-Vinyl/dsh-our-free-model loads the DeepSeek Harness model picker with free frontier models such as DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Kimi K3, no key and no login required. YuJunZhiXue/dsh-purge takes the opposite angle on the same host: it patches your own DeepSeek Harness install so a red-team run can tell whether a refusal came from the harness runtime or the model itself, with per-model prompts and a one-click restore. debpalash/VoiceStudio covers voice design, transcription and video dubbing in a single local app, and Gathin23/cleanyourtv removes sponsored rows and preloaded clutter from an Android TV over Wi-Fi, no root needed and fully reversible, then leaves a clean Apple TV style launcher in their place.

The tail is worth a slower look. KnifeLemon/Filee converts 244 formats fully offline: hold a modifier key, drag your files onto the ring that appears at your cursor, and each result lands next to the original. xerj-org/xerj is a local search engine in one Rust binary that auto-indexes your folders, so an agent pulls the exact code passage it needs; for a new task it finds the closest open-source repos and reuses their solutions first. stablyai/orca runs several terminal coding agents in separate Git worktrees so you can compare their attempts on the same task side by side. If you pick one today, give cleanyourtv fifteen minutes and take your TV home screen back.

rea holds the top spot again, with harness2 and a job-hunting Claude workflow close behind

Fastest-growing this period

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

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

Gathin23/cleanyourtv : Debloat any Android TV over Wi-Fi and swap in a clean launcher

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

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

YuJunZhiXue/dsh-purge : Patch your local DeepSeek Harness to see where a refusal actually comes from

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

xerj-org/xerj : Let your agent reuse how similar open-source repos solved a task

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

stablyai/orca : Compare several coding agents in separate workspaces

What I would look at first