Daily · star velocity · 2026-10-29

rea leads again as the 29 October edition ranks the settled 28 October window

The 29 October edition moves to the complete 28 October window: rea keeps first place, dsh-our-free-model holds second, impeccable and Zero-Breach-Toolkit arrive in the middle, and cleanyourtv, DeepTutor, hallmark, Filee, VoiceStudio and ai-design-skills stay on the chart.

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.

+3,423
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.

+1,487
3

pbakaus/impeccable : Fix the samey SaaS look AI models keep generating
Rust
Design guidance for AI coding agents that keeps generated interfaces from falling into the same template look. One /impeccable init records durable product facts in PRODUCT.md, 24 shared commands cover shaping, critique, polish and motion, and 61 deterministic detector rules run in a CLI or browser extension without any model call or API key.

+1,476
4

interplains/Zero-Breach-Toolkit : Check a computer or phone for Pegasus spyware traces in about 20 minutes
Python
A read-only check for traces of mercenary spyware such as Pegasus or Predator on a Windows or Mac computer, an Android phone or an iPhone backup. Pick a target from the menu, wait about 15 minutes, then read a report stating what was found, how strong the evidence is and what could not be checked. A clean result is never proof of safety, and the scan makes no network calls.

+1,328
5

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

+1,298
6

HKUDS/DeepTutor : A private tutor that reads your own books, videos and notes
Python
A self-hosted learning workspace from the HKU group behind LightRAG. It chats you through a subject, generates quizzes and mastery drills, answers questions about YouTube or Bilibili videos down to the timestamp, and builds knowledge bases on GraphRAG or LightRAG. Memory is layered and editable, so its picture of you stays visible, and you bring your own model provider.

+1,255
7

Nutlope/hallmark : A design skill that lints pages for the tells of machine-made UI
CSS
A design skill for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode that builds pages which refuse to look machine-made. It deals three themes from a catalog of forty-eight materials, then checks the result in a real browser against the tells of generated UI, from the eyebrow above every heading to a sign-up form at the end of every page. A fresh-context reviewer gets the last word.

+1,126
8

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.

+1,031
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.

+1,024
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elayadesign/ai-design-skills : Design rules your AI coding tool can actually follow

A collection of design skills for AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Cursor and Codex. Drop a skill's rules file into your tool and it builds a landing page with a full visual system, or turns a static design into a pixel-exact animated showcase exported as MP4 and GIF. The design values sit in one editable section, so restyling a skill means changing a few lines.

+1,020

Ranking window: 2026-10-28 UTC, full day.

What I would look at first

Reading notes updated 2026-10-29; the ranking above preserves its original reporting window.

This edition moves to the fully settled 28 October window. morluto/rea still leads by a wide margin: hand your coding agent a binary, a website, an Electron app or a .NET assembly and it comes back with a readable reconstruction where every claim carries its evidence and limits. Ebony-Vinyl/dsh-our-free-model holds second, filling the DeepSeek Harness model picker with free frontier models pulled from public gateways, no login or API key.

Two new arrivals argue about quality from opposite sides. pbakaus/impeccable keeps AI-built interfaces from collapsing into the same template look: one init records durable product facts, shared commands cover shaping, critique and polish, and deterministic detector rules run from a CLI or the browser. interplains/Zero-Breach-Toolkit audits something more personal, scanning a Windows or Mac computer, an Android phone or an iPhone backup for traces of mercenary spyware such as Pegasus. It is read-only, makes no network calls during a scan, and its reports state how strong the evidence is instead of treating a clean result as proof of safety.

The practical picks mostly hold their spots. Gathin23/cleanyourtv strips sponsor rows and telemetry off an Android TV, HKUDS/DeepTutor tutors from your own books and videos, Nutlope/hallmark audits rendered pages for the tells of generated UI, KnifeLemon/Filee converts files by dropping them on a ring of formats, debpalash/VoiceStudio keeps voice cloning and dubbing on your own machine, and elayadesign/ai-design-skills writes the design rules your agent must follow. If you only open two: an interface that looks like every other AI product points to impeccable, and a phone you genuinely worry about points to Zero-Breach-Toolkit.

rea leads again as the 29 October edition ranks the settled 28 October window

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

pbakaus/impeccable : Fix the samey SaaS look AI models keep generating

interplains/Zero-Breach-Toolkit : Check a computer or phone for Pegasus spyware traces in about 20 minutes

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

HKUDS/DeepTutor : A private tutor that reads your own books, videos and notes

Nutlope/hallmark : A design skill that lints pages for the tells of machine-made UI

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

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

elayadesign/ai-design-skills : Design rules your AI coding tool can actually follow

What I would look at first