Published by Top10Grid — May 21, 2026
The fastest-growing GitHub repositories for May 13-19, 2026 by new stars gained in a single week. AI agent skills frameworks dominated with five of the top 20 repos containing the word skills. The Claude Code ecosystem continues to reshape open-source developer tooling.
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mattpocock/skills
+1,618 stars this week. TypeScript educator Matt Popocks repository of reusable Claude Code skills moved to number 1 by weekly star velocity. The repo standardizes how Claude Code agents share and discover capabilities. Over 85,000 total stars.
anthropics/claude-code
+1,340 stars this week. Anthropics official agentic coding tool surpassed 125,000 total stars. Claude Codes ability to autonomously read, write, and execute code in real-world repos has made it the most discussed developer tool of 2026.
everything-claude-code
+1,280 stars this week, jumping from number 14 to number 3. A community-curated aggregator of every Claude Code skill, plugin, hook, and workflow pattern. Contributors are adding 20 to 30 new items per day.
openhuman
+1,150 stars this week. An open-source framework for building AI agents with human-like cognitive architectures including episodic memory, working memory, and attention mechanisms. Positions itself as a principled alternative to prompt-engineering-heavy approaches.
cc-switch
+1,050 stars this week. A lightweight Claude Code plugin for rapid context switching between projects and workspaces. Popular among developers using Claude Code across multiple repositories simultaneously. Simple and focused.
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