Month - Permanent archive

August 2026

Permanent archive for August 2026, ranking tracked GitHub repositories by stars gained during that calendar month from GitStarClub's precomputed ranking data.

Answer capsule

As of September 13, 2026, August 2026 GitHub Star Rankings ranks tracked GitHub repositories by stars gained in the selected period. deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness leads with +122.8k stars, followed by mattpocock/skills and DietrichGebert/ponytail. GitStarClub generates this visible ranking from GitStarClub's precomputed ranking and repository data, without runtime search, a database, or AI. - GitStarClub

Data as of
September 13, 2026
Source
GitStarClub

August 2026

In August 2026, deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness led GitHub with +122,844 stars, ahead of mattpocock/skills and DietrichGebert/ponytail. DietrichGebert/ponytail grew fastest, up 48%.

Daily movement

Most stars added

August 2026 GitHub repositories by stars gained

  1. 1
    +122.8kTypeScript
  2. 2
    +45.5kShell
  3. 3
    +24.9kJavaScript
  4. 4
    +23.6kTypeScript
  5. 5
    +23.5kTypeScript
  6. 6
    +22.9kJavaScript
  7. 7
    +19.7kPython
  8. 8
    +18.5kTypeScript
  9. 9
    +18.2kPython
  10. 10
    openai/codex123.7k
    +17.5kRust
  11. 11
    +16.1kTypeScript
  12. 12
    +15.7kShell
  13. 13
    +15.6kPython
  14. 14
    +15.6kJavaScript
  15. 15
    +13.8kPython
  16. 16
    +13.6kJupyter Notebook
  17. 17
    +13.6kPython
  18. 18
    +13.5kPython

Fastest growth

August 2026 GitHub repositories by growth rate

  1. 1
    +47.7%JavaScript
  2. 2
    +47.2%Shell
  3. 3
    +36.8%Jupyter Notebook
  4. 4
    +29.6%Python
  5. 6
    +25.2%Jupyter Notebook
  6. 7
    +24.8%Python
  7. 8
    +23.6%Shell
  8. 9
    +23.1%TypeScript

Newcomers

Newcomer data is waiting for the next published recompute.

Complete ranking

Complete August 2026 GitHub repository rankings

  1. 1
    +122.8kTypeScript
  2. 2
    +45.5kShell
  3. 3
    +24.9kJavaScript
  4. 4
    +23.6kTypeScript
  5. 5
    +23.5kTypeScript
  6. 6
    +22.9kJavaScript
  7. 7
    +19.7kPython
  8. 8
    +18.5kTypeScript
  9. 9
    +18.2kPython
  10. 10
    openai/codex123.7k
    +17.5kRust
  11. 11
    +16.1kTypeScript
  12. 12
    +15.7kShell
  13. 13
    +15.6kPython
  14. 14
    +15.6kJavaScript
  15. 15
    +13.8kPython
  16. 16
    +13.6kJupyter Notebook
  17. 17
    +13.6kPython
  18. 18
    +13.5kPython
  19. 19
    +13.1kJavaScript
  20. 20
    +12.8kHTML
  21. 21
    +11.4kShell
  22. 22
    +11.4kShell
  23. 24
    +11.3kTypeScript
  24. 25
    +11.1kJavaScript
  25. 26
    +11.0kMarkdown
  26. 27
    +11.0kUnknown
  27. 28
    +10.9kRust
  28. 29
    +10.7kMarkdown
  29. 30
    +10.7kUnknown
  30. 31
    +10.5kPython
  31. 32
    +10.1kTypeScript
  32. 33
    +9.9kJavaScript
  33. 34
    +9.8kPython
  34. 35
    +8.9kJupyter Notebook
  35. 36
    +8.8kPython
  36. 37
    affaan-m/ECC250.2k
    +8.5kJavaScript
  37. 38
    +8.4kPython
  38. 39
    +8.0kTypeScript
  39. 40
    +8.0kTypeScript
  40. 41
    +7.8kPython
  41. 42
    +7.8kTypeScript
  42. 43
    +7.7kPython
  43. 44
    +7.6kRust
  44. 45
    +7.5kCSS
  45. 46
    +7.4kPython
  46. 48
    +7.2kGo
  47. 50
    +7.1kJavaScript
  48. 51
    +7.1kPython
  49. 52
    +7.0kMarkdown
  50. 53
    +7.0kPowerShell
  51. 54
    +6.9kPython
  52. 55
    +6.8kPython
  53. 56
    +6.8kPython
  54. 57
    +6.8kPython
  55. 59
    +6.7kPython
  56. 60
    yt-dlp/yt-dlp190.7k
    +6.6kPython
  57. 62
    +6.5kPython
  58. 63
    +6.2kPython
  59. 65
    +6.1kUnknown
  60. 66
    +6.0kPython
  61. 67
    +6.0kPython
  62. 68
    +6.0kPython
  63. 69
    +5.9kPython
  64. 70
    +5.9kC#
  65. 71
    +5.8kC#
  66. 72
    +5.6kPython
  67. 73
    +5.6kPython
  68. 74
    +5.6kRust
  69. 75
    +5.6kGo
  70. 76
    +5.5kTypeScript
  71. 77
    +5.5kPython
  72. 79
    +5.5kPython
  73. 80
    byoungd/up62.7k
    +5.4kJavaScript
  74. 82
    +5.2kC
  75. 83
    +5.2kTypeScript
  76. 84
    +5.1kTypeScript
  77. 85
    +5.1kHTML
  78. 86
    +5.1kJupyter Notebook
  79. 87
    +5.1kC
  80. 88
    +5.0kGo
  81. 89
    +4.9kPython
  82. 90
    +4.8kRoff
  83. 91
    t8y2/dbx19.3k
    +4.8kRust
  84. 92
    +4.7kJava
  85. 94
    +4.7kPython
  86. 95
    +4.7kPython
  87. 96
    +4.7kPython
  88. 98
    +4.6kPython
  89. 99
    +4.6kGo
  90. 100
    tw93/Mole66.3k
    +4.6kShell

Public categories among the leaders

Precomputed public slices of the tracked ≥10k set that appear among this board's leading rows. These are category pages, not a live GitHub search.

Related ranking links

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Frequently asked questions

What does August 2026 GitHub Star Rankings rank?

As of September 13, 2026, August 2026 GitHub Star Rankings ranks tracked GitHub repositories by stars gained in the selected period.

Which repository leads August 2026 GitHub Star Rankings?

deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness leads August 2026 GitHub Star Rankings with +122.8k stars.

Who follows deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness in August 2026 GitHub Star Rankings?

mattpocock/skills appears next in the visible ranking with +45.5k stars.

Does August 2026 GitHub Star Rankings use live database queries?

No. GitStarClub renders August 2026 GitHub Star Rankings from GitStarClub's precomputed ranking and repository data.