Editor’s note, September 2026: This roundup was published on April 5, 2026, and the star counts below were accurate that week. We have re-checked every repository five months later; current counts appear in parentheses, and a few things have changed — OpenScreen has been archived by its author, and the Goose and Onyx quick-start commands have both been simplified. The install snippets below reflect the current documented commands.
Every Sunday, I curate the top 5 trending GitHub repositories that caught my attention this week. These aren’t just the most-starred projects—they’re the ones solving real problems, introducing innovative approaches, or gaining serious momentum in the developer community.
1. OpenScreen – Create Stunning Demos Without the Price Tag
Repository: siddharthvaddem/openscreen | TypeScript | 21,811 stars at publication (39.9K in September 2026, now archived by the author — the repo remains clonable)
OpenScreen offers a fully open-source alternative to Screen Studio with no subscriptions, no watermarks, and free commercial use. It automatically adds smooth zoom effects, cursor highlighting, and background blur.
git clone https://github.com/siddharthvaddem/openscreen.git
cd openscreen && npm install && npm run dev2. Goose – The AI Agent That Actually Does Things
Repository: block/goose | Rust | 36,362 stars at publication (54.1K in September 2026)
Goose is an autonomous agent that can install dependencies, execute commands, edit files, run tests, and iterate on solutions. It’s extensible and works with any LLM.
curl -fsSL https://github.com/block/goose/releases/download/stable/download_cli.sh | bash
goose configure
goose run "Add error handling to auth module"3. Onyx – Open Source AI Platform for Every LLM
Repository: onyx-dot-app/onyx | Python | 24,733 stars at publication (32K in September 2026)
Onyx is a self-hosted AI chat platform that works with every LLM—OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, local models. It provides a polished web interface, conversation history, and document RAG features.
git clone https://github.com/onyx-dot-app/onyx.git
cd onyx/deployment/docker_compose && docker compose up -d
# Access at http://localhost:30004. Google AI Edge Gallery – On-Device ML Showcase
Repository: google-ai-edge/gallery | Kotlin | 16,518 stars at publication (24.7K in September 2026)
Google’s official showcase for on-device ML and generative AI. Demonstrates real-world use cases where models run entirely on your device—no cloud calls, no latency, complete privacy.
5. MLX-VLM – Vision Language Models on Your Mac
Repository: Blaizzy/mlx-vlm | Python | 3,800 stars at publication (5.5K in September 2026)
MLX-VLM brings Vision Language Models to Apple Silicon using MLX framework. Supports inference and fine-tuning of models like LLaVA and Phi-3-Vision—all running locally on your Mac.
pip install mlx-vlm
from mlx_vlm import load, generate
model, processor = load("llava-hf/llava-1.5-7b-hf")
response = generate(model, processor, image="image.jpg", prompt="Describe this")Wrapping Up
2026 is the year of practical AI tooling. These repos show production-ready systems you can self-host, run locally, and adapt to your needs. Check them out and star the ones that align with your projects — and note that OpenScreen, the one repo on this list now archived, still works fine if you clone and self-build.