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Tue 01 Sept 17:45 UTC
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Velocity Report: the 10 fastest-growing repos we track (week of 24 Aug 2026)

DeepSeek Harness led with 57,585 new stars, more than four times the runner-up. AI coding tools dominated this week's biggest movers.

+57,585 stars in one week put deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness far ahead of every other repo in this week's ranking.

This is MrKeyoor's own weekly tracking across 300+ reviewed repositories, based on week-over-week star changes.

The board — week of 24 Aug 2026

# Repo Stars gained Total stars
1 deepseek-harness +57,585 187,975
2 skills +12,451 233,833
3 MoneyPrinterTurbo +10,836 115,352
4 codex +8,707 115,139
5 diagram-design +6,519 25,859
6 OpenLogi +6,341 14,920
7 deepseek-harness-desktop +6,161 18,924
8 public-apis +5,992 469,202
9 pi +4,568 95,911
10 strix +4,364 57,427

Why they are moving

1. deepseek-harness — DeepSeek Harness is moving because it combines the coding-agent loop, tools, storage, permissions, and a web interface in one runtime.

2. skills — Structured AI coding workflows are drawing attention as developers look for repeatable ways to improve generated code quality and reliability.

3. MoneyPrinterTurbo — MoneyPrinterTurbo packages multilingual short-video production into an accessible Python workflow, matching strong demand for automated content creation.

4. codex — Codex is gaining as developers adopt local coding agents that can inspect repositories, make edits, run commands, and verify completed work.

5. diagram-design — Diagram Design turns plain-language requests into polished HTML and SVG diagrams, giving Claude Code users an immediately useful visual workflow.

6. OpenLogi — OpenLogi fills a practical gap for people who want local Logitech device configuration without installing the vendor's larger Options+ software.

7. deepseek-harness-desktop — DSH Desktop is benefiting from DeepSeek Harness momentum by packaging its web interface and local runtime into a more approachable desktop experience.

8. public-apis — Public APIs keeps growing through durable utility: one maintained directory makes hundreds of free and freemium developer services easier to discover.

9. pi — Pi combines a terminal coding agent with a TypeScript agent toolkit and broad model-provider support, appealing to both users and builders.

10. strix — Strix is moving as interest grows in agent-driven security testing inside isolated Docker environments equipped with established offensive tools.

The pattern

This week's pattern points clearly toward AI developer tooling, especially coding-agent runtimes, reusable workflows, and desktop packaging, with practical automation and security tools also gaining ground.

Methodology: mrkeyoor.com snapshots star counts for every repo it has reviewed and computes week-over-week deltas from baselines at least 5 days old. Full reviews with scorecards: the repo board.

We reviewed this

  1. strix — our honest review
  2. MoneyPrinterTurbo — our honest review
  3. diagram-design — our honest review

Sources

  1. MrKeyoor star-tracking data (own dataset)