Repos we surfaced before they went mainstream

37.0 days average lead time · across GitHub Trending and Hacker News

Legit dev tools only — awesome lists, cheat sheets, and crypto bots filtered out.

Repository	RepoInsider date	Stars when found	Appeared on	Source date	Days early	HN points
vercel-labs/portless	Apr 28, 2026	8.5k	GitHub Trending	Sep 3, 2026	+128d	—
ConardLi/garden-skills	May 7, 2026	4.1k	GitHub Trending	Aug 27, 2026	+112d	—
genlayerlabs/genlayer-project-boilerplate	May 2, 2026	12k	GitHub Trending	Aug 19, 2026	+109d	—
lightningpixel/modly	May 2, 2026	3.2k	GitHub Trending	Aug 14, 2026	+104d	—
tashfeenahmed/freellmapi	May 18, 2026	8.4k	GitHub Trending	Aug 25, 2026	+99d	—
cactus-compute/needle	May 12, 2026	1.7k	GitHub Trending	Aug 13, 2026	+93d	—
esengine/DeepSeek-Reasonix	May 7, 2026	12k	GitHub Trending	Aug 7, 2026	+92d	—
RyanCodrai/turbovec	May 22, 2026	9.1k	Hacker News	Aug 18, 2026	+88d	294
earthtojake/text-to-cad	Apr 27, 2026	4.3k	GitHub Trending	Jul 22, 2026	+86d	—
AprilNEA/OpenLogi	May 30, 2026	3k	GitHub Trending	Aug 21, 2026	+83d	—
diegosouzapw/OmniRoute	Apr 13, 2026	2.7k	GitHub Trending	Jul 1, 2026	+79d	—
steipete/CodexBar	Apr 20, 2026	11k	GitHub Trending	Jul 6, 2026	+77d	—
vercel-labs/deepsec	May 5, 2026	1.5k	Hacker News	Jul 19, 2026	+75d	27
browser-use/video-use	Apr 18, 2026	6.5k	GitHub Trending	Jun 29, 2026	+72d	—
Robbyant/lingbot-map	Apr 19, 2026	2k	GitHub Trending	Jun 29, 2026	+71d	—
iOfficeAI/OfficeCLI	Apr 28, 2026	3.9k	GitHub Trending	Jul 8, 2026	+71d	—
TencentCloud/CubeSandbox	Apr 23, 2026	3.8k	GitHub Trending	Jul 2, 2026	+70d	—
bradautomates/claude-video	May 1, 2026	651	GitHub Trending	Jul 7, 2026	+67d	—
google/agents-cli	Apr 25, 2026	1.4k	GitHub Trending	Jul 1, 2026	+67d	—
makerspet/oomwoo	Jun 26, 2026	3.1k	Hacker News	Aug 28, 2026	+63d	2
OpenWhispr/openwhispr	Jul 9, 2026	7.4k	GitHub Trending	Sep 7, 2026	+60d	—
crynta/terax-ai	May 8, 2026	5.9k	GitHub Trending	Jul 5, 2026	+58d	—
alexzhang13/rlm	Apr 26, 2026	3.9k	GitHub Trending	Jun 18, 2026	+53d	—
google/skills	Apr 25, 2026	8.8k	GitHub Trending	Jun 9, 2026	+45d	—
refactoringhq/tolaria	Apr 25, 2026	6.1k	GitHub Trending	Jun 8, 2026	+44d	—
microsoft/SkillOpt	May 25, 2026	3.8k	Hacker News	Jul 6, 2026	+42d	1
withastro/flue	May 1, 2026	3k	GitHub Trending	Jun 6, 2026	+36d	—
rohitg00/agentmemory	Apr 5, 2026	31	GitHub Trending	May 10, 2026	+35d	—
Light-Heart-Labs/DreamServer	May 15, 2026	1.4k	Hacker News	Jun 15, 2026	+31d	8
rowboatlabs/rowboat	Apr 9, 2026	10k	GitHub Trending	May 10, 2026	+31d	—
decolua/9router	Apr 9, 2026	6.5k	GitHub Trending	May 8, 2026	+29d	—
Andyyyy64/whichllm	May 15, 2026	1.1k	GitHub Trending	Jun 9, 2026	+25d	—
humanlayer/skills	Aug 12, 2026	2.7k	GitHub Trending	Sep 6, 2026	+25d	—
itsfatduck/optimizerDuck	May 22, 2026	1.9k	GitHub Trending	Jun 16, 2026	+25d	—
Tencent/teamai-cli	Aug 19, 2026	3.4k	GitHub Trending	Sep 10, 2026	+22d	—
InsForge/InsForge	May 1, 2026	9.1k	Hacker News	May 18, 2026	+17d	62
RyanCodrai/turbovec	May 22, 2026	7.4k	GitHub Trending	Jun 8, 2026	+17d	—
NVlabs/Sana	May 16, 2026	6.2k	Hacker News	May 30, 2026	+14d	1
Tracer-Cloud/opensre	Apr 4, 2026	3.2k	GitHub Trending	Apr 18, 2026	+14d	—
HKUDS/ViMax	May 7, 2026	5.7k	GitHub Trending	May 20, 2026	+13d	—
colbymchenry/codegraph	May 4, 2026	2.7k	GitHub Trending	May 17, 2026	+13d	—
playcanvas/supersplat	Apr 27, 2026	4.9k	GitHub Trending	May 10, 2026	+13d	—
run-llama/liteparse	May 19, 2026	7.5k	GitHub Trending	May 30, 2026	+11d	—
lukilabs/craft-agents-oss	Apr 8, 2026	5.6k	GitHub Trending	Apr 18, 2026	+10d	—
multica-ai/multica	Apr 3, 2026	3.1k	GitHub Trending	Apr 13, 2026	+10d	—
thesysdev/openui	May 5, 2026	3.1k	Hacker News	May 14, 2026	+9d	2
Homebrew/BrewUI	Sep 10, 2026	1.6k	GitHub Trending	Sep 16, 2026	+6d	—
InsForge/InsForge	May 1, 2026	9.1k	GitHub Trending	May 7, 2026	+6d	—
cocoindex-io/cocoindex	Apr 29, 2026	8.5k	GitHub Trending	May 5, 2026	+6d	—
dograh-hq/dograh	May 13, 2026	1.9k	GitHub Trending	May 18, 2026	+5d	—
mksglu/context-mode	Apr 19, 2026	12k	GitHub Trending	Apr 24, 2026	+5d	—
earthtojake/text-to-cad	Apr 27, 2026	1.8k	Hacker News	May 1, 2026	+4d	180
Lum1104/Understand-Anything	Apr 27, 2026	12k	Hacker News	May 1, 2026	+4d	159
google/artemis	Sep 8, 2026	2.6k	Hacker News	Sep 12, 2026	+4d	3
MG1937/ASC	Sep 12, 2026	1.3k	GitHub Trending	Sep 16, 2026	+4d	—
millionco/react-doctor	May 8, 2026	8.2k	GitHub Trending	May 12, 2026	+4d	—
shiyu-coder/Kronos	Apr 9, 2026	11k	GitHub Trending	Apr 13, 2026	+4d	—
systalyze/utilyze	Apr 27, 2026	289	Hacker News	Apr 30, 2026	+3d	47
1jehuang/jcode	Apr 27, 2026	3.3k	GitHub Trending	Apr 30, 2026	+3d	—
Light-Heart-Labs/DreamServer	May 15, 2026	1.4k	GitHub Trending	May 18, 2026	+3d	—
NVlabs/Sana	May 16, 2026	6.2k	GitHub Trending	May 19, 2026	+3d	—
fspecii/ace-step-ui	Apr 26, 2026	3k	GitHub Trending	Apr 29, 2026	+3d	—
anthropics/claude-for-legal	May 12, 2026	4.4k	Hacker News	May 14, 2026	+2d	213
NVIDIA/Personal-AI-Router	Sep 4, 2026	476	Hacker News	Sep 6, 2026	+2d	2
Fincept-Corporation/FinceptTerminal	Apr 19, 2026	4.1k	GitHub Trending	Apr 20, 2026	+1d	—
browserbase/skills	Apr 30, 2026	1.8k	GitHub Trending	May 1, 2026	+1d	—
z-lab/dflash	Apr 16, 2026	4k	GitHub Trending	Apr 17, 2026	+1d	—

vercel-labs/portless+128d
RI Apr 28, 20268.5k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingSep 3, 2026
ConardLi/garden-skills+112d
RI May 7, 20264.1k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingAug 27, 2026
genlayerlabs/genlayer-project-boilerplate+109d
RI May 2, 202612k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingAug 19, 2026
lightningpixel/modly+104d
RI May 2, 20263.2k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingAug 14, 2026
tashfeenahmed/freellmapi+99d
RI May 18, 20268.4k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingAug 25, 2026
cactus-compute/needle+93d
RI May 12, 20261.7k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingAug 13, 2026
esengine/DeepSeek-Reasonix+92d
RI May 7, 202612k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingAug 7, 2026
RyanCodrai/turbovec+88d
RI May 22, 20269.1k ★ when foundHacker NewsAug 18, 2026294 pts
earthtojake/text-to-cad+86d
RI Apr 27, 20264.3k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingJul 22, 2026
AprilNEA/OpenLogi+83d
RI May 30, 20263k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingAug 21, 2026
diegosouzapw/OmniRoute+79d
RI Apr 13, 20262.7k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingJul 1, 2026
steipete/CodexBar+77d
RI Apr 20, 202611k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingJul 6, 2026
vercel-labs/deepsec+75d
RI May 5, 20261.5k ★ when foundHacker NewsJul 19, 202627 pts
browser-use/video-use+72d
RI Apr 18, 20266.5k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingJun 29, 2026
Robbyant/lingbot-map+71d
RI Apr 19, 20262k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingJun 29, 2026
iOfficeAI/OfficeCLI+71d
RI Apr 28, 20263.9k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingJul 8, 2026
TencentCloud/CubeSandbox+70d
RI Apr 23, 20263.8k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingJul 2, 2026
bradautomates/claude-video+67d
RI May 1, 2026651 ★ when foundGitHub TrendingJul 7, 2026
google/agents-cli+67d
RI Apr 25, 20261.4k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingJul 1, 2026
makerspet/oomwoo+63d
RI Jun 26, 20263.1k ★ when foundHacker NewsAug 28, 20262 pts
OpenWhispr/openwhispr+60d
RI Jul 9, 20267.4k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingSep 7, 2026
crynta/terax-ai+58d
RI May 8, 20265.9k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingJul 5, 2026
alexzhang13/rlm+53d
RI Apr 26, 20263.9k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingJun 18, 2026
google/skills+45d
RI Apr 25, 20268.8k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingJun 9, 2026
refactoringhq/tolaria+44d
RI Apr 25, 20266.1k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingJun 8, 2026
microsoft/SkillOpt+42d
RI May 25, 20263.8k ★ when foundHacker NewsJul 6, 20261 pts
withastro/flue+36d
RI May 1, 20263k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingJun 6, 2026
rohitg00/agentmemory+35d
RI Apr 5, 202631 ★ when foundGitHub TrendingMay 10, 2026
Light-Heart-Labs/DreamServer+31d
RI May 15, 20261.4k ★ when foundHacker NewsJun 15, 20268 pts
rowboatlabs/rowboat+31d
RI Apr 9, 202610k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingMay 10, 2026
decolua/9router+29d
RI Apr 9, 20266.5k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingMay 8, 2026
Andyyyy64/whichllm+25d
RI May 15, 20261.1k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingJun 9, 2026
humanlayer/skills+25d
RI Aug 12, 20262.7k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingSep 6, 2026
itsfatduck/optimizerDuck+25d
RI May 22, 20261.9k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingJun 16, 2026
Tencent/teamai-cli+22d
RI Aug 19, 20263.4k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingSep 10, 2026
InsForge/InsForge+17d
RI May 1, 20269.1k ★ when foundHacker NewsMay 18, 202662 pts
RyanCodrai/turbovec+17d
RI May 22, 20267.4k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingJun 8, 2026
NVlabs/Sana+14d
RI May 16, 20266.2k ★ when foundHacker NewsMay 30, 20261 pts
Tracer-Cloud/opensre+14d
RI Apr 4, 20263.2k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingApr 18, 2026
HKUDS/ViMax+13d
RI May 7, 20265.7k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingMay 20, 2026
colbymchenry/codegraph+13d
RI May 4, 20262.7k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingMay 17, 2026
playcanvas/supersplat+13d
RI Apr 27, 20264.9k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingMay 10, 2026
run-llama/liteparse+11d
RI May 19, 20267.5k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingMay 30, 2026
lukilabs/craft-agents-oss+10d
RI Apr 8, 20265.6k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingApr 18, 2026
multica-ai/multica+10d
RI Apr 3, 20263.1k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingApr 13, 2026
thesysdev/openui+9d
RI May 5, 20263.1k ★ when foundHacker NewsMay 14, 20262 pts
Homebrew/BrewUI+6d
RI Sep 10, 20261.6k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingSep 16, 2026
InsForge/InsForge+6d
RI May 1, 20269.1k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingMay 7, 2026
cocoindex-io/cocoindex+6d
RI Apr 29, 20268.5k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingMay 5, 2026
dograh-hq/dograh+5d
RI May 13, 20261.9k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingMay 18, 2026
mksglu/context-mode+5d
RI Apr 19, 202612k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingApr 24, 2026
earthtojake/text-to-cad+4d
RI Apr 27, 20261.8k ★ when foundHacker NewsMay 1, 2026180 pts
Lum1104/Understand-Anything+4d
RI Apr 27, 202612k ★ when foundHacker NewsMay 1, 2026159 pts
google/artemis+4d
RI Sep 8, 20262.6k ★ when foundHacker NewsSep 12, 20263 pts
MG1937/ASC+4d
RI Sep 12, 20261.3k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingSep 16, 2026
millionco/react-doctor+4d
RI May 8, 20268.2k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingMay 12, 2026
shiyu-coder/Kronos+4d
RI Apr 9, 202611k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingApr 13, 2026
systalyze/utilyze+3d
RI Apr 27, 2026289 ★ when foundHacker NewsApr 30, 202647 pts
1jehuang/jcode+3d
RI Apr 27, 20263.3k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingApr 30, 2026
Light-Heart-Labs/DreamServer+3d
RI May 15, 20261.4k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingMay 18, 2026
NVlabs/Sana+3d
RI May 16, 20266.2k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingMay 19, 2026
fspecii/ace-step-ui+3d
RI Apr 26, 20263k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingApr 29, 2026
anthropics/claude-for-legal+2d
RI May 12, 20264.4k ★ when foundHacker NewsMay 14, 2026213 pts
NVIDIA/Personal-AI-Router+2d
RI Sep 4, 2026476 ★ when foundHacker NewsSep 6, 20262 pts
Fincept-Corporation/FinceptTerminal+1d
RI Apr 19, 20264.1k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingApr 20, 2026
browserbase/skills+1d
RI Apr 30, 20261.8k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingMay 1, 2026
z-lab/dflash+1d
RI Apr 16, 20264k ★ when foundGitHub TrendingApr 17, 2026

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