Top 17 Trending Python Projects on GitHub

January 2026 trending Python repos

The Python ecosystem this month is dominated by Claude Skills and AI agent tooling. This overview analyzes the top trending Python repositories on GitHub.

Anthropic’s release of Agent Skills sparked an explosion of community projects, with 7 of the top 10 trending repositories directly related to Claude Code or AI agent capabilities.

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Overview

Based on data from GitHub’s trending page, here are the 17 most actively growing Python projects this month. The Claude Skills phenomenon and RAG framework innovations define this month’s trends.

1. Anthropic Skills — 29,129 ⭐ this month

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Repository anthropics/skills
Total Stars 58,665
License Apache-2.0
Category AI Agent Skills

Anthropic’s official Agent Skills release ignited the entire Claude ecosystem, providing the foundation that spawned dozens of community projects.

Anthropic Skills is the official public repository containing example Agent Skills—folders of instructions, scripts, and resources that Claude loads dynamically to improve performance on specialized tasks.

Key Features:

  • Creative & Design skills (algorithmic art, canvas design)
  • Development & Technical skills (web artifacts builder, MCP builder)
  • Enterprise & Communication skills (brand guidelines, internal comms)
  • Meta Skills (skill creator, templates)
  • Self-contained directories with SKILL.md files

2. awesome-claude-skills — 15,383 ⭐ this month

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Repository ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills
Total Stars 28,178
License MIT
Category Curated List

The community needed a central place to discover and share Claude Skills. ComposioHQ filled that gap rapidly.

awesome-claude-skills is a curated list of 32+ Claude Skills with integrations for 500+ applications through Composio’s plugin architecture.

Key Features:

  • Content research and writing assistance
  • File organization and YouTube downloading
  • Resume generation and code development tools
  • Social media optimization (Twitter algorithm optimizer)
  • Lead research and competitive analysis
  • Three-step setup with Composio API

3. PageIndex — 6,153 ⭐ this month

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Repository VectifyAI/PageIndex
Total Stars 10,728
License MIT
Category RAG Framework

Traditional RAG requires vector databases, embeddings, and chunking. PageIndex eliminates all of that with reasoning-based retrieval.

PageIndex is a vectorless, reasoning-based RAG framework that transforms documents into tree-structured indexes for agentic LLM retrieval.

Key Features:

  • No vector database or embeddings required
  • No chunking — preserves full document hierarchy
  • Traceable & explainable with page/section references
  • No arbitrary top-K thresholds
  • Optimized for complex documents (legal, financial, medical)

4. claude-code-templates — 4,867 ⭐ this month

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Repository davila7/claude-code-templates
Total Stars 18,926
License MIT
Category CLI Tool

Setting up Claude Code projects manually is tedious. This CLI automates configuration and adds monitoring capabilities.

claude-code-templates is a CLI tool for configuring and monitoring Claude Code with smart project setup and real-time analytics. For Python environment management with these projects, consider uv or compare options in our Anaconda vs Miniconda vs Mamba guide.

Key Features:

  • Smart auto-detection and framework-specific configuration
  • Real-time analytics dashboard with performance metrics
  • Health check with actionable recommendations
  • Custom slash commands (/generate-tests, /optimize-bundle)
  • Modular agents, MCPs, and skills installation
  • Supports JavaScript/TypeScript, Python (Go/Rust coming)

5. langextract — 4,115 ⭐ this month

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Repository google/langextract
Total Stars 23,774
License Apache-2.0
Category Information Extraction

LLMs can extract information, but grounding that extraction to source text is hard. Google’s langextract solves this elegantly.

langextract is a Python library for extracting structured information from unstructured text using LLMs with precise source grounding. For alternative approaches to structured LLM outputs, see our comparison of BAML vs Instructor.

Key Features:

  • Source grounding — maps every entity to exact character offsets
  • Schema-guided extraction with few-shot examples
  • Long-context handling with intelligent chunking
  • Interactive HTML visualization for verification
  • Supports Gemini, Ollama, OpenAI
  • RadExtract specialization for radiology reports

6. learn-claude-code — 4,053 ⭐ this month

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Repository shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code
Total Stars 15,862
License MIT
Category Educational

“Bash is all you need!” — this project demonstrates that AI coding agents can be surprisingly simple at their core.

learn-claude-code shows how to write a Claude Code-like agent in just 16 lines of bash, demystifying the technology.

Key Features:

  • Minimal implementation demonstrating core concepts
  • Educational resource for understanding AI agents
  • Community contributions expanding functionality

7. OpenBB — 3,877 ⭐ this month

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Repository OpenBB-finance/OpenBB
Total Stars 59,635
License AGPL-3.0
Category Financial Data

Financial analysts need unified access to data from dozens of vendors. OpenBB provides that with AI agent capabilities built in.

OpenBB is a financial data platform for analysts, quants, and AI agents, providing an AI workspace for finance. The “Bring Your Own AI Agent” feature works with various Cloud LLM Providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Azure.

Key Features:

  • Integration with dozens of data vendors
  • Python and CLI interfaces
  • OpenBB Copilot AI agent (OpenAI-powered)
  • Bring Your Own AI Agent support
  • SOC2 II compliance with no data leakage
  • On-premises deployment options
  • Used by investment firms managing billions

8. awesome-claude-code — 3,468 ⭐ this month

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Repository hesreallyhim/awesome-claude-code
Total Stars 22,331
License CC0-1.0
Category Curated List

Another essential curated list focusing specifically on Claude Code extensions and integrations.

awesome-claude-code curates skills, hooks, slash-commands, agent orchestrators, applications, and plugins for Claude Code.

Key Features:

  • Organized by category (skills, hooks, commands)
  • Agent orchestrator recommendations
  • Plugin ecosystem documentation
  • Community-maintained and regularly updated

9. Deep-Live-Cam — 2,819 ⭐ this month

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Repository hacksider/Deep-Live-Cam
Total Stars 79,139
License AGPL-3.0
Category Deepfake/Video

Traditional deepfakes require hours of training. Deep-Live-Cam works in real-time with a single image.

Deep-Live-Cam enables real-time face swapping and one-click video deepfakes using only a single source image.

Key Features:

  • Real-time face swapping with instant preview
  • No training required — uses pre-trained inswapper_128 model
  • GFPGAN v1.4 face restoration post-processing
  • Multi-platform: CPU, NVIDIA CUDA, Apple Silicon
  • Built-in ethical safeguards

10. UltraRAG — 2,357 ⭐ this month

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Repository OpenBMB/UltraRAG
Total Stars 4,827
License Apache-2.0
Category RAG Framework

Building complex RAG pipelines usually requires thousands of lines of code. UltraRAG reduces this to YAML declarations.

UltraRAG v3 is a low-code MCP framework for building complex RAG pipelines with minimal code.

Key Features:

  • YAML-based pipeline declaration
  • IRCoT algorithm in 50 lines (vs 900+ official)
  • MCP Server architecture for components
  • Multi-turn reasoning and dynamic retrieval
  • Serial, loop, and branch control structures
  • Conversational demo interface

11. blender-mcp — 2,063 ⭐ this month

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Repository ahujasid/blender-mcp
Total Stars 16,711
License MIT
Category MCP/3D Graphics

Controlling 3D software with natural language seemed futuristic. blender-mcp makes it real today.

blender-mcp is an MCP server that connects Blender 3D to Claude AI for AI-powered 3D creation. For building your own MCP integrations, see Building MCP Servers in Python.

Key Features:

  • Two-way communication between Claude and Blender
  • Object creation, modification, and deletion
  • Material and color application
  • Scene inspection and viewport screenshots
  • Sketchfab and Poly Haven asset integration
  • Hyper3D Rodin text-to-3D generation
  • Arbitrary Python code execution in Blender

12. OpenHands — 1,437 ⭐ this month

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Repository OpenHands/OpenHands
Total Stars 67,296
License MIT
Category AI Development

Software engineering agents need a robust platform. OpenHands provides enterprise-ready infrastructure for building them.

OpenHands is an open-source platform for building and deploying AI software engineering agents at scale. For local LLM integration, see our Ollama cheatsheet and Open-Source Chat UIs for local LLMs.

Key Features:

  • Model-agnostic agent framework
  • Software Agent SDK for custom agents
  • CLI, Web UI, and Cloud deployment
  • GitHub Action for automated issue resolution
  • Trusted by TikTok, VMware, Roche, Amazon

13. Pixelle-Video — 1,212 ⭐ this month

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Repository AIDC-AI/Pixelle-Video
Total Stars 2,109
License Apache-2.0
Category Video Generation

Creating short videos manually takes hours. Pixelle-Video automates the entire pipeline in 3 minutes.

Pixelle-Video is an AI-powered automated short video engine handling the full production pipeline.

Key Features:

  • Script writing from input topics
  • AI image generation per sentence
  • Voice synthesis (Edge-TTS, Index-TTS)
  • Automatic background music
  • Flexible video dimensions
  • Supports GPT, Qianwen, DeepSeek, Ollama
  • ComfyUI-based customizable workflows
  • ~$0.01-0.05 per video with Qianwen

14. OpenAI Skills — 1,166 ⭐ this month

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Repository openai/skills
Total Stars 2,204
License Apache-2.0
Category AI Agent Skills

OpenAI’s response to Anthropic’s Skills, providing the official Skills Catalog for Codex.

OpenAI Skills is the official Skills Catalog for Codex, providing extensible capabilities for OpenAI’s coding agent.

Key Features:

  • Official OpenAI repository
  • Codex integration
  • Extensible skill framework

15. claude-skills — 1,020 ⭐ this month

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Repository alirezarezvani/claude-skills
Total Stars 1,473
License MIT
Category AI Agent Skills

A community collection focusing on real-world Claude skill implementations.

claude-skills is a collection of skills for Claude Code and Claude AI for real-world usage, including subagents and commands.

Key Features:

  • Real-world focused skills
  • Claude Code Subagents
  • Claude Code Commands
  • Practical implementations

16. alpamayo — 981 ⭐ this month

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Repository NVlabs/alpamayo
Total Stars 1,280
License NVIDIA Source Code License
Category NVIDIA Research

NVIDIA’s research project gaining traction in the Python community.

alpamayo is an NVIDIA Labs research project.

17. MiroFlow — 697 ⭐ this month

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Repository MiroMindAI/MiroFlow
Total Stars 2,363
License Apache-2.0
Category Agent Framework

Achieving high GAIA scores requires sophisticated agent architectures. MiroFlow hits 82.4% — the highest reproducible open-source score.

MiroFlow is an agent framework for tool-use tasks with state-of-the-art benchmark performance.

Key Features:

  • 82.4% GAIA score (highest reproducible open-source)
  • HLE: 27.2%, xBench: 72.0%, BrowseComp-ZH: 47.1%
  • MiroThinker agentic models (4B/7B/14B/32B)
  • MiroVerse curated datasets (147k training data)
  • Fully reproducible benchmarks

Summary Table

Rank Project Stars/Month Total Stars Category
1 Anthropic Skills 29,129 58,665 AI Agent Skills
2 awesome-claude-skills 15,383 28,178 Curated List
3 PageIndex 6,153 10,728 RAG Framework
4 claude-code-templates 4,867 18,926 CLI Tool
5 langextract 4,115 23,774 Information Extraction
6 learn-claude-code 4,053 15,862 Educational
7 OpenBB 3,877 59,635 Financial Data
8 awesome-claude-code 3,468 22,331 Curated List
9 Deep-Live-Cam 2,819 79,139 Deepfake/Video
10 UltraRAG 2,357 4,827 RAG Framework
11 blender-mcp 2,063 16,711 MCP/3D Graphics
12 OpenHands 1,437 67,296 AI Development
13 Pixelle-Video 1,212 2,109 Video Generation
14 OpenAI Skills 1,166 2,204 AI Agent Skills
15 claude-skills 1,020 1,473 AI Agent Skills
16 alpamayo 981 1,280 NVIDIA Research
17 MiroFlow 697 2,363 Agent Framework

Claude Skills Explosion: 7 of the top 10 projects relate directly to Claude Code or Agent Skills. Anthropic’s release triggered an ecosystem response unprecedented in recent memory.

RAG Innovation: PageIndex and UltraRAG represent two different approaches to improving RAG — vectorless reasoning-based retrieval vs low-code MCP frameworks.

MCP Ecosystem Growth: The Model Context Protocol appears in multiple trending projects (UltraRAG, blender-mcp), establishing itself as the standard for AI-tool integration.

AI Video Generation: Deep-Live-Cam and Pixelle-Video show continued interest in AI-powered video creation and manipulation.

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