Open-source AI and vibe coding by the numbers

Counts across the 1560 projects in both rankings, from the same data as the lists.

Data from 24 Oct 2026, refreshed twice a day. The open data API has every project behind these counts.

  • Projects1560
  • Categories33
  • Stars, all projects30.9m
  • Median score66
  • Method changes4

Projects per category

The biggest categories are Skills, plugins and prompts on Best of Vibe Coding (308 projects) and ML frameworks and libraries on Best of Open-Source AI (120 projects).

Best of Vibe Coding
Skills, plugins and prompts: 308Skills, plugins and prompts308Coding agents and AI editors: 169Coding agents and AI editors169MCP servers for developers: 77MCP servers for developers77Agent and MCP starters: 43Agent and MCP starters43SaaS and app starters: 43SaaS and app starters43Backends, databases and hosting: 29Backends, databases and hosting29Code review and testing: 19Code review and testing19Backend and cloud templates: 18Backend and cloud templates18Voice and realtime: 16Voice and realtime16App builder starters: 13App builder starters13RAG and search: 13RAG and search13Chat apps: 12Chat apps12AI editors and workflow canvases: 4AI editors and workflow canvases4
Numbers as a table
Best of Open-Source AI
ML frameworks and libraries: 120ML frameworks and libraries120Agent frameworks and SDKs: 77Agent frameworks and SDKs77Voice: 62Voice62Learning and cookbooks: 60Learning and cookbooks60Model serving: 55Model serving55Open models: 49Open models49Agent platforms: 48Agent platforms48Gateways and observability: 41Gateways and observability41RAG, knowledge and search: 41RAG, knowledge and search41Training and fine-tuning: 39Training and fine-tuning39Assistants: 37Assistants37Image and video: 37Image and video37Data and scraping for AI: 29Data and scraping for AI29Chat UIs: 21Chat UIs21Desktop AI apps: 20Desktop AI apps20Memory: 18Memory18Vector databases: 15Vector databases15Security: 13Security13Sandboxes: 11Sandboxes11Workflow automation with AI: 3Workflow automation with AI3
Numbers as a table

Licenses

83% of all 1560 projects use a permissive license such as MIT or Apache-2.0. 173 have custom terms or no license, so read those before you use one at work.

Best of Vibe Coding
Permissive (MIT, Apache, BSD): 665 (87%)Permissive (MIT, Apache, BSD)665 (87%)Copyleft (GPL, AGPL): 36 (5%)Copyleft (GPL, AGPL)36 (5%)Custom or none: 63 (8%)Custom or none63 (8%)
Numbers as a table
License families, Best of Vibe Coding
LicenseProjectsShare
Permissive (MIT, Apache, BSD)66587%
Copyleft (GPL, AGPL)365%
Custom or none638%
Best of Open-Source AI
Permissive (MIT, Apache, BSD): 631 (79%)Permissive (MIT, Apache, BSD)631 (79%)Copyleft (GPL, AGPL): 55 (7%)Copyleft (GPL, AGPL)55 (7%)Custom or none: 110 (14%)Custom or none110 (14%)
Numbers as a table
License families, Best of Open-Source AI
LicenseProjectsShare
Permissive (MIT, Apache, BSD)63179%
Copyleft (GPL, AGPL)557%
Custom or none11014%

GPU needs

On Best of Open-Source AI, 268 of 796 projects need no GPU and 319 run faster with one; 88 require a GPU.

Best of Vibe Coding
No GPU needed: 658 (86%)No GPU needed658 (86%)A GPU helps, not required: 34 (4%)A GPU helps, not required34 (4%)Needs a GPU: 2 (<1%)Needs a GPU2 (<1%)README does not say: 70 (9%)README does not say70 (9%)
Numbers as a table
GPU needs, from each README, Best of Vibe Coding
GPUProjectsShare
No GPU needed65886%
A GPU helps, not required344%
Needs a GPU2<1%
README does not say709%
Best of Open-Source AI
No GPU needed: 268 (34%)No GPU needed268 (34%)A GPU helps, not required: 319 (40%)A GPU helps, not required319 (40%)Needs a GPU: 88 (11%)Needs a GPU88 (11%)README does not say: 121 (15%)README does not say121 (15%)
Numbers as a table
GPU needs, from each README, Best of Open-Source AI
GPUProjectsShare
No GPU needed26834%
A GPU helps, not required31940%
Needs a GPU8811%
README does not say12115%

Docker, arm64 and live demos

Docker files or an image ship with 25% of Best of Vibe Coding and 48% of Best of Open-Source AI. You can try 326 projects in a live demo before you install anything.

Best of Vibe Coding
Docker: 192 (25%)Docker192 (25%)arm64 or Apple Silicon: 214 (28%)arm64 or Apple Silicon214 (28%)Live demo: 111 (15%)Live demo111 (15%)
Numbers as a table
Ways to run it, Best of Vibe Coding
HasProjectsShare
Docker19225%
arm64 or Apple Silicon21428%
Live demo11115%
Best of Open-Source AI
Docker: 385 (48%)Docker385 (48%)arm64 or Apple Silicon: 259 (33%)arm64 or Apple Silicon259 (33%)Live demo: 215 (27%)Live demo215 (27%)
Numbers as a table
Ways to run it, Best of Open-Source AI
HasProjectsShare
Docker38548%
arm64 or Apple Silicon25933%
Live demo21527%

Languages

The most common main language is TypeScript on Best of Vibe Coding (323) and Python on Best of Open-Source AI (459).

Best of Vibe Coding
TypeScript: 323 (42%)TypeScript323 (42%)Python: 172 (23%)Python172 (23%)JavaScript: 54 (7%)JavaScript54 (7%)Rust: 53 (7%)Rust53 (7%)Go: 47 (6%)Go47 (6%)Shell: 22 (3%)Shell22 (3%)Other languages: 74 (10%)Other languages74 (10%)No main language: 19 (2%)No main language19 (2%)
Numbers as a table
Main language on GitHub, Best of Vibe Coding
LanguageProjectsShare
TypeScript32342%
Python17223%
JavaScript547%
Rust537%
Go476%
Shell223%
Other languages7410%
No main language192%
Best of Open-Source AI
Python: 459 (58%)Python459 (58%)TypeScript: 111 (14%)TypeScript111 (14%)Jupyter Notebook: 66 (8%)Jupyter Notebook66 (8%)C++: 38 (5%)C++38 (5%)Rust: 37 (5%)Rust37 (5%)Go: 27 (3%)Go27 (3%)Other languages: 54 (7%)Other languages54 (7%)No main language: 4 (<1%)No main language4 (<1%)
Numbers as a table
Main language on GitHub, Best of Open-Source AI
LanguageProjectsShare
Python45958%
TypeScript11114%
Jupyter Notebook668%
C++385%
Rust375%
Go273%
Other languages547%
No main language4<1%

Last commit

1133 of 1560 projects (73%) had a commit in the last 30 days. 4 have gone more than a year without one.

Best of Vibe Coding
In the last 30 days: 568 (74%)In the last 30 days568 (74%)31 to 90 days ago: 89 (12%)31 to 90 days ago89 (12%)91 days to a year ago: 105 (14%)91 days to a year ago105 (14%)More than a year ago: 2 (<1%)More than a year ago2 (<1%)
Numbers as a table
Last commit to the default branch, Best of Vibe Coding
Last commitProjectsShare
In the last 30 days56874%
31 to 90 days ago8912%
91 days to a year ago10514%
More than a year ago2<1%
Best of Open-Source AI
In the last 30 days: 565 (71%)In the last 30 days565 (71%)31 to 90 days ago: 85 (11%)31 to 90 days ago85 (11%)91 days to a year ago: 144 (18%)91 days to a year ago144 (18%)More than a year ago: 2 (<1%)More than a year ago2 (<1%)
Numbers as a table
Last commit to the default branch, Best of Open-Source AI
Last commitProjectsShare
In the last 30 days56571%
31 to 90 days ago8511%
91 days to a year ago14418%
More than a year ago2<1%

Stars

The median project has 3.7k stars on Best of Vibe Coding and 14.2k stars on Best of Open-Source AI. OpenClaw has the most: 392.9k.

Best of Vibe Coding
100k or more: 22 (3%)100k or more22 (3%)50k to 100k: 26 (3%)50k to 100k26 (3%)20k to 50k: 84 (11%)20k to 50k84 (11%)5k to 20k: 195 (26%)5k to 20k195 (26%)1k to 5k: 383 (50%)1k to 5k383 (50%)Under 1k: 54 (7%)Under 1k54 (7%)
Numbers as a table
GitHub stars, Best of Vibe Coding
StarsProjectsShare
100k or more223%
50k to 100k263%
20k to 50k8411%
5k to 20k19526%
1k to 5k38350%
Under 1k547%
Best of Open-Source AI
100k or more: 23 (3%)100k or more23 (3%)50k to 100k: 65 (8%)50k to 100k65 (8%)20k to 50k: 202 (25%)20k to 50k202 (25%)5k to 20k: 475 (60%)5k to 20k475 (60%)1k to 5k: 30 (4%)1k to 5k30 (4%)Under 1k: 1 (<1%)Under 1k1 (<1%)
Numbers as a table
GitHub stars, Best of Open-Source AI
StarsProjectsShare
100k or more233%
50k to 100k658%
20k to 50k20225%
5k to 20k47560%
1k to 5k304%
Under 1k1<1%

Scores

The median score is 67 on Best of Vibe Coding and 64 on Best of Open-Source AI, and 322 projects score 80 or more out of 100.

Best of Vibe Coding
90 to 100: 46 (6%)90 to 10046 (6%)80 to 89: 116 (15%)80 to 89116 (15%)70 to 79: 181 (24%)70 to 79181 (24%)60 to 69: 164 (21%)60 to 69164 (21%)50 to 59: 102 (13%)50 to 59102 (13%)40 to 49: 69 (9%)40 to 4969 (9%)30 to 39: 41 (5%)30 to 3941 (5%)Under 30: 45 (6%)Under 3045 (6%)
Numbers as a table
Scores out of 100, Best of Vibe Coding
ScoreProjectsShare
90 to 100466%
80 to 8911615%
70 to 7918124%
60 to 6916421%
50 to 5910213%
40 to 49699%
30 to 39415%
Under 30456%
Best of Open-Source AI
90 to 100: 33 (4%)90 to 10033 (4%)80 to 89: 127 (16%)80 to 89127 (16%)70 to 79: 146 (18%)70 to 79146 (18%)60 to 69: 162 (20%)60 to 69162 (20%)50 to 59: 113 (14%)50 to 59113 (14%)40 to 49: 93 (12%)40 to 4993 (12%)30 to 39: 52 (7%)30 to 3952 (7%)Under 30: 70 (9%)Under 3070 (9%)
Numbers as a table
Scores out of 100, Best of Open-Source AI
ScoreProjectsShare
90 to 100334%
80 to 8912716%
70 to 7914618%
60 to 6916220%
50 to 5911314%
40 to 499312%
30 to 39527%
Under 30709%

Method changes

4 dated changes to how we rank, newest first. The methodology page keeps the same log.

  • 2026-10-14: the star-growth anomaly penalty is dropped, since a star chart cannot tell a big launch from bought stars
  • 2026-10-13: Maintenance weighs 15% (was 10%) and Momentum 10% (was 15%), so steady upkeep counts more than a burst of stars
  • 2026-10-12: penalties we do not check yet are marked coming; only "no license" has ever been applied
  • 2026-10-09: Docker alone earns no points, medals mark places 1–3 instead of score bands