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Tools and repos: free AI tools and the top GitHub repos

Free, open-source AI tools from GitHub, one plain-English guide each, plus the repos that gained the most stars every week, month and quarter.

  • 69 tool guides
  • 53 AI apps
  • 40 weekly · 10 monthly · 3 quarterly lists
  • Updated 19 Oct 2026

Top AI apps by task

The free and paid AI apps people use most, sorted by what you want to do. Prices come from each app's own pricing page, checked on the date shown.

Pick your group

Each group shows the tools that fit that kind of work.

Most starred tools

Stars are a rough sign of how many people use a tool. Licenses tell you how you may use it.

By license

By platform

  1. Mac48
  2. Windows43
  3. Linux42
  4. In your browser7

Out of the 69 guides that list platforms. One tool can run on several.

Newest guides

Fresh from GitHub, explained this month.

All 69 guides
First infographic from the VoiceStudio guide
Oct 2026

VoiceStudio: Free ElevenLabs Alternative

VoiceStudio is a free ElevenLabs alternative. Clone a voice, dub videos and turn text into speech on your own Mac, Windows or Linux computer.

First infographic from the HyperFrames guide
Oct 2026

HyperFrames: Make AI Videos From HTML

HyperFrames is a free tool that makes AI video from HTML. Your AI agent writes a web page, and HyperFrames renders it into an MP4 video.

First infographic from the Folia guide
Oct 2026

Folia: Free Animated Lyrics Music Player

Folia is a free animated lyrics music player that shows full-screen moving lyrics for your local music, Navidrome and more. What it does and how to start.

First infographic from the net-merge guide
Oct 2026

net-merge: Combine Wi-Fi and Phone Internet, Free

net-merge is a free app to use two internet connections at once, like Wi-Fi plus a phone hotspot, on Windows, Mac and Linux. No account or VPN.

First infographic from the ArtCraft guide
Oct 2026

ArtCraft: Free AI Video and Image Studio

ArtCraft is a free AI video and image studio. Build your scene in 2D or 3D first, then let an AI model make the image or video. Mac and Windows.

First infographic from the REA guide
Oct 2026

REA: Reverse Engineer Anything With Your AI Agent

REA (Reverse Engineer Anything) lets an AI agent look inside an app and explain how a feature works, with proof. What it does, what it misses, and the risks.

First infographic from the DBX guide
Oct 2026

DBX: Free Database Client for 100+ Databases, With AI

DBX is a free database client that opens 100+ kinds of databases in a 25 MB app. Its AI helper turns plain English into database queries for you.

First infographic from the PureMac guide
Oct 2026

PureMac: Free CleanMyMac Alternative, No Subscription

PureMac is a free CleanMyMac alternative. It clears junk, fully uninstalls apps and finds duplicates, with no subscription, no tracking and no scare tactics.

All 69 guides

Newest first, one line each.

Show all 69 free AI tool guides

Top GitHub repos, week of 5 Oct

The fastest-rising GitHub repos, ranked by stars gained: 40 weekly, 10 monthly and 3 quarterly lists.

Every week

Stars gained, week of 5 Oct

Source: GitHub Trending, checked that week

  1. 1mattpocock/skills Matt Pocock's personal skill files for AI coding helpers+9.2K
  2. 2DuarteSantos8/openGym Self-hosted app to plan workouts and track gym progress+7.4K
  3. 3tester-army/e2e Tool for automatically testing web and mobile apps+6.6K
  4. 4heygen-com/hyperframes Lets AI agents make videos by writing web pages+4.1K
  5. 5thedotmack/claude-mem Gives Claude and other AI helpers memory across sessions+4.0K
Read the full list

Monthly winners

The repo that gained the most stars each month. Tap one for that month's top 5.

Quarterly roundups

The biggest repos of each quarter in one place.

List archive

Every weekly list (40)
How we pick the repos
  • Ranked by stars gained on GitHub Trending in that week, month or quarter.
  • Skipped: piracy, hacking tools, account bypass, deepfakes and fake star spikes.
  • Every install step comes from the repo's own README.