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Top 10 Open-Source Picks: October 22

A curated look at the 10 open-source repositories that dominated developer attention on Thursday, October 22, 2026. From trending newcomers to steadily-growing community favorites, here is what mattered most.

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twenty

twentyhq/twenty

The open alternative to Salesforce, designed for AI.

59kGitHub stars
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stb

nothings/stb

stb single-file public domain libraries for C/C++

35kGitHub stars
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scrapy

scrapy/scrapy

Scrapy, a fast high-level web crawling & scraping framework for Python.

65kGitHub stars
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bun

oven-sh/bun

Incredibly fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner, and package manager โ€“ all in one

96kGitHub stars
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lazygit

jesseduffield/lazygit

simple terminal UI for git commands

83kGitHub stars
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actual-budget

actualbudget/actual

A privacy-focused personal budgeting app with offline-first data control

30kGitHub stars
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jj

jj-vcs/jj

A Git-compatible VCS that is both simple and powerful

32kGitHub stars
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keycloak

keycloak/keycloak

An open source identity and access management platform with SSO

37kGitHub stars
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OmniRoute

diegosouzapw/OmniRoute

Never stop coding. Free AI gateway: one endpoint, 231+ providers (50+ free), connect Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Cline & Copilot to FREE Claude/GPT/Gemini. RTK+Caveman stacked compression saves 15-95% tokens, smart auto-fallback, MCP/A2A, multimodal APIs, Desktop/PWA.

71kGitHub stars
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hermes-agent

NousResearch/hermes-agent

The agent that grows with you

255kGitHub stars

Editor's Takeaway

On October 22, 2026, these 10 repositories captured the attention of developers worldwide. Leading the charge were twenty, stb, scrapy alongside 7 other compelling projects, with each representing a different facet of where open-source momentum is heading. What ties them together is community trust: high star counts, active contributors, and real-world utility. If you haven't already, explore each project on its detail page, check out the contributor leaderboard, and consider starring the ones that solve problems you care about. Open source thrives when people engage, and these 10 repos are the proof.

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