The most active Python repositories on GitHub, August 2026

As of August 2026, the most active Python repository on GitHub is yt-dlp/yt-dlp (183.4k stars). The top 10 Python repositories tracked by StarHunt hold 1260.7k combined stars, averaging 126.1k each, with 10 of 10 updated in the last week. Among the 135 of their contributors StarHunt could place in one of six tracked countries, 52% are in the United States.

What are the most active Python repositories in August 2026?

The Python open-source ecosystem keeps growing. Here are the most active repositories to watch this month.

#	Repository	Stars	Last push
1	yt-dlp/yt-dlp A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader cli downloader	⭐ 183,427	4 days ago
2	open-webui/open-webui User-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...) ai llm	⭐ 148,291	today
3	langflow-ai/langflow Langflow is a powerful tool for building and deploying AI-powered agents and workflows. agents chatgpt	⭐ 152,972	today
4	anthropics/claude-code Claude Code is an agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal, understands your codebase, and he	⭐ 140,783	yesterday
5	Comfy-Org/ComfyUI The most powerful and modular diffusion model GUI, api and backend with a graph/nodes interface. ai comfy	⭐ 125,146	today

Which Python repositories grew the most this month?

This month brought some interesting movement in the Python open-source space:

• scrapy/scrapy: +66 stars
• fastapi/fastapi: +57 stars
• python/cpython: +38 stars
• pallets/flask: +18 stars
• django/django: +12 stars

The biggest mover this month was scrapy/scrapy, which gained 66 stars.

Which Python repositories are growing fastest?

Ranked by star growth, these Python projects are rising fastest right now:

• scrapy/scrapy +66 stars this month (63.7k total)
• fastapi/fastapi +57 stars this month (101.4k total)
• python/cpython +38 stars this month (74.3k total)
• pallets/flask +18 stars this month (72.2k total)
• django/django +12 stars this month (88.4k total)

How active is the Python ecosystem this month?

Across the top 10 Python repositories tracked by StarHunt:

• Combined stars: 1,260,689
• Average stars per repository: 126,068
• Repositories with a commit in the last 7 days: 10 out of 10

The contributors behind these repositories are some of the strongest Python engineers on GitHub. StarHunt can help you reach them.

Who builds the top Python repositories?

StarHunt has indexed 135 contributors across these Python repositories. Among the 135 located in one of the six tracked countries (United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Canada), the split is:

• United States: 52% (70)
• Germany: 19% (25)
• United Kingdom: 11% (15)
• Canada: 10% (13)
• France: 7% (9)
• Spain: 2% (3)

37% have a public email on their GitHub profile.

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