A tour of all 31 public GitHub repos cloned in my local
projects/directory, organized chronologically and grouped by theme. These repos form my daily research and development toolkit.
Overview
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Public repos | 31 |
| Total Stars | 890k+ |
| Languages | Python (14), TypeScript (4), Java (2), Rust (1), JS (1), Shell (1), CSS (1) |
| Time span | 2012 — 2026 |
| Main domains | Robotics, RL, AI Agents, Fintech |
Foundations (2012–2018)
Early-created repos that remain actively maintained — the bedrock of my stack.
openrocket/openrocket (2012)
Open-source rocket simulation with 6-DOF trajectory and Monte Carlo analysis. Java-based, cross-platform with GUI. Useful reference for aerospace dynamics.
sindresorhus/awesome (2014)
The meta-list. 450k stars. My primary way of discovering domain-specific awesome lists like awesome-robotics.
ros2/ros2 (2015)
The de facto standard for robot software development. Communication middleware, build system, device drivers — the complete infrastructure. Essential for my daily research.
kiloreux/awesome-robotics (2015)
Curated robotics resources: courses, books, software, conferences. The first stop for anyone entering robotics.
AtsushiSakai/PythonRobotics (2016)
Python implementations of core robotics algorithms — localization, mapping, path planning, SLAM. Each algorithm comes with visualization. One of the best learning resources for robotics algorithms.
jslee02/awesome-robotics-libraries (2016)
A curated list of robotics libraries and software
Focused on software libraries: dynamics simulators, motion planners, optimization solvers, visualization tools. My go-to for library selection.
NxRLab/ModernRobotics (2016)
Code companion to Kevin Lynch’s classic textbook. Python and MATLAB implementations of rigid body motion, kinematics, dynamics, and motion planning. Textbook-quality code.
sfujim/TD3 (2018)
Official implementation of Twin Delayed DDPG. A classic baseline for continuous-action RL — clean, concise, and the starting point for many RL research projects.
vikashplus/robohive (2018)
Unified robot learning framework with diverse MuJoCo environments. Supports both imitation and reinforcement learning. Great for comparative experiments across robot tasks.
Rising Stars (2022–2024)
Breakthrough projects as AI began deeply integrating with various domains.
louis-e/arnis (2022)
Generate any location from the real world in Minecraft with a high level of detail
Rebuilds real-world locations in Minecraft using OpenStreetMap data. Rust for performance. The underlying geodata processing and procedural generation techniques are genuinely interesting.
Jitu0110/RLMujoco (2023)
Clean implementations of SAC, PPO, and A2C on MuJoCo. Low stars but solid code — useful for quick baseline runs on Humanoid, Ant, and Cheetah.
FujiwaraChoki/MoneyPrinterV2 (2024)
Automates online content creation — YouTube video generation, Twitter ops, and more. 27k stars reflect the massive demand for automated content creation.
AI4Finance-Foundation/FinRobot (2024)
An Open-Source AI Agent Platform for Financial Analysis using LLMs
LLM-powered financial analysis AI Agent platform. Full pipeline from data acquisition to investment recommendations.
thu-ml/RoboticsDiffusionTransformer (2024)
RDT-1B: a Diffusion Foundation Model for Bimanual Manipulation
From Tsinghua’s ML group — a 1B-parameter Diffusion Transformer for bimanual manipulation. Represents the frontier of Diffusion Policy on real robots.
TauricResearch/TradingAgents (2024)
TradingAgents: Multi-Agents LLM Financial Trading Framework
Multi-agent LLM trading framework. 44k stars. Combines analyst, trader, and risk-management agents into a cohesive trading system. The canonical example of LLM agents in finance.
The Agent Wave (2025)
2025 was the year AI agents and coding agents exploded.
vas3k/TaxHacker (2025-03)
Self-hosted AI accounting app with LLM analyzer for receipts, invoices, transactions
Self-hosted AI accounting with LLM-powered receipt and invoice analysis. Custom categorization rules and multi-currency support. Genuinely useful personal finance tool.
newton-physics/newton (2025-04)
An open-source, GPU-accelerated physics simulation engine built upon NVIDIA Warp
GPU-accelerated physics engine built on NVIDIA Warp, targeting robotics researchers. Similar positioning to MuJoCo and Isaac Sim, but fully open-source and lighter. Supports differentiable simulation — perfect for sim-to-real research.
opendataloader-project/opendataloader-pdf (2025-05)
PDF Parser for AI-ready data. Automate PDF accessibility. Open-source.
AI-ready PDF parser with OCR, table extraction, and Markdown/JSON output. Invaluable for researchers processing academic papers at scale.
langchain-ai/open-swe (2025-05)
LangChain’s open-source async coding agent. Supports Claude and OpenAI. A solid foundation for coding agent research and evaluation.
Crosstalk-Solutions/project-nomad (2025-06)
A self-contained, offline survival computer packed with critical tools, knowledge, and AI
Offline survival computer with integrated tools, knowledge base, and AI. 20k stars reflect strong interest in offline AI scenarios.
shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code (2025-06)
Bash is all you need - A nano claude code-like agent harness, built from 0 to 1
Build a Claude Code-like agent from scratch. 43k stars — developers want to understand coding agents at the foundational level. “Bash is all you need” is an inspiring philosophy.
obra/superpowers (2025-10)
An agentic skills framework and software development methodology that works
At 125k stars, the most mature skills framework for Claude Code. Provides a complete software development methodology with brainstorming, TDD, debugging, and code review skills.
fly-pigTH/SoRo-Scholar (2025-10)
Awesome soft robotics papers — actuation, control, modeling, sim2real, and more
My own project — a curated list of soft robotics papers covering actuation, control, modeling, and sim-to-real transfer. Low stars but represents my knowledge investment in the soft robotics field.
ZhanchiWang/Open-Spiral-Robots (2025-12)
Open-source spiral robot designs. Niche but interesting — exploring spiral structures in soft robotics.
Latest (2026)
Projects reflecting the rapid iteration of AI toolchains.
jarrodwatts/claude-hud (2026-01)
A Claude Code plugin that shows context usage, active tools, running agents, and todo progress
HUD statusline plugin for Claude Code — real-time display of context usage, active tools, and agent progress. 15k stars show strong demand for observability in AI coding tools.
PlaiPin/rosclaw (2026-02)
ROS 2 + OpenClaw integration. Demonstrates web technologies in robot control interfaces.
fly-pigTH/RoboIndex.github.io (2026-02)
A structured entry for robotics papers, code, and submission know-how
My project — RoboIndex, a structured robotics paper index with search, showcase, analytics dashboard, and API. Built with Next.js.
ylytdeng/wechat-decrypt (2026-02)
WeChat 4.0 database decryptor — extract keys from memory, decrypt SQLCipher 4 databases
WeChat 4.0 database decryption tool. Useful for exporting and analyzing chat history.
Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill (2026-02)
Claude Code skill for generating academic presentations — conference talks, seminar slides, thesis defenses. Practical for academics.
karpathy/autoresearch (2026-03)
AI agents running research on single-GPU nanochat training automatically
Karpathy’s latest — AI agents autonomously designing experiments, running single-GPU training, and analyzing results. 61k stars. The canonical example of “AI for AI Research”.
Takeaways
Looking across these 31 repos, several evolution lines emerge clearly:
- Robotics: Classical algorithms (PythonRobotics, ModernRobotics) → Simulation platforms (robohive, newton) → Foundation models (RDT-1B) → Open hardware (Open-Spiral-Robots, rosclaw)
- RL: Single algorithm implementations (TD3, RLMujoco) → Unified frameworks (robohive) → Diffusion Policy (RDT)
- AI Agents: Toolchains (superpowers, claude-hud) → Tutorial ecosystem (learn-claude-code) → Automated research (autoresearch)
- Applications: Finance (TradingAgents, FinRobot), accounting (TaxHacker), content creation (MoneyPrinterV2)
The toolbox keeps growing. Follow the Weekly Stars series for more picks.
References
Full repo list sorted by creation date:
- openrocket/openrocket (2012)
- sindresorhus/awesome (2014)
- ros2/ros2 (2015)
- kiloreux/awesome-robotics (2015)
- AtsushiSakai/PythonRobotics (2016)
- jslee02/awesome-robotics-libraries (2016)
- NxRLab/ModernRobotics (2016)
- sfujim/TD3 (2018)
- vikashplus/robohive (2018)
- louis-e/arnis (2022)
- Jitu0110/RLMujoco (2023)
- FujiwaraChoki/MoneyPrinterV2 (2024)
- AI4Finance-Foundation/FinRobot (2024)
- thu-ml/RoboticsDiffusionTransformer (2024)
- TauricResearch/TradingAgents (2024)
- vas3k/TaxHacker (2025)
- newton-physics/newton (2025)
- opendataloader-project/opendataloader-pdf (2025)
- langchain-ai/open-swe (2025)
- Crosstalk-Solutions/project-nomad (2025)
- shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code (2025)
- obra/superpowers (2025)
- fly-pigTH/SoRo-Scholar (2025)
- ZhanchiWang/Open-Spiral-Robots (2025)
- jarrodwatts/claude-hud (2026)
- PlaiPin/rosclaw (2026)
- fly-pigTH/RoboIndex.github.io (2026)
- ylytdeng/wechat-decrypt (2026)
- fly-pigTH/clover (2026)
- Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill (2026)
- karpathy/autoresearch (2026)