Weekly | Top 9 GitHub Repos | Week 32 - 2025

Noteworthy backend repos that first shipped less than a year ago.

Aug 12, 2025

#9. MettaSurendhar/node-express-backend-template-using-prisma

A Node.js and Express.js backend template with Prisma ORM integration. Ideal for developers and teams to quickly set up and scale backend projects. Includes pre-configured authentication, validation, and a structured codebase for easy customization.

Repo topic tags: backend, backend-projects, backend-projects-for-beginners, backend-template, contributions, express-js-project, expressjs, expressjs-template, node-js, node-js-express, nodejs, nodejs-templates, open-source, orm, orm-template, postgresql, prisma, prisma-orm, prismaorm, template

Its up 1 new star on 2025-08-09 from 9 total stars the day before. It ranked at #2282 by new stars relative to its star count one day prior to 2025-08-09.

This repo was first pushed to Github on 2024-08-18. Its primary language is JavaScript.

#8. daangn/graplix

🔏 Authorization framework for implementing Relation-based Access Control (ReBAC) with the Resolver (Inspired by GraphQL)

Repo topic tags: authorization, graphql, rebac, relation-based-access-control, resolver

Its up 1 new star on 2025-08-09 and ranked at #2234 out of all github repos that first shipped less than a year ago.

This repo was first pushed to Github on 2024-11-22. Its primary language is TypeScript.

#7. Wimell/Tapback-Memojis

Tapback Memoji's is an open source avatar generator. Create unique Apple style profile pictures for any use-case.

Repo topic tags: api, apple, avatar, avatar-generator, beautiful-avatars, emoji, figma, ios, memoji, mockup-generator, open-source, laravel, nodejs

Its up 5 new stars this month and ranked at #3620 out of all github repos that first shipped less than a year ago.

This repo was first pushed to Github on 2024-08-27. Its license was listed as: MIT License. Its primary language is PHP.

#6. shahradelahi/node-eval

🔒 Secure Code Evaluation, Simplified.

Repo topic tags: eval, nodejs, safe, sandbox, neval

Its up 2 new stars on 2025-08-09 and ranked at #1523 out of all github repos that first shipped less than a year ago.

This repo was first pushed to Github on 2024-11-18. Its license was listed as: MIT License. Its primary language is TypeScript.

#5. daveebbelaar/pydantic-ai-tutorial

Learn how to build AI agents with PydanticAI

Repo topic tags: agents, ai, python

Its up 4 new stars this week and ranked at #2368 out of all github repos that first shipped less than a year ago.

This repo was first pushed to Github on 2024-12-05. Its license was listed as: MIT License. Its primary language is Python.

#4. 8LWXpg/ptr

PowerToys Run plugin manager

Repo topic tags: cli, plugin-manager, powertoys-run, powertoys-run-plugin, rust

Its up 1 new star on 2025-08-09 and ranked at #2331 out of all github repos that first shipped less than a year ago.

This repo was first pushed to Github on 2024-08-15. Its license was listed as: MIT License. Its primary language is Rust.

#3. azamsharpschool/HelloMarket

HelloMarket is an E-Commerce app that uses SwiftUI, ExpressJS and Postgres database.

Its up 1 new star on 2025-08-09 from 118 total stars the day before. It ranked at #5253 by new stars relative to its star count one day prior to 2025-08-09.

This repo was first pushed to Github on 2024-10-10. Its primary language is Swift.

#2. hanfangyuan4396/gewechat-python

gewechat python client

Its up 2 new stars this week and ranked at #3288 out of all github repos that first shipped less than a year ago.

This repo was first pushed to Github on 2024-10-04. Its license was listed as: Apache License 2.0. Its primary language is Python.

#1. hsa00000/Urocissa

Urocissa is a self-hosted gallery designed to serve massive collections, capable of handling millions of images and videos. It is built using Rust and Vue.

Repo topic tags: exif, gallery, images, open-source, photo-gallery, photos, rust, self-hosted, video, videos, vue3

Its up 1 new star on 2025-08-09 and ranked at #2342 out of all github repos that first shipped less than a year ago.

This repo was first pushed to Github on 2024-10-17. Its license was listed as: MIT License. Its primary language is Rust/Vue/TypeScript.

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