2025 isn’t slowing down. From AI agents and lightweight frameworks to infrastructure that actually scales, open source is where the real innovation’s happening.

We’ve combed through FAUN.dev newsletters and community picks to bring you the standout projects developers are loving this year.

Every click you've made is a vote for what's hot and what's not in the open source world. We've analyzed thousands of interactions to identify the tools that have truly captured the attention and imagination of the FAUN.dev community.

If you're curious what's making waves in real dev workflows, this list is your shortcut.

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