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Over five years ago, I started publishing the top trending open-source startups every quarter — the ROSS Index. It has become a handy tool for 60K+ developers, founders, and other OSS fans who have visited it to date. Today, I'm thrilled to make it even more useful, as we are open-sourcing all its data for more than 20 quarters on GitHub, in a convenient format. Explore our repo (in the comments) and star it to be notified about new index releases. And, of course, now is also the time to reveal the fresh top 20 startups by GitHub stars growth for Q3 2025 — one can find more details on them in the repo too!

The Visual Studio Code and GitHub teams joined up to sponsor open source AI and MCP projects that are accelerating developer productivity. Check out these 9 powerful projects that can supercharge your workflows, streamline development, and unlock new possibilities for innovation. From AI-driven tools to modern protocol integrations, these projects are shaping the future of open source collaboration. 👉 Dive in here https://lnkd.in/gcPDG2KE fastapi_mcp https://lnkd.in/gvhNYsrJ by Tadata Tori Seidenstein nuxt-mcp https://lnkd.in/gzgDQC8s by Nuxt Anthony Fu unity-mcp https://lnkd.in/gT2ExHVQ by Coplay Jos van der Westhuizen context7 https://lnkd.in/gSnt7yev from Upstash Enes Akar Peekaboo https://lnkd.in/gZ4CX8Jn by @peter steinberg serena https://lnkd.in/gh8mMs6K by Oraios AI   coderunner https://lnkd.in/gWUTnuF6 by manish kumar  n8n-mcp https://lnkd.in/gU8cnmfj by Romuald Czlonkowski   inspector https://lnkd.in/gXnUZGYb by MCPJam Matthew Wang #opensource #modelcontextprotocol #mcp #opensourceai #ai #agents #github #developertools

You might've heard about the hiring advice "hire for slope, not y-intercept" Same thing goes for software vendors – bet on fast-moving startups that care about craft, design & reliability. Your future self will thank you. Some examples: ✦ bet on Linear vs jira ✦ bet on Upstash vs redis inc. ✦ bet on Tinybird vs clickhouse ✦ bet on Resend vs sendgrid ✦ bet on Axiom vs datadog ✦ bet on Fillout vs typeform  ✦ bet on Plain vs zendesk Who am I missing here? 👀

Upstash just published an interesting blog on building a serverless webhook system using QStash. And guess what? I'm in it! Marble relies on QStash to power our webhook system. Read the full post here: https://lnkd.in/eiDHuhDV

We’re proud to support Paul Smith, the iconic British design house with 130 shops across 60 countries. 🌍 As Nish Patel, Business System Architect at Paul Smith shared; moving from self-hosted Redis to Upstash unlocked global low-latency performance, serverless flexibility, and a seamless headless commerce experience. Read the full story 👉 https://lnkd.in/d4QCsmwj

We’re proud to support OpenArt AI, an AI-native platform where ideas become visual stories. The team has been building with Upstash Redis for some time, and recently they’ve expanded their stack with Upstash Workflows—powering the launch of their new product: OpenArt Stories. ✨ It’s exciting to see how a lean team can move fast, scale efficiently, and bring creative AI experiences to life with the right tools. Read more in the words of Pingren N., Founding Software Engineer at OpenArt: 👉 https://lnkd.in/dGQy5G-v

ClickFunnels has been building at scale with Upstash Redis for a long time—and we’re honored to be part of their edge-first journey. 🚀 With Redis over HTTP, ClickFunnels delivers fast, reliable data to entrepreneurs across the globe, without the complexity of cluster management. 🌍⚡ Learn more about their story here, told by Javier Z., Head of Platform at ClickFunnels: 👉 https://lnkd.in/dhvvhrUA