Best-of update: 2026.01.29

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To finish this update: Select Merge pull request below and Confirm merge. Also, make sure to publish the created draft release in the releases section as well.

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Summary by cubic

Refreshes the Best-of catalog to 2026.01.29 with updated trending up/down projects and scores. Adds a history snapshot (Markdown + CSV) and syncs README and latest-changes.

• Migration
  • Merge this PR.
  • Publish the draft release in the Releases page.

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1 issue found across 4 files

Prompt for AI agents (all issues)

Check if these issues are valid — if so, understand the root cause of each and fix them.


<file name="latest-changes.md">

<violation number="1" location="latest-changes.md:7">
P3: Fix typo/grammar in the project description ("Confluents" → "Confluent's").</violation>
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P3: Fix typo/grammar in the project description ("Confluents" → "Confluent's").

Prompt for AI agents

Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At latest-changes.md, line 7:

<comment>Fix typo/grammar in the project description ("Confluents" → "Confluent's").</comment>

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-- <b><a href="https://github.com/art049/odmantic">ODMantic</a></b> (🥉29 ·  ⭐ 1.2K · 📈) - Sync and Async ODM (Object Document Mapper) for MongoDB based on.. <code><a href="http://bit.ly/3hkKRql">ISC</a></code>
+- <b><a href="https://github.com/Textualize/rich">rich</a></b> (🥇47 ·  ⭐ 55K · 📈) - Rich is a Python library for rich text and beautiful formatting in the.. <code><a href="http://bit.ly/34MBwT8">MIT</a></code>
+- <b><a href="https://github.com/jmcnamara/XlsxWriter">XlsxWriter</a></b> (🥇39 ·  ⭐ 3.9K · 📈) - A Python module for creating Excel XLSX files. <code><a href="http://bit.ly/3rqEWVr">BSD-2</a></code>
+- <b><a href="https://github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-python">confluent-kafka-python</a></b> (🥈39 ·  ⭐ 440 · 📈) - Confluents Kafka Python Client. <code><a href="http://bit.ly/3nYMfla">Apache-2</a></code>
+- <b><a href="https://github.com/ijl/orjson">orjson</a></b> (🥈38 ·  ⭐ 7.8K · 📈) - Fast, correct Python JSON library supporting dataclasses,.. <code><a href="http://bit.ly/3nYMfla">Apache-2</a></code>
+- <b><a href="https://github.com/alexanderlukanin13/coolname">coolname</a></b> (🥉27 ·  ⭐ 170 · 📈) - Random Name and Slug Generator. <code><a href="http://bit.ly/3rqEWVr">BSD-2</a></code>
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Suggested change

	- <b><a href="https://github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-python">confluent-kafka-python</a></b> (🥈39 · ⭐ 440 · 📈) - Confluents Kafka Python Client. <code><a href="http://bit.ly/3nYMfla">Apache-2</a></code>
	- <b><a href="https://github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-python">confluent-kafka-python</a></b> (🥈39 · ⭐ 440 · 📈) - Confluent's Kafka Python Client. <code><a href="http://bit.ly/3nYMfla">Apache-2</a></code>