GitHub repositories taking off in the last year

Ranked by how many more stars each repo got in the last year than its pace over the 365 days before would predict, lowest first. Star counts come from GitHub. Last updated 9 Nov 2026, 14:20 UTC.

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How the ranking works

Stars gained: New stars in the window. "all" means the repo is younger than the window, so the number is every star it has.
Today: Stars since midnight US Pacific time, so a partial day.
Above pace: How many more stars the repo got than its pace in the window before would predict. +500 means 500 more than usual.
Momentum: A daily score: 8 points per star and 2 per fork since midnight UTC, reduced for repos that are this busy every day.
Speed-up: Stars per day in the window divided by stars per day in the window before. "New" means the repo is younger than the window. "Under 14 days" (twice the window; "Under 2 years" for 1 year) means it is older than the window but too young for a full window before it to compare with.
Suspected: Repositories with at least 50 stars are left out as likely bought stars when they have no detected programming language and got those stars within a day of being created; or got them within 14 days while having no watchers, at most 1 fork, no detected language or under 1 KB of code other than HTML and CSS, and either 5 KB or less of files or an owner that is a personal account with at most 1 follower. Repositories with no detected language are also left out when, at any age, they have 5 KB or less of files and got at least 90% of their stars on a single day that ended more than a day ago; or have 5 KB or less of files and belong to a personal account with no followers that was created at most an hour before the repository. Any repository with at least 50 stars is also left out when, under 3 days old, it has no watchers and at least 5 forks and belongs to a personal account with no followers; it stays out while that account has no followers. See them.
Bars: Stars per day (per week for 90 days and 1 year). Bright bars are the selected window. Heights use a square-root scale, so quieter days stay visible next to a spike.

#	Repository	Stars	Today	7d	30d	1y	Above pace ↓	Momentum	Speed-up
20251	Official repository for the Hybrid Core WordPress development framework. PHP · 14 years old	685	0	-1	-1	+1	-4	0	0.2x, slowing
20252	Programmable Input Emulator C# · 14 years old	729	0	0	+4	+44	-4	0	0.9x, slowing
20253	GeoNetwork is a catalog application to manage spatially referenced resources. It provides powerful metadata editing and search functions as well as an interactive web map viewer. It is currently used in numerous Spatial Data Infrastructure initiatives across the world. Java · 14 years old	524	0	0	+3	+48	-4	0	0.9x, slowing
20254	:date: The VObject library for PHP allows you to easily parse and manipulate iCalendar and vCard objects PHP · 14 years old	602	0	0	+1	+17	-4	0	0.8x, slowing
20255	:computer: Parallel testing for PHPUnit PHP · 14 years old	2,518	0	0	+10	+115	-4	0	1.0x, steady
20256	A general-purpose OpenStreetMap mapnik style, in CartoCSS CartoCSS · 13 years old	1,742	+1	+2	+9	+108	-4	10	1.0x, steady
20257	K3NG Arduino CW Keyer C++ · 13 years old	514	0	+1	+6	+45	-4	8	0.9x, slowing
20258	Scheme Scripting Engine Scheme · 13 years old	912	0	0	+4	+53	-4	0	0.9x, slowing
20259	An application development platform C# · 13 years old	907	0	0	+1	+23	-4	0	0.9x, slowing
20260	Modern and extensible testing framework for Haskell Haskell · 13 years old	663	0	+1	+2	+13	-4	0	0.8x, slowing
20261	A build tool for Erlang that just works. Makefile · 13 years old	587	0	0	+1	+6	-4	0	0.6x, slowing
20262	Gerrit Code Review Tool Integration for the IntelliJ Platform Java · 13 years old	519	0	0	+1	+12	-4	0	0.8x, slowing
20263	Toggl Track browser extension for Chrome and Firefox JavaScript · 13 years old	1,150	+1	0	0	+31	-4	8	0.9x, slowing
20264	:heavy_check_mark: PHP Test Framework for Freedom, Truth, and Justice PHP · 13 years old	1,146	0	0	+1	+6	-4	0	0.6x, slowing
20265	Chrome Dev Editor is a developer tool for building apps on the Chrome platform - Chrome Apps and Web Apps, in JavaScript or Dart. (NO LONGER IN ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT) Dart · 13 years old	2,903	0	-2	-2	+9	-4	0	0.7x, slowing
20266	Express middleware for prerendering javascript-rendered pages on the fly for SEO JavaScript · 13 years old	921	0	0	0	+7	-4	0	0.6x, slowing
20267	The Persistence of Vision Raytracer (POV-Ray) C++ · 13 years old	1,522	0	-1	+6	+88	-4	0	1.0x, steady
20268	The PHP extension for libsodium. C · 12 years old	565	0	+1	+1	+5	-4	0	0.6x, slowing
20269	A lightweight anime tracker for Windows C++ · 12 years old	2,339	0	+3	+11	+148	-4	8	1.0x, steady
20270	新浪微博 IOS SDK Objective-C · 12 years old	1,441	0	0	0	+6	-4	0	0.6x, slowing
20271	The Superior Lisp Interaction Mode for Emacs Common Lisp · 12 years old	2,098	0	+1	+6	+123	-4	10	1.0x, steady
20272	A tech mod for Minecraft themed around the magic of nature and plant life. Java · 12 years old	1,481	0	0	+10	+114	-4	0	1.0x, steady
20273	Code style checking for RSpec files. Ruby · 12 years old	860	0	0	+1	+28	-4	0	0.9x, slowing
20274	Libva is an implementation for VA-API (Video Acceleration API) C · 12 years old	800	0	+1	+5	+76	-4	0	1.0x, steady
20275	CLI task management & automation tool Python · 12 years old	2,099	0	+4	+8	+129	-4	0	1.0x, steady
20276	Apache CXF Java · 12 years old	931	0	+1	+2	+36	-4	0	0.9x, slowing
20277	Utilities beyond Alexandria Common Lisp · 12 years old	512	0	0	+2	+43	-4	0	0.9x, slowing
20278	nxengine refactoring C · 12 years old	554	0	-1	+6	+36	-4	0	0.9x, slowing
20279	Interpreted language focused on expressiveness and type safety. C · 12 years old	1,095	0	-1	+1	+9	-4	0	0.7x, slowing
20280	Launch a subprocess with environment variables using data from @HashiCorp Consul and Vault. Go · 12 years old	2,074	0	0	+2	+42	-4	0	0.9x, slowing
20281	A collection of reddit bots and utilities HTML · 12 years old	504	0	0	0	+14	-4	0	0.8x, slowing
20282	:bar_chart: A universal enrichment tool for interpreting omics data R · 12 years old	1,248	0	+2	+9	+122	-4	0	1.0x, steady
20283	An orientation guide for Linux newbies Python · 12 years old	900	0	+1	+13	+107	-4	0	1.0x, steady
20284	An axiom-free formalization of category theory in Coq for personal study and practical work Rocq Prover · 12 years old	819	0	0	+4	+38	-4	0	0.9x, slowing
20285	Skyve is an open-source low-code platform that gives you access to all of the key capabilities needed to build sophisticated, robust and scalable cloud solutions. JavaScript · 12 years old	504	0	0	0	+12	-4	0	0.8x, slowing
20286	The GNUstep Base Library is a library of general-purpose, non-graphical Objective C objects. Objective-C · 12 years old	1,002	0	+1	+4	+37	-4	0	0.9x, slowing
20287	Mirror only. Please do not send pull requests. C · 12 years old	981	0	0	+6	+48	-4	0	0.9x, slowing
20288	Tiny EXR image loader/saver library C · 12 years old	837	0	+1	+3	+69	-4	0	0.9x, slowing
20289	Payara Server is an open source middleware platform that supports reliable and secure deployments of Java EE (Jakarta EE) and MicroProfile applications in any environment: on premise, in the cloud or hybrid. Java · 12 years old	922	0	+1	+1	+26	-4	0	0.9x, slowing
20290	PostCSS loader for webpack JavaScript · 12 years old	2,839	0	0	+1	+11	-4	0	0.7x, slowing
20291	N64 Emulator C++ · 11 years old	3,074	0	+5	+20	+286	-4	8	1.0x, steady
20292	Spring Cloud Consul Java · 11 years old	821	0	0	+1	+12	-4	0	0.8x, slowing
20293	[mirror] Go packages for low-level interaction with the operating system Go · 11 years old	1,361	0	0	+3	+48	-4	0	0.9x, slowing
20294	The Official MongoDB PHP library PHP · 11 years old	1,616	0	0	+3	+18	-4	0	0.8x, slowing
20295	Rocket-Nginx is a Nginx configuration that makes WP-Rocket even faster by serving static pages directly without loading WordPress or PHP. PHP · 11 years old	618	0	0	+1	+22	-4	0	0.8x, slowing
20296	A proxy tool to bypass GFW. Python · 11 years old	33,492	+1	+34	+75	+550	-4	6	1.0x, steady
20297	A list of useful Magento technical resources PHP · 11 years old	1,020	0	+1	+3	+32	-4	0	0.9x, slowing
20298	Spring Cloud Zookeeper Java · 11 years old	575	0	0	+1	+11	-4	0	0.7x, slowing
20299	Device Firmware Update library and Android app Java · 11 years old	860	0	0	+1	+49	-4	0	0.9x, slowing
20300	A set of tools for graph layout and viewing C# · 11 years old	1,502	0	-1	+4	+79	-4	0	1.0x, steady

Today counts stars since midnight US Pacific time, so it is a partial day.