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, 15:20 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
20451	Open-source meeting transcription API for Google Meet, Microsoft Teams & Zoom. Auto-join bots, real-time WebSocket transcripts, MCP server for AI agents. Self-host or use hosted SaaS. Python · 21 months old	2,964	0	+22	+96	+1,478	-4	0	Under 2 years
20452	Agentic coding, in your control TypeScript · 17 days old	35	0	-40	-4all	-4all	-4	0	New
20453	jQuery grid plugin JavaScript · 17 years old	2,837	0	0	0	+11	-3	0	0.8x, slowing
20454	Linear Algebra for Java Java · 17 years old	604	0	0	0	+8	-3	0	0.7x, slowing
20455	Pysolr — Python Solr client Python · 17 years old	702	0	0	0	+18	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20456	Orbeon Forms - Build, run, and manage web forms on-premises or in the cloud. Scala · 17 years old	544	0	0	0	+17	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20457	A command-line todo list manager for people that want to finish tasks, not organize them. (git mirror) Python · 17 years old	807	0	0	+2	+28	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20458	Automatically make same-page links scroll smoothly JavaScript · 17 years old	1,943	0	0	0	+1	-3	0	0.3x, slowing
20459	A Scala DSL for talking with databases with minimum verbosity and maximum type safety Scala · 16 years old	588	0	0	0	+3	-3	0	0.5x, slowing
20460	Release your ruby gems with ease. Ruby · 16 years old	510	0	-2	-2	-1	-3	0	-0.5x, slowing
20461	JMX on Capsaicin Java · 16 years old	851	0	0	+1	+20	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20462	Apple property list parser/builder for Node.js and browsers — supports XML, binary (bplist), and OpenStep formats TypeScript · 16 years old	605	0	0	0	+16	-3	0	0.8x, slowing
20463	Software Specifications for Scala Scala · 16 years old	735	0	0	+1	+2	-3	0	0.4x, slowing
20464	Hamcrest for Objective-C: Powerful, combinable, extensible matchers for verification Objective-C · 15 years old	709	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0.0x, slowing
20465	Official home of genome aligner based upon notion of Cactus graphs Python · 15 years old	716	0	0	+4	+100	-3	0	1.0x, steady
20466	Add a retro/vintage effect to images using the HTML5 canvas element TypeScript · 15 years old	844	0	0	+2	+7	-3	0	0.7x, slowing
20467	A nerdy little interview website, asking people from all walks of life what they use to get the job done. HTML · 15 years old	599	0	+2	+2	+14	-3	0	0.8x, slowing
20468	lighttpd2 on github for easier collaboration - main repo still on lighttpd.net C · 15 years old	512	0	-1	+1	+21	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20469	Test'em 'Scripts! A test runner that makes Javascript unit testing fun. JavaScript · 15 years old	2,914	0	-2	-3	+7	-3	0	0.7x, slowing
20470	A lightweight HTML and BBCode WYSIWYG editor JavaScript · 15 years old	707	0	+1	+6	+27	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20471	A (animated) PNG decoder in JavaScript for the HTML5 canvas element and Node.js JavaScript · 15 years old	502	0	0	0	+5	-3	0	0.6x, slowing
20472	Autotest - Fully automated tests on Linux Python · 15 years old	724	0	0	+1	+10	-3	0	0.8x, slowing
20473	Unvanquished is a free and open source FPS/RTS hybrid game powered by the Daemon game engine. Historically based on Tremulous as a continuation with decades of work over it. C++ · 15 years old	1,132	0	0	+7	+84	-3	0	1.0x, steady
20474	JS implementation of the Twig Templating Language JavaScript · 15 years old	1,932	0	0	0	+29	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20475	lamdu - towards the next generation IDE Haskell · 15 years old	1,895	0	0	+1	+29	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20476	mawww's experiment for a better code editor C++ · 15 years old	11,132	0	+4	+50	+694	-3	8	1.0x, steady
20477	A tidy SQL-based DB access library for Scala developers. This library naturally wraps JDBC APIs and provides you easy-to-use APIs. Scala · 14 years old	1,280	0	+1	+2	+13	-3	0	0.8x, slowing
20478	ORM agnostic truly Object-Oriented view helper for Rails 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 Ruby · 14 years old	1,129	0	0	0	+16	-3	0	0.8x, slowing
20479	Compare JSON in your Unit Tests Java · 14 years old	1,007	0	0	+2	+61	-3	0	1.0x, steady
20480	CAN Boat provides NMEA 2000 and NMEA 0183 utilities. It contains a NMEA 2000 PGN decoder and can read and write N2K messages. It is not meant as an end-user tool but as a discovery mechanism for delving into NMEA 2000 networks. Rust · 14 years old	666	0	0	+6	+72	-3	0	1.0x, steady
20481	T.J. Watson Libraries for Analysis, with front ends for Java, Android, and JavaScript, and many common static program analyses. Java · 14 years old	881	+1	+3	+7	+64	-3	8	1.0x, steady
20482	Simple microORM that maps the results of a query onto a POCO object. Project based on Schotime's branch of PetaPoco C# · 14 years old	878	0	0	+1	+21	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20483	a mature, highly concurrent JDBC Connection pooling library, with support for caching and reuse of PreparedStatements. Java · 14 years old	1,319	0	0	+2	+20	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20484	Create private keys and certificates with node.js TypeScript · 14 years old	574	0	0	+1	+3	-3	0	0.5x, slowing
20485	The Core Flight System (cFS) Operating System Abstraction Layer (OSAL) C · 14 years old	678	0	0	+5	+64	-3	0	1.0x, steady
20486	A node.js client for controlling Parrot AR Drone 2.0 quad-copters. JavaScript · 14 years old	1,768	0	0	+2	+15	-3	0	0.8x, slowing
20487	JSON library Scala · 14 years old	1,485	0	-1	0	+5	-3	0	0.6x, slowing
20488	Browser extension for OpenPGP encryption with Webmail JavaScript · 14 years old	1,846	0	+1	+2	+86	-3	0	1.0x, steady
20489	Template project to quickly start developing a Scala-based microservice or web application, with the build & project structure provided TypeScript · 14 years old	786	0	0	0	+20	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20490	Serial I/O over bluetooth for NodeJS C++ · 14 years old	511	0	0	0	+6	-3	0	0.7x, slowing
20491	An open library for the analysis of molecular dynamics trajectories Python · 13 years old	744	0	0	+6	+78	-3	0	1.0x, steady
20492	ShellCheck, a static analysis tool for shell scripts Haskell · 13 years old	40,305	+2	+28	+169	+2,221	-3	16	1.0x, steady
20493	Apache Cordova CLI JavaScript · 13 years old	968	0	0	0	+17	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20494	No description Jupyter Notebook · 13 years old	936	0	0	0	+10	-3	0	0.8x, slowing
20495	Adds null argument checks to an assembly IL Assembly · 13 years old	681	0	0	+1	+4	-3	0	0.6x, slowing
20496	Sensei LMS - Online Courses, Quizzes, & Learning PHP · 13 years old	597	0	+1	+1	+33	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20497	Configuration for Linux, sway, ghostty, fish, neovim and more Fennel · 13 years old	536	0	0	0	+16	-3	0	0.8x, slowing
20498	Device OS (Firmware) for Particle Devices C++ · 13 years old	1,080	0	+1	+3	+18	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20499	Open-Source Quantum Chemistry – an electronic structure package in C++ driven by Python C++ · 13 years old	1,235	0	0	+7	+136	-3	0	1.0x, steady
20500	Braintree SDK for iOS Swift · 13 years old	586	0	+1	+2	+17	-3	0	0.9x, slowing

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