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, 23:20 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
20601	JS implementation of the Twig Templating Language JavaScript · 15 years old	1,932	0	0	0	+29	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20602	lamdu - towards the next generation IDE Haskell · 15 years old	1,895	0	0	+1	+29	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20603	mawww's experiment for a better code editor C++ · 15 years old	11,132	0	+4	+50	+694	-3	8	1.0x, steady
20604	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
20605	Standards-compliant WebSocket client and server JavaScript · 14 years old	611	0	0	0	+2	-3	0	0.4x, slowing
20606	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
20607	Compare JSON in your Unit Tests Java · 14 years old	1,007	0	0	+2	+61	-3	0	1.0x, steady
20608	A JavaScript library aimed at visualizing graphs of thousands of nodes and edges TypeScript · 14 years old	12,229	+2	+13	+50	+538	-3	24	1.0x, steady
20609	Minetest Game - A lightweight and well-maintained base for Luanti, intended for modding Lua · 14 years old	1,576	+1	+1	+6	+92	-3	8	1.0x, steady
20610	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
20611	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
20612	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
20613	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
20614	Programmable Input Emulator C# · 14 years old	730	+1	+1	+5	+45	-3	8	0.9x, slowing
20615	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	525	+1	+1	+4	+49	-3	10	0.9x, slowing
20616	Create private keys and certificates with node.js TypeScript · 14 years old	574	0	0	+1	+3	-3	0	0.5x, slowing
20617	🆔 The easy-to-use OpenStreetMap editor in JavaScript. JavaScript · 14 years old	3,923	0	+4	+29	+307	-3	8	1.0x, steady
20618	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
20619	Shell script to set up a Raspberry Pi/Odroid/PC with RetroArch emulator and various cores Shell · 14 years old	10,452	0	+3	+26	+261	-3	0	1.0x, steady
20620	JSON library Scala · 14 years old	1,485	0	-1	0	+5	-3	0	0.6x, slowing
20621	Browser extension for OpenPGP encryption with Webmail JavaScript · 14 years old	1,846	0	+1	+2	+86	-3	0	1.0x, steady
20622	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
20623	Serial I/O over bluetooth for NodeJS C++ · 14 years old	511	0	0	0	+6	-3	0	0.7x, slowing
20624	An open library for the analysis of molecular dynamics trajectories Python · 14 years old	744	0	0	+6	+78	-3	0	1.0x, steady
20625	Apache Cordova CLI JavaScript · 13 years old	968	0	0	0	+17	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20626	No description Jupyter Notebook · 13 years old	936	0	0	0	+10	-3	0	0.8x, slowing
20627	Adds null argument checks to an assembly IL Assembly · 13 years old	681	0	0	+1	+4	-3	0	0.6x, slowing
20628	Sensei LMS - Online Courses, Quizzes, & Learning PHP · 13 years old	597	0	+1	+1	+33	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20629	Configuration for Linux, sway, ghostty, fish, neovim and more Fennel · 13 years old	536	0	0	0	+16	-3	0	0.8x, slowing
20630	Device OS (Firmware) for Particle Devices C++ · 13 years old	1,080	0	+1	+3	+18	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20631	Braintree SDK for iOS Swift · 13 years old	586	0	+1	+2	+17	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20632	A basic but flexible tree data structure for php and a fluent tree builder implementation. PHP · 13 years old	574	0	0	0	+8	-3	0	0.7x, slowing
20633	Strophe.js is an XMPP library for JavaScript TypeScript · 13 years old	1,485	0	+1	+1	+22	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20634	RISC-V Tools (ISA Simulator and Tests) Shell · 13 years old	1,197	0	+1	+2	+33	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20635	Grab your files periodically from a remote FTP or SFTP server easily Go · 13 years old	565	0	-1	+3	+37	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20636	ZeroTurnaround Process Executor Java · 13 years old	919	0	0	+1	+20	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20637	📱🗞️ Android client for the Nextcloud news/feed reader app Java · 13 years old	771	0	+2	+3	+46	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20638	Jenkins Build Monitor Plugin Java · 13 years old	726	0	-1	-1	+4	-3	0	0.6x, slowing
20639	Apache Commons Pool Java · 13 years old	557	0	+1	+4	+25	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20640	The world's most popular free, open source ad serving system. You can download the latest release at: PHP · 13 years old	1,520	0	+1	+14	+143	-3	0	1.0x, steady
20641	🌐 YAF.NET - C# ASP.NET Forum C# · 13 years old	552	0	+1	+3	+25	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20642	TypeScript/JavaScript 3D maps and geospatial data visualization engine library TypeScript · 13 years old	950	0	+3	+12	+121	-3	0	1.0x, steady
20643	A cluster consistency platform Java · 13 years old	669	0	0	+1	+14	-3	0	0.8x, slowing
20644	List of conferences for iOS, visionOS, macOS, watchOS & tvOS developers JavaScript · 13 years old	1,134	0	0	0	+17	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20645	Over the wire test doubles JavaScript · 13 years old	2,108	0	+1	+5	+68	-3	0	1.0x, steady
20646	The Persistence of Vision Raytracer (POV-Ray) C++ · 13 years old	1,523	+1	0	+7	+89	-3	8	1.0x, steady
20647	A community sourced database of game controller mappings to be used with SDL Game Controller functionality Python · 12 years old	1,795	0	+5	+18	+229	-3	10	1.0x, steady
20648	Efficient C++ implementation of the Cassowary constraint solving algorithm C++ · 12 years old	785	0	+1	+4	+49	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20649	High-level Elasticsearch Ruby framework based on the official elasticsearch-ruby client Ruby · 12 years old	1,901	0	0	+1	+22	-3	0	0.9x, slowing
20650	The operating system and all related software that runs on FarmBot's Raspberry Pi. Elixir · 12 years old	1,180	0	+3	+7	+49	-3	0	0.9x, slowing

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