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. Star counts come from GitHub. Last updated 12 Nov 2026, 05:20 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. Some repositories are also left out, or kept in, by hand after a review of the daily lists, whatever the rules above say. 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
28651	Cooperative multiplayer mod for GTA:SA (in active development) C++ · 2 years old	643	+4	+9	+35	+274	-33	0	0.9x, slowing
28652	User-friendly, cross-platform SSH client & connection manager Python · 15 months old	1,137	+3	+16	+70	+552	-33	0	Under 2 years
28653	No description TypeScript · 7 days old	42	0	-42	-33all	-33all	-33	0	New
28654	Mirror of Apache POI gitbox. The Java API for Microsoft Documents. Java · 17 years old	2,288	+2	+4	+14	+171	-34	0	0.8x, slowing
28655	A portable foreign-function interface library. C · 17 years old	4,405	+2	+3	+17	+597	-34	8	0.9x, slowing
28656	Fluent migrations framework for .NET C# · 16 years old	3,519	0	-1	+4	+142	-34	0	0.8x, slowing
28657	A cross-platform, linkable library implementation of Git that you can use in your application. C · 16 years old	10,646	+2	+3	+27	+525	-34	10	0.9x, slowing
28658	Slim is a template language whose goal is to reduce the syntax to the essential parts without becoming cryptic. Ruby · 16 years old	5,370	0	-2	-2	+45	-34	0	0.6x, slowing
28659	🗺️ Minecraft map editor and mod Java · 16 years old	3,539	+2	+2	+20	+237	-34	8	0.9x, slowing
28660	a cross-platform library for USB video devices C · 15 years old	1,168	0	0	+5	+80	-34	0	0.7x, slowing
28661	CSS minifier with structural optimizations JavaScript · 15 years old	3,777	-2	-4	-3	+16	-34	0	0.3x, slowing
28662	Empowering People Ethically 🚀 — Matomo is hiring! Join us → https://matomo.org/jobs Matomo is the leading open-source alternative to Google Analytics, giving you complete control and built-in privacy. Easily collect, visualise, and analyse data from websites & apps. Star us on GitHub ⭐️ – Pull Requests welcome! PHP · 15 years old	22,026	+3	+20	+94	+1,285	-34	8	1.0x, steady
28663	WebSocket and WAMP in Python for Twisted and asyncio Python · 15 years old	2,538	0	-1	-1	+29	-34	0	0.5x, slowing
28664	A tool to download, compile, and install Ruby on Unix-like systems. Shell · 15 years old	3,987	+1	+5	+11	+73	-34	0	0.7x, slowing
28665	IntelliJ plugin for writing IntelliJ plugins at runtime ⚡️ Kotlin · 15 years old	952	0	0	+4	+38	-34	0	0.5x, slowing
28666	Provides a development tool that gives detailed information about the execution of any request Twig · 15 years old	2,251	0	0	-1	+16	-34	0	0.3x, slowing
28667	Oauth2 strategy for Google Ruby · 15 years old	1,526	+1	+2	+2	+20	-34	0	0.4x, slowing
28668	An asynchronous, persistent key-value store for .NET desktop and mobile applications, backed by SQLite. Suited to both durable data such as user settings and cached data that expires, with optional encryption and System.Text.Json serialization. C# · 14 years old	2,550	0	-1	+1	+47	-34	0	0.6x, slowing
28669	High performance ping tool C · 14 years old	1,239	0	+2	+9	+101	-34	0	0.7x, slowing
28670	Very efficient backup system based on the git packfile format, providing fast incremental saves and global deduplication (among and within files, including virtual machine images). Please post problems or patches to the mailing list for discussion (see the end of the README below). Python · 14 years old	7,369	0	+3	+10	+144	-34	0	0.8x, slowing
28671	Apache Cordova Android JavaScript · 13 years old	3,795	0	-2	+3	+74	-34	0	0.7x, slowing
28672	Embree ray tracing kernels repository. C++ · 13 years old	2,774	0	0	+7	+191	-34	0	0.8x, slowing
28673	A distributed in-memory data store for the cloud Java · 13 years old	2,225	0	+3	+5	+89	-34	0	0.7x, slowing
28674	jsprit is a java based, open source toolkit for solving rich vehicle routing problems Java · 13 years old	1,841	0	+3	+10	+97	-34	0	0.7x, slowing
28675	In-App Purchase for Cordova on iOS, Android and Windows TypeScript · 13 years old	1,367	0	-1	-1	+29	-34	0	0.5x, slowing
28676	Apache Log4j is a versatile, feature-rich, efficient logging API and backend for Java. Java · 13 years old	3,644	0	+1	+15	+148	-34	0	0.8x, slowing
28677	PostgreSQL driver for Elixir Elixir · 13 years old	1,215	0	+2	+4	+39	-34	0	0.5x, slowing
28678	Fast Base64 stream encoder/decoder in C99, with SIMD acceleration C · 13 years old	1,027	+1	+2	+6	+62	-34	0	0.6x, slowing
28679	Dart Image Library for opening, manipulating, and saving various different image file formats. Dart · 12 years old	1,267	+1	0	+1	+38	-34	0	0.5x, slowing
28680	dnsjava - an implementation of the DNS protocol in Java Java · 12 years old	1,090	0	+1	+6	+63	-34	0	0.6x, slowing
28681	Light weight cross-platform test automation Go · 12 years old	3,201	+1	+5	+10	+108	-34	0	0.8x, slowing
28682	Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) HTML · 12 years old	757	0	+1	+4	+41	-34	0	0.5x, slowing
28683	clasp Common Lisp environment Common Lisp · 12 years old	2,794	+1	+2	+9	+113	-34	0	0.8x, slowing
28684	Docker Official Image packaging for Python Dockerfile · 12 years old	2,796	+1	+1	+10	+125	-34	0	0.8x, slowing
28685	Lean Flask framework built for coding agents: Vue 3 + Vuetify with no build step, production-ready auth (2FA, passkeys, OAuth), AGENTS.md, an agent skill and a read-only MCP server. No webpack, no node_modules, just Python. HTML · 12 years old	571	0	+2	+3	+26	-34	0	0.4x, slowing
28686	The development repository for the deal.II finite element library C++ · 12 years old	1,758	+1	+3	+20	+190	-34	0	0.8x, slowing
28687	libgit2 bindings for Rust Rust · 12 years old	2,125	0	+3	+13	+210	-34	0	0.9x, slowing
28688	Best practices for running Rails in production 12 years old	2,327	0	-1	+1	+44	-34	0	0.6x, slowing
28689	Simple extensive tar-like archive format with indexing TypeScript · 12 years old	2,897	-1	+12	+29	+167	-34	0	0.8x, slowing
28690	No description C · 12 years old	2,845	+1	+1	+23	+269	-34	0	0.9x, slowing
28691	A Middleware for Go Programming Language to check for JWTs on HTTP requests Go · 11 years old	1,210	0	0	+3	+52	-34	0	0.6x, slowing
28692	Windows Object Explorer 64-bit C · 11 years old	1,997	+2	+4	+16	+177	-34	0	0.8x, slowing
28693	🧲 A feature rich cross platform Transmission BitTorrent client. Faster and has more functionality than the built-in web GUI. Pascal · 11 years old	3,473	0	+1	+12	+142	-34	0	0.8x, slowing
28694	No description HTML · 11 years old	2,922	0	0	+6	+165	-34	0	0.8x, slowing
28695	Protobuf Plugin for Gradle Groovy · 11 years old	1,832	0	+1	+1	+31	-34	0	0.5x, slowing
28696	An immutable radix tree implementation in Golang Go · 11 years old	1,107	0	0	+1	+41	-34	0	0.5x, slowing
28697	【编程随想】收藏的各色网站 11 years old	2,805	0	+5	+23	+165	-34	0	0.8x, slowing
28698	[READ-ONLY] URI manipulation Library PHP · 11 years old	1,132	-1	+1	+2	+44	-34	0	0.6x, slowing
28699	Sandbox for securely executing untrusted programs C · 11 years old	1,503	0	0	+7	+189	-34	0	0.8x, slowing
28700	Multi-platform ACL generation system Python · 11 years old	860	+1	+2	+3	+30	-34	0	0.5x, slowing

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