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 5 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
11851	Emulation of ISA sound cards and CD-ROM on Raspberry Pi Pico (GUS, SB/Adlib, MPU-401, Tandy, CMS, Panasonic CD-ROM) with USB mouse/joystick support C · 4 years old	805	0	+1	+5	+105	-44	0	0.7x, slowing
11852	Upgrade your modding potential with cutting-edge rendering and game-engine features. Built for modders, by modders. Java · 3 years old	513	0	0	+5	+90	-44	0	0.7x, slowing
11853	No description Python · 3 years old	1,168	0	-1	+4	+20	-44	0	0.3x, slowing
11854	No description Python · 3 years old	8,979	0	-2	+4	+83	-44	0	0.7x, slowing
11855	An open source toolkit designed to research Microsoft Pre-Vista licensing mechanisms C++ · 3 years old	2,370	-2	+5	+13	+233	-44	0	0.8x, slowing
11856	Windows native weather app powered by DirectX12 animations C# · 3 years old	763	0	+3	+9	+132	-44	8	0.8x, slowing
11857	LLM-based reversing for radare2 C · 3 years old	526	0	+36	+45	+198	-44	36	0.8x, slowing
11858	直播源检索、测速、优选 Python · 2 years old	1,051	0	+5	+25	+304	-44	8	0.9x, slowing
11859	Platform Abstraction C++ Libraries C++ · 2 years old	629	0	+1	+2	+39	-44	0	0.5x, slowing
11860	Conversational voice AI agents Python · 2 years old	816	0	+7	+32	+354	-44	0	0.9x, slowing
11861	Security reconnaissance and assessment tool for identifying potentially exposed IP cameras by analyzing open ports, service configurations, and common misconfigurations. Python · 20 months old	1,207	0	+4	+30	+580	-44	0	Under 2 years
11862	Netcat with automated NAT traversal, secure P2P, and advanced features for shell access, file transfer, and network proxying. Go · 18 months old	737	0	+4	+5	+346	-44	8	Under 2 years
11863	[NeurIPS 2025 D&B Spotlight] Scaling Data for SWE-agents Python · 18 months old	823	+1	+4	+30	+389	-44	8	Under 2 years
11864	Sequel: The Database Toolkit for Ruby Ruby · 18 years old	5,102	+1	+3	+6	+71	-43	8	0.6x, slowing
11865	Modular search for Django Python · 17 years old	3,723	0	0	+1	+68	-43	0	0.6x, slowing
11866	Simple tagging for django Python · 16 years old	3,444	0	0	+1	+53	-43	0	0.6x, slowing
11867	Compresses linked and inline javascript or CSS into a single cached file. Python · 16 years old	2,870	0	+1	+2	+36	-43	0	0.5x, slowing
11868	Doctrine Database Migrations Library PHP · 16 years old	4,759	0	+1	+2	+67	-43	0	0.6x, slowing
11869	Cross-browser storage for all use cases, used across the web. JavaScript · 16 years old	13,971	0	-5	+3	+47	-43	0	0.5x, slowing
11870	A free and open-source Touhou Project fangame C · 16 years old	1,670	0	+6	+35	+270	-43	8	0.9x, slowing
11871	TrinityCore Open Source MMO Framework (master = 12.1.5.70783, 3.3.5 = 3.3.5a.12340, cata classic = 4.4.2.60895) C++ · 15 years old	10,859	+1	+7	+62	+713	-43	0	0.9x, slowing
11872	Python library for the Stripe API. Python · 15 years old	2,058	0	+1	+9	+187	-43	8	0.8x, slowing
11873	WiredTiger's source tree C · 14 years old	2,430	0	-1	+3	+100	-43	0	0.7x, slowing
11874	A podcast manager for Android Java · 14 years old	8,266	+1	+7	+75	+1,005	-43	8	1.0x, steady
11875	Cartopy - a cartographic python library with matplotlib support Python · 14 years old	1,625	0	+1	+5	+91	-43	0	0.7x, slowing
11876	Free (libre) font editor for Windows, Mac OS X and GNU+Linux C · 14 years old	8,060	+1	+5	+59	+813	-43	16	0.9x, slowing
11877	A fancy and practical functional tools lib Python · 14 years old	3,506	0	0	+1	+69	-43	0	0.6x, slowing
11878	Generate code coverage reports with gcc/gcov Python · 13 years old	995	0	-1	+1	+46	-43	0	0.5x, slowing
11879	Gnuradio blocks and tools for receiving GSM transmissions C++ · 12 years old	1,510	0	0	+8	+70	-43	0	0.6x, slowing
11880	Ansible playbooks to deploy Ceph, the distributed filesystem. Python · 12 years old	1,788	0	0	0	+44	-43	0	0.5x, slowing
11881	Open MPI main development repository C · 12 years old	2,674	0	0	+17	+253	-43	8	0.9x, slowing
11882	Simple extensive tar-like archive format with indexing TypeScript · 12 years old	2,885	0	+2	+21	+157	-43	0	0.8x, slowing
11883	The up-to-date and reliable Google's libphonenumber package for node.js. JavaScript · 12 years old	1,489	0	0	0	+32	-43	0	0.4x, slowing
11884	True Object-Oriented Java Web Framework without NULLs, Static Methods, Annotations, and Mutable Objects Java · 11 years old	877	0	-1	-1	+17	-43	0	0.3x, slowing
11885	Docker Official Image packaging for Ghost Shell · 11 years old	798	0	0	+1	+12	-43	0	0.2x, slowing
11886	The flexible HTTP client library for Elixir, with support for middleware and multiple adapters. Elixir · 11 years old	2,077	0	0	+1	+30	-43	0	0.4x, slowing
11887	FW for ESP8266/ESP8285/ESP32 used with 3D printer C · 11 years old	2,002	0	+1	+9	+117	-43	0	0.7x, slowing
11888	📚 single header utf8 string functions for C and C++ C · 11 years old	1,999	0	+2	+8	+127	-43	0	0.7x, slowing
11889	Find descendants of a DOM node that are in the tab order JavaScript · 11 years old	625	0	0	+1	+28	-43	0	0.4x, slowing
11890	A fast and lightweight native programming language Shell · 11 years old	1,431	0	+1	+7	+85	-43	0	0.7x, slowing
11891	ClojureScript compilation made easy Clojure · 11 years old	2,408	0	0	+2	+64	-43	8	0.6x, slowing
11892	batocera.linux Python · 10 years old	3,287	0	+3	+46	+647	-43	0	0.9x, slowing
11893	A Python wrapper for the tesseract-ocr API Python · 10 years old	2,181	0	0	+6	+77	-43	0	0.6x, slowing
11894	PeachPie - the PHP compiler and runtime for .NET and .NET Core C# · 10 years old	2,486	0	0	+5	+62	-43	0	0.6x, slowing
11895	Programs to keep Docker login credentials safe by storing in platform keystores Go · 10 years old	1,328	0	+2	+11	+104	-43	0	0.7x, slowing
11896	Azure Local (formerly Azure Stack HCI), Windows 10 and Windows Server rapid lab deployment scripts PowerShell · 10 years old	1,306	0	0	+4	+47	-43	0	0.5x, slowing
11897	A logger for MSBuild that records a structured representation of executed targets, tasks, property and item values. C# · 10 years old	1,661	0	+3	+6	+90	-43	0	0.7x, slowing
11898	WebRTC-React App for Video Calling JavaScript · 10 years old	618	0	0	0	+8	-43	0	0.2x, slowing
11899	Manage localization of all ResX-Based resources in one central place. C# · 10 years old	1,461	0	+1	+2	+57	-43	0	0.6x, slowing
11900	Apache Block Bad Bots, (Referer) Spam Referrer Blocker, Vulnerability Scanners, Malware, Adware, Ransomware, Malicious Sites, Wordpress Theme Detectors and Fail2Ban Jail for Repeat Offenders C · 10 years old	990	0	+4	+8	+74	-43	0	0.6x, slowing

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