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, 13:20 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
19301	Apereo Java CAS Client Java · 14 years old	948	0	0	+1	+18	-8	0	0.7x, slowing
19302	CLI arguments parser for node.js. JS port of python's argparse module. JavaScript · 14 years old	515	0	0	+3	+10	-8	0	0.6x, slowing
19303	Formats docstrings to follow PEP 257 Python · 14 years old	600	0	+2	+2	+32	-8	0	0.8x, slowing
19304	Skulpt is a Javascript implementation of the Python programming language Python · 14 years old	3,403	0	0	+1	+46	-8	0	0.9x, slowing
19305	32 bit fork of the MultiWii RC flight controller firmware C · 14 years old	532	0	0	+4	+17	-8	0	0.7x, slowing
19306	SonarQube C++ Community plugin (cxx plugin): This plugin adds C++ support to SonarQube with the focus on integration of existing C++ tools. Java · 14 years old	1,102	0	0	+4	+57	-8	0	0.9x, slowing
19307	An easy syntax to format your strings with colored fonts and backgrounds. Java · 14 years old	514	0	0	0	+13	-8	0	0.6x, slowing
19308	The oVirt Engine virtualization manager Java · 14 years old	617	0	+3	+6	+50	-8	8	0.9x, slowing
19309	Multi-player spaceship bridge simulator game. Captain your starship through adventures with your friends. See https://smcameron.github.io/space-nerds-in-space C · 14 years old	783	0	+1	+2	+28	-8	0	0.8x, slowing
19310	Java Driver for Apache Cassandra® Java · 13 years old	1,383	0	0	+2	+21	-8	0	0.7x, slowing
19311	Error tracking and logging from Javascript to Rollbar JavaScript · 13 years old	588	0	0	+1	+8	-8	0	0.5x, slowing
19312	Deep Learning (Python, C, C++, Java, Scala, Go) Java · 13 years old	3,187	0	+2	+3	+67	-8	0	0.9x, slowing
19313	Python reference implementation of The Update Framework (TUF) Python · 13 years old	1,732	0	+1	+4	+60	-8	0	0.9x, slowing
19314	A configurable and extensible PHP web spider PHP · 13 years old	1,340	0	0	-1	+9	-8	0	0.5x, slowing
19315	轻量级开源建站系统 PHP · 13 years old	595	0	+3	+2	+47	-8	0	0.9x, slowing
19316	Java utilities for Bioinformatics Java · 13 years old	526	0	0	0	+18	-8	0	0.7x, slowing
19317	A VM with adaptive optimization and JIT compilation, built for Rakudo C · 13 years old	785	0	0	+5	+42	-8	0	0.8x, slowing
19318	RFM69 library for RFM69W, RFM69HW, RFM69CW, RFM69HCW (semtech SX1231, SX1231H) C++ · 13 years old	819	0	0	+1	+17	-8	0	0.7x, slowing
19319	Web frontend for PuppetDB Python · 13 years old	735	0	0	+1	+16	-8	0	0.7x, slowing
19320	MongoDB query language for in-memory objects TypeScript · 13 years old	1,042	+1	0	0	+44	-8	8	0.8x, slowing
19321	List of all system sounds used in iOS Swift · 13 years old	1,306	0	+1	+2	+32	-8	0	0.8x, slowing
19322	A lightweight and extensible web interface to keep an eye on your environment. Analyse problems and act on them. PHP · 13 years old	840	0	+1	+1	+22	-8	0	0.7x, slowing
19323	Read, modify and write DICOM files with python code Python · 13 years old	2,234	0	+3	+14	+173	-8	8	1.0x, steady
19324	PostgreSQL Foreign Data Wrapper for Oracle C · 12 years old	553	0	0	+1	+28	-8	0	0.8x, slowing
19325	Make VST2 / VST3 / AU / AAX / CLAP / LV2 / FLP plug-ins for Linux/macOS/Windows, using D. D · 12 years old	571	0	+2	+5	+41	-8	0	0.8x, slowing
19326	A scalable, traceable job queue for background processing large queues of tasks in WordPress. Specifically designed for distribution in WordPress plugins (and themes) - no server access required. PHP · 12 years old	727	0	+2	+4	+45	-8	0	0.9x, slowing
19327	JVM version of Pact. Enables consumer driven contract testing, providing a mock service and DSL for the consumer project, and interaction playback and verification for the service provider project. Kotlin · 12 years old	1,148	0	0	+1	+34	-8	0	0.8x, slowing
19328	A Python wrapper around the OpenSSL library Python · 12 years old	944	-1	0	+1	+28	-8	0	0.8x, slowing
19329	Model-based design and verification for robotics. C++ · 12 years old	4,248	+1	+6	+28	+481	-8	16	1.0x, steady
19330	A Java to iOS Objective-C translation tool and runtime. Java · 12 years old	6,034	0	-3	+2	+53	-8	0	0.9x, slowing
19331	An HTML5, jQuery-based widget library for building modern web apps. JavaScript · 12 years old	2,583	0	0	-1	+34	-8	0	0.8x, slowing
19332	Compiles Sass to CSS JavaScript · 12 years old	3,888	0	-1	0	+13	-8	0	0.6x, slowing
19333	Leo is an outline-oriented editor written in 100% Python. Python · 12 years old	1,615	0	+2	+7	+71	-8	0	0.9x, slowing
19334	MaxMind DB Reader for Go Go · 12 years old	757	0	0	+4	+79	-8	0	0.9x, slowing
19335	openHAB client for Android Kotlin · 12 years old	652	0	-1	+2	+26	-8	0	0.8x, slowing
19336	Eclipse BIRT™ The open source reporting and data visualization project. Java · 12 years old	552	0	+1	+4	+48	-8	0	0.9x, slowing
19337	DSLR camera remote control open source software C# · 12 years old	737	0	+2	+4	+33	-8	0	0.8x, slowing
19338	Self-contained Japanese Morphological Analyzer written in pure Go Go · 12 years old	987	0	0	+4	+83	-8	0	0.9x, slowing
19339	Django Builder Site TypeScript · 12 years old	610	0	0	0	+1	-8	0	0.1x, slowing
19340	📸 Screenshot as a Service PHP · 12 years old	533	0	0	+2	+18	-8	0	0.7x, slowing
19341	Convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files. C++ · 12 years old	802	0	0	+5	+84	-8	0	0.9x, slowing
19342	🔥简洁易用的C++11网络库 / 支持单机千万并发连接 / a simple C++11 network server framework C++ · 12 years old	4,637	0	+1	+4	+82	-8	0	0.9x, slowing
19343	DRAKVUF Black-box Binary Analysis C++ · 12 years old	1,291	0	+1	+10	+119	-8	0	0.9x, slowing
19344	A super efficient Amazon SQS thread based message processor for Ruby. Ruby · 12 years old	2,129	0	+1	+3	+45	-8	0	0.9x, slowing
19345	JWT support for Scala. Bonus extensions for Play, Play JSON, Json4s, Circe, uPickle, Spray and Argonaut Scala · 12 years old	679	0	+1	+2	+8	-8	0	0.5x, slowing
19346	Open-source feature management platform TypeScript · 12 years old	14,280	+5	+354	+416	+1,539	-8	218	1.0x, steady
19347	Vendor and platform neutral SDR support library. C++ · 12 years old	1,538	0	+1	+14	+204	-8	0	1.0x, steady
19348	Apache Commons Math Java · 12 years old	659	0	+1	+2	+44	-8	0	0.8x, slowing
19349	LastPass command line interface tool C · 12 years old	2,913	0	0	+5	+45	-8	0	0.9x, slowing
19350	A library for writing unit tests in Dart. Dart · 11 years old	535	0	0	-1	+21	-8	0	0.7x, slowing

Today counts stars since midnight US Pacific time, so it is a partial day. 8 more tracked repositories are still loading their star history and will join the ranking once it is complete.