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, 14:20 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
19551	Modeling language for Mathematical Optimization (linear, mixed-integer, conic, semidefinite, nonlinear) Julia · 14 years old	2,488	0	0	+7	+141	-7	0	1.0x, steady
19552	Mixed-effects models in R using S4 classes and methods with RcppEigen HTML · 13 years old	699	0	0	+2	+42	-7	0	0.9x, slowing
19553	A javascript library that extends D3.js to enable fast and beautiful visualizations. JavaScript · 13 years old	1,613	0	-1	0	+2	-7	0	0.2x, slowing
19554	A database of PHP security advisories PHP · 13 years old	2,149	0	+1	+9	+61	-7	0	0.9x, slowing
19555	xLights is a sequencer for Lights. xLights has usb and E1.31 drivers. You can create sequences in this object oriented program. You can create playlists, schedule them, test your hardware, convert between different sequencers. C++ · 13 years old	762	0	+1	+9	+105	-7	0	0.9x, slowing
19556	Thelia is an open-source e-commerce CMS and framework built on Symfony 7 and API Platform. PHP · 13 years old	883	0	+1	+4	+20	-7	0	0.7x, slowing
19557	IntelliJ IDEA / PhpStorm Symfony Plugin Java · 13 years old	929	0	0	0	+11	-7	0	0.6x, slowing
19558	Python Driver for Apache Cassandra® Python · 13 years old	1,429	0	0	0	+26	-7	0	0.8x, slowing
19559	My .vim dotfiles and configurations. Lua · 13 years old	644	0	-1	0	+7	-7	0	0.5x, slowing
19560	Python IMAP for Agentic Workflows Python · 13 years old	1,220	0	+2	+2	+25	-7	0	0.8x, slowing
19561	OpENer is an EtherNet/IP stack for I/O adapter devices. It supports multiple I/O and explicit connections and includes objects and services for making EtherNet/IP-compliant products as defined in the ODVA specification. C · 13 years old	867	0	-1	+3	+92	-7	0	0.9x, slowing
19562	E2guardian is a web content filter that can work in proxy, transparent or icap server modes HTML · 13 years old	541	+1	+1	+3	+33	-7	8	0.8x, slowing
19563	UEFI firmware image viewer and editor C · 13 years old	5,792	-1	+6	+62	+714	-7	0	1.0x, steady
19564	SonarQube plugin for JetBrains IDEs providing code quality and security feedback directly in the IDE Kotlin · 13 years old	642	0	0	+2	+19	-7	0	0.7x, slowing
19565	Rasterio reads and writes geospatial raster datasets Python · 13 years old	2,593	0	+2	+13	+170	-7	0	1.0x, steady
19566	MEGA C++ SDK C++ · 12 years old	1,481	0	+2	+8	+85	-7	0	0.9x, slowing
19567	Cross-platform Amiga emulator with a slight focus on gaming, but also with solid support for productivity apps including just-in-time (JIT) compilation. C++ · 12 years old	566	0	+1	+3	+48	-7	0	0.9x, slowing
19568	Health Checker for Nginx Upstream Servers in Pure Lua Lua · 12 years old	543	0	0	0	+12	-7	0	0.6x, slowing
19569	Create multi res point cloud to use with potree JavaScript · 12 years old	821	0	+1	+4	+69	-7	0	0.9x, slowing
19570	The video game that combines elements of the racing and role-playing genres. C++ · 12 years old	744	0	+1	+7	+41	-7	8	0.9x, slowing
19571	Simple, Comprehensive Tooling for Modern APIs Scala · 12 years old	574	0	0	0	+3	-7	0	0.3x, slowing
19572	A common, beautiful interface to tabular data, no matter the format Python · 12 years old	887	0	+1	+2	+12	-7	0	0.6x, slowing
19573	FlatBuffers: Memory Efficient Serialization Library C++ · 12 years old	26,620	0	+13	+74	+1,824	-7	0	1.0x, steady
19574	Countdown timer and stopwatch in your terminal Python · 12 years old	1,568	0	+2	+10	+115	-7	0	0.9x, slowing
19575	:closed_lock_with_key: multi factor authentication system (2FA, MFA, OTP, FIDO Server) Python · 12 years old	1,790	0	0	+11	+146	-7	0	1.0x, steady
19576	Convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files. C++ · 12 years old	2,063	0	+10	+36	+358	-7	0	1.0x, steady
19577	Spring Session Java · 12 years old	1,941	0	-1	+2	+48	-7	0	0.9x, slowing
19578	RFCs and docs related to the F# language design process, see https://github.com/fsharp/fslang-suggestions to submit ideas F# · 12 years old	562	0	+2	+3	+22	-7	0	0.8x, slowing
19579	Official OpenMage LTS codebase \| Migrate easily from Magento Community Edition in minutes! Download the source code for free or contribute to OpenMage LTS \| Security vulnerability patches, bug fixes, performance improvements and more. PHP · 12 years old	936	-1	0	+4	+39	-7	0	0.8x, slowing
19580	Composable Buffers for Go #golang Go · 12 years old	552	0	0	0	+3	-7	0	0.3x, slowing
19581	Keyman cross platform input methods system running on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows and mobile and desktop web Pascal · 12 years old	544	0	+2	+8	+73	-7	0	0.9x, slowing
19582	High-performance proxy for MySQL and PostgreSQL C++ · 11 years old	6,936	0	0	+12	+492	-7	0	1.0x, steady
19583	Building a modern functional compiler from first principles. Rust · 11 years old	3,491	0	+3	+18	+92	-7	0	0.9x, slowing
19584	Qubes Security Pack Python · 11 years old	558	0	+3	+6	+42	-7	0	0.9x, slowing
19585	Intel I2C controller and slave device drivers for macOS C++ · 11 years old	785	0	+1	0	+21	-7	0	0.8x, slowing
19586	The Vector Optimized Library of Kernels C++ · 11 years old	681	0	+4	+10	+66	-7	0	0.9x, slowing
19587	Java Library for LWM2M Java · 11 years old	694	0	0	0	+22	-7	0	0.8x, slowing
19588	A Scala kernel for Jupyter Scala · 11 years old	1,630	0	0	+2	+27	-7	0	0.8x, slowing
19589	Fully functional Open Source email marketing manager for creating, sending, integrating, and analysing email campaigns and newsletters. PHP · 11 years old	881	0	+2	+7	+71	-7	0	0.9x, slowing
19590	Main codebase for TeXworks, a simple interface for working with TeX documents C++ · 11 years old	789	0	+1	+8	+54	-7	0	0.9x, slowing
19591	Grapheme Cluster and Word boundaries according to UAX#29 rules Rust · 11 years old	684	0	0	+3	+58	-7	0	0.9x, slowing
19592	Samples demonstrating how to use Maps SDK for Android Kotlin · 11 years old	2,508	0	+2	+5	+65	-7	0	0.9x, slowing
19593	Mozc - a Japanese Input Method Editor designed for multi-platform C++ · 11 years old	3,036	0	+4	+35	+315	-7	0	1.0x, steady
19594	A collection of awesome Jekyll goodies (tools, templates, plugins, guides, etc.) 11 years old	592	0	0	0	+4	-7	0	0.4x, slowing
19595	Open Data Cube analyses continental scale Earth Observation data through time Python · 11 years old	595	0	0	+5	+40	-7	0	0.9x, slowing
19596	Alembic importer and exporter plugin for Unity C# · 11 years old	807	0	0	+1	+4	-7	0	0.4x, slowing
19597	Encodings that map abstract data to visual representation. JavaScript · 11 years old	1,618	-1	0	+1	+19	-7	0	0.7x, slowing
19598	{ Personal } Jekyll theme HTML · 11 years old	648	0	0	0	+11	-7	0	0.6x, slowing
19599	RedNotebook is a cross-platform journal Python · 11 years old	562	0	+1	+1	+38	-7	0	0.8x, slowing
19600	Another Google-like Go short link service Go · 11 years old	647	0	+1	+1	+32	-7	0	0.8x, slowing

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