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 10 Nov 2026, 01:20 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 ↓	Speed-up
20451	Official repository of Jim Tcl, an open-source, small footprint implementation of Tcl C · 15 years old	531	0	+1	+2	+46	-4	0.9x, slowing
20452	JSON-LD processor written in Python Python · 15 years old	688	0	0	+4	+41	-4	0.9x, slowing
20453	Mockito for Objective-C: creation, verification and stubbing of mock objects Objective-C · 14 years old	987	0	0	0	+2	-4	0.3x, slowing
20454	Simple static Composer repository generator - For a full private Composer repo use Private Packagist PHP · 14 years old	3,306	+1	+4	+4	+103	-4	1.0x, steady
20455	Spring based shell Java · 14 years old	828	0	-1	+1	+50	-4	0.9x, slowing
20456	HTTP Response assertions for the Chai Assertion Library. JavaScript · 14 years old	634	0	0	0	+2	-4	0.3x, slowing
20457	A functional programming language based on algebraic effect handlers OCaml · 14 years old	924	0	0	+2	+35	-4	0.9x, slowing
20458	A JavaScript library aimed at visualizing graphs of thousands of nodes and edges TypeScript · 14 years old	12,229	+2	+13	+50	+538	-4	1.0x, steady
20459	The Visual Headless Content Management System for Enterprises Java · 14 years old	971	0	0	+1	+66	-4	0.9x, slowing
20460	a small library for extracting rich content from urls Python · 14 years old	678	0	0	+1	+26	-4	0.9x, slowing
20461	The Yamagi Quake II client C · 14 years old	1,014	0	-1	+9	+91	-4	1.0x, steady
20462	Main public package repository for opam, the source package manager of OCaml. 14 years old	589	0	+1	+2	+38	-4	0.9x, slowing
20463	Official repository for the Hybrid Core WordPress development framework. PHP · 14 years old	685	0	-1	-1	+1	-4	0.2x, slowing
20464	:date: The VObject library for PHP allows you to easily parse and manipulate iCalendar and vCard objects PHP · 14 years old	602	0	0	+1	+17	-4	0.8x, slowing
20465	:computer: Parallel testing for PHPUnit PHP · 14 years old	2,518	0	0	+10	+115	-4	1.0x, steady
20466	A general-purpose OpenStreetMap mapnik style, in CartoCSS CartoCSS · 13 years old	1,742	+1	+2	+9	+108	-4	1.0x, steady
20467	K3NG Arduino CW Keyer C++ · 13 years old	514	0	+1	+6	+45	-4	0.9x, slowing
20468	Open-Source Quantum Chemistry – an electronic structure package in C++ driven by Python C++ · 13 years old	1,234	-1	-1	+6	+135	-4	1.0x, steady
20469	ROS support for Velodyne 3D LIDARs C++ · 13 years old	730	+1	+2	+5	+41	-4	0.9x, slowing
20470	A framework for distributed systems verification, with fault injection Clojure · 13 years old	7,569	+2	+14	+48	+415	-4	1.0x, steady
20471	Scheme Scripting Engine Scheme · 13 years old	912	0	0	+4	+53	-4	0.9x, slowing
20472	An application development platform C# · 13 years old	907	0	0	+1	+23	-4	0.9x, slowing
20473	Modern and extensible testing framework for Haskell Haskell · 13 years old	663	0	+1	+2	+13	-4	0.8x, slowing
20474	A build tool for Erlang that just works. Makefile · 13 years old	587	0	0	+1	+6	-4	0.6x, slowing
20475	Gerrit Code Review Tool Integration for the IntelliJ Platform Java · 13 years old	519	0	0	+1	+12	-4	0.8x, slowing
20476	Toggl Track browser extension for Chrome and Firefox JavaScript · 13 years old	1,150	+1	0	0	+31	-4	0.9x, slowing
20477	:heavy_check_mark: PHP Test Framework for Freedom, Truth, and Justice PHP · 13 years old	1,146	0	0	+1	+6	-4	0.6x, slowing
20478	Chrome Dev Editor is a developer tool for building apps on the Chrome platform - Chrome Apps and Web Apps, in JavaScript or Dart. (NO LONGER IN ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT) Dart · 13 years old	2,903	0	-2	-2	+9	-4	0.7x, slowing
20479	Express middleware for prerendering javascript-rendered pages on the fly for SEO JavaScript · 13 years old	921	0	0	0	+7	-4	0.6x, slowing
20480	The PHP extension for libsodium. C · 12 years old	565	0	+1	+1	+5	-4	0.6x, slowing
20481	Simple backup and restore for Amazon DynamoDB using AWS SDK for Python (boto3) Python · 12 years old	877	+1	+1	+1	+10	-4	0.7x, slowing
20482	A lightweight anime tracker for Windows C++ · 12 years old	2,339	0	+3	+11	+148	-4	1.0x, steady
20483	The Superior Lisp Interaction Mode for Emacs Common Lisp · 12 years old	2,098	0	+1	+6	+123	-4	1.0x, steady
20484	A tech mod for Minecraft themed around the magic of nature and plant life. Java · 12 years old	1,481	0	0	+10	+114	-4	1.0x, steady
20485	Easy to use, very low overhead, Java APM Java · 12 years old	1,361	+1	+1	+4	+72	-4	0.9x, slowing
20486	Libva is an implementation for VA-API (Video Acceleration API) C · 12 years old	800	0	+1	+5	+76	-4	1.0x, steady
20487	Apache CXF Java · 12 years old	931	0	+1	+2	+36	-4	0.9x, slowing
20488	Utilities beyond Alexandria Common Lisp · 12 years old	512	0	0	+2	+43	-4	0.9x, slowing
20489	nxengine refactoring C · 12 years old	554	0	-1	+6	+36	-4	0.9x, slowing
20490	Interpreted language focused on expressiveness and type safety. C · 12 years old	1,095	0	-1	+1	+9	-4	0.7x, slowing
20491	Launch a subprocess with environment variables using data from @HashiCorp Consul and Vault. Go · 12 years old	2,074	0	0	+2	+42	-4	0.9x, slowing
20492	A collection of reddit bots and utilities HTML · 12 years old	504	0	0	0	+14	-4	0.8x, slowing
20493	:bar_chart: A universal enrichment tool for interpreting omics data R · 12 years old	1,248	0	+2	+9	+122	-4	1.0x, steady
20494	An orientation guide for Linux newbies Python · 12 years old	900	0	+1	+13	+107	-4	1.0x, steady
20495	GitToolBox IntelliJ plugin 12 years old	630	+1	+1	+2	+15	-4	0.8x, slowing
20496	NativeScript CLI - command-line tools JavaScript · 12 years old	1,053	+1	+1	+1	+14	-4	0.8x, slowing
20497	The Rust package registry Rust · 12 years old	3,745	+1	+12	+33	+415	-4	1.0x, steady
20498	An axiom-free formalization of category theory in Coq for personal study and practical work Rocq Prover · 12 years old	819	0	0	+4	+38	-4	0.9x, slowing
20499	The GNUstep Base Library is a library of general-purpose, non-graphical Objective C objects. Objective-C · 12 years old	1,002	0	+1	+4	+37	-4	0.9x, slowing
20500	Payara Server is an open source middleware platform that supports reliable and secure deployments of Java EE (Jakarta EE) and MicroProfile applications in any environment: on premise, in the cloud or hybrid. Java · 12 years old	922	0	+1	+1	+26	-4	0.9x, slowing

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