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, 02:20 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
20901	Git repository access for Jenkins jobs Java · 16 years old	698	0	+1	+4	+17	-2	0.9x, slowing
20902	The Chemistry Development Kit Java · 16 years old	612	0	0	+6	+60	-2	1.0x, steady
20903	Apple property list parser/builder for Node.js and browsers — supports XML, binary (bplist), and OpenStep formats TypeScript · 16 years old	606	+1	+1	+1	+17	-2	0.9x, slowing
20904	Code coverage tool for compiled programs, Python and Bash which uses debugging information to collect and report data without special compilation options C++ · 16 years old	839	0	+1	+6	+63	-2	1.0x, steady
20905	Gherkin parser, written in PHP for Behat project PHP · 15 years old	1,060	0	0	0	+13	-2	0.9x, slowing
20906	A cyber-physical programming environment C · 15 years old	1,468	0	0	+3	+38	-2	1.0x, steady
20907	CSS3 syntax (and syntax defined in some foreign specifications) support for Vim's built-in syntax/css.vim CSS · 15 years old	529	0	0	0	+1	-2	0.3x, slowing
20908	conference management system Ruby · 15 years old	729	0	0	+1	+14	-2	0.9x, slowing
20909	Test Anything Protocol tools for node JavaScript · 15 years old	2,425	0	-1	-1	+47	-2	1.0x, steady
20910	CakePHP CookBook JavaScript · 15 years old	693	0	0	+2	+12	-2	0.9x, slowing
20911	lighttpd2 on github for easier collaboration - main repo still on lighttpd.net C · 15 years old	513	+1	0	+2	+22	-2	0.9x, slowing
20912	Contributed stuff for munin (plugins, tools, etc...) Perl · 15 years old	1,045	0	0	0	+5	-2	0.7x, slowing
20913	Neat IP Address Planner - NIPAP is the best open source IPAM in the known universe, challenging classical IP address management (IPAM) systems in many areas. Python · 15 years old	593	0	0	+2	+29	-2	0.9x, slowing
20914	A powerful and flexible Emacs major mode for editing PHP scripts Emacs Lisp · 15 years old	605	0	0	+2	+12	-2	0.9x, slowing
20915	World's most powerful command line package manager C++ · 15 years old	500	+2	+3	+8	+51	-2	1.0x, steady
20916	flask integration for peewee, including admin, authentication, rest api and more Python · 15 years old	784	0	0	+1	+6	-2	0.8x, slowing
20917	JavaScript / Canvas based image diff utility with Jasmine matchers for testing canvas. JavaScript · 15 years old	789	0	0	0	+2	-2	0.5x, slowing
20918	PyMongo support for Flask applications Python · 14 years old	723	0	+1	+3	+4	-2	0.7x, slowing
20919	An abstraction layer for git written in PHP PHP · 14 years old	610	0	-1	-1	0	-2	0.0x, slowing
20920	LLJS: Low-Level JavaScript JavaScript · 14 years old	1,177	0	-1	0	+4	-2	0.7x, slowing
20921	Real-time media stack and lightweight libwebrtc alternative, built in C++20 C++ · 14 years old	1,370	0	0	+5	+36	-2	0.9x, slowing
20922	Plugin for heroku CLI that can manipulate the repo TypeScript · 14 years old	684	0	0	0	+3	-2	0.6x, slowing
20923	The server administration software for your needs - The official Froxlor development Git repository PHP · 14 years old	1,751	+1	+2	+4	+75	-2	1.0x, steady
20924	The git-scm.com website. Note that this repository is only for the website; issues with git itself should go to https://git-scm.com/community. HTML · 14 years old	2,422	0	-2	+10	+135	-2	1.0x, steady
20925	A comprehensive, feature-rich, open source, and portable, collection of Solitaire games. Python · 14 years old	573	0	+3	+3	+58	-2	1.0x, steady
20926	A DSL for Data Manipulation Objective-C · 14 years old	1,451	0	-2	-1	0	-2	0.0x, slowing
20927	Compiles Less to CSS JavaScript · 14 years old	960	0	0	0	+4	-2	0.7x, slowing
20928	The Core Flight System (cFS) Operating System Abstraction Layer (OSAL) C · 14 years old	679	+1	+1	+6	+65	-2	1.0x, steady
20929	Generic (Sound) Synthesis Library C++ · 14 years old	500	0	+1	+1	+22	-2	0.9x, slowing
20930	:speech_balloon: A jQuery plugin that creates hover tooltips. JavaScript · 14 years old	812	0	0	0	0	-2	0.0x, slowing
20931	The standard image manipulation app for Catroid. Kotlin · 14 years old	509	+1	+4	+9	+68	-2	1.0x, steady
20932	:snowboarder: EJDB2 — Embeddable JSON Database engine C library. Simple XPath like query language (JQL). C · 14 years old	1,487	0	0	+2	+30	-2	0.9x, slowing
20933	Node.js module that automatically follows HTTP(S) redirects JavaScript · 13 years old	585	0	+2	+5	+23	-2	0.9x, slowing
20934	gradle-release is a plugin for providing a Maven-like release process for projects using Gradle Groovy · 13 years old	889	0	+1	+1	+13	-2	0.9x, slowing
20935	Small, fast and powerful console music player for Unix-like operating systems. C · 13 years old	6,289	+2	+7	+36	+427	-2	1.0x, steady
20936	A Marketplace for JMeter Plugins Java · 13 years old	589	0	0	0	+18	-2	0.9x, slowing
20937	A list of locations becomes a map plus a synced list, in a few lines. TypeScript · 13 years old	989	0	0	-1	0	-2	0.0x, slowing
20938	WebSharper - Full-stack, functional, reactive web apps and microservices in F# and C# F# · 13 years old	635	0	0	+1	+25	-2	0.9x, slowing
20939	IEEE 802.11 a/g/p Transceiver C++ · 13 years old	918	+1	+2	+6	+87	-2	1.0x, steady
20940	Meteor Collection Hooks JavaScript · 13 years old	656	0	0	0	0	-2	0.0x, slowing
20941	eXtended Keccak Code Package C · 13 years old	667	0	0	+3	+43	-2	1.0x, steady
20942	Convenient and performant logging library for Scala wrapping SLF4J. Scala · 13 years old	923	0	0	0	+11	-2	0.8x, slowing
20943	A Python package for performing pore network modeling of porous media Python · 13 years old	547	0	+1	+6	+50	-2	1.0x, steady
20944	ATLauncher is a Launcher for Minecraft which integrates multiple different ModPacks to allow you to download and install ModPacks easily and quickly. Java · 13 years old	861	0	+3	+7	+111	-2	1.0x, steady
20945	nwipe secure disk eraser C · 13 years old	1,248	0	+5	+18	+243	-2	1.0x, steady
20946	A window manager designed for speed, usability, and consistency C++ · 13 years old	690	+1	+1	+3	+56	-2	1.0x, steady
20947	Auth0 headless browser sdk JavaScript · 13 years old	1,064	0	0	+2	+44	-2	1.0x, steady
20948	GeoMesa is a suite of tools for working with big geo-spatial data in a distributed fashion. Scala · 13 years old	1,499	0	0	0	+39	-2	1.0x, steady
20949	Research prototype tool for modular formal verification of C, Rust and Java programs Rust · 12 years old	528	0	0	+11	+86	-2	1.0x, steady
20950	Banana for Solr - A Port of Kibana JavaScript · 12 years old	673	+1	+1	+1	+3	-2	0.6x, slowing

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