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 11 Nov 2026, 16:20 UTC.

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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. Some repositories are also left out, or kept in, by hand after a review of the daily lists, whatever the rules above say. 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
24301	Copy a Postgres database to a target Postgres server (pg_dump \| pg_restore on steroids) C · 4 years old	1,579	0	0	+10	+211	+14	0	1.1x faster
24302	💎 Soothing pastel theme for Obsidian CSS · 4 years old	651	0	0	+11	+147	+14	0	1.1x faster
24303	The official documentation for BNB Chain. HTML · 4 years old	547	0	+5	+18	+183	+14	8	1.1x faster
24304	An attempt to better support Minecraft-related content for the Nix ecosystem Nix · 4 years old	634	0	+2	+7	+197	+14	0	1.1x faster
24305	An implementation of the 5th Edition game system for Foundry Virtual Tabletop (http://foundryvtt.com). JavaScript · 4 years old	609	0	-1	+7	+150	+14	0	1.1x faster
24306	Pure Go implementation of Opus Go · 4 years old	565	0	+1	+1	+92	+14	0	1.2x faster
24307	A library for drawing on maps that supports Mapbox, MapLibre, Google Maps, OpenLayers and Leaflet out the box TypeScript · 4 years old	1,133	+1	0	+17	+331	+14	8	1.0x, steady
24308	🤖 Hey there! I am using PyWa. Python · 3 years old	600	0	0	+7	+195	+14	0	1.1x faster
24309	The ultimate setup for the PlayStation 2's internal drive. Shell · 2 years old	1,026	0	+12	+58	+519	+14	0	1.0x, steady
24310	Open‑WebUI Tools is a modular toolkit designed to extend and enrich your Open WebUI instance, turning it into a powerful AI workstation. With a suite of over 15 specialized tools, function pipelines, and filters, this project supports academic research, agentic autonomy, multimodal creativity, workflows, and more Python · 2 years old	838	0	+6	+21	+425	+14	0	1.0x, steady
24311	An open-source driving platform derived from openpilot, developed with integrated functional safety, SOTIF, cybersecurity, and transparent assurance evidence. Python · 32 days old	49	+1	+15	+13	+14all	+14	16	New
24312	WinUAE Amiga emulator C++ · 16 years old	698	0	+1	+8	+90	+15	0	1.2x faster
24313	Platform-independent Qt API for storing passwords securely. C++ · 14 years old	512	0	+1	+5	+59	+15	0	1.3x faster
24314	GemRB is a portable open-source implementation of Bioware’s Infinity Engine. C++ · 14 years old	1,269	0	+2	+14	+162	+15	0	1.1x faster
24315	Manage filesystem snapshots and allow undo of system modifications C++ · 14 years old	1,188	0	+4	+14	+163	+15	0	1.1x faster
24316	HTTP server cookie parsing and serialization TypeScript · 14 years old	1,539	0	+1	+4	+106	+15	0	1.2x faster
24317	Import Map Package Manager TypeScript · 13 years old	3,866	0	-1	0	+73	+15	0	1.3x faster
24318	Manage all your WordPress 301 redirects and monitor 404 errors PHP · 13 years old	641	0	+2	+6	+55	+15	0	1.4x faster
24319	📦 The Extras bucket for Scoop. PowerShell · 13 years old	2,175	0	+2	+15	+222	+15	0	1.1x faster
24320	Serves files from code hosting services but with the correct content types HTML · 13 years old	686	0	+1	+6	+65	+15	0	1.3x faster
24321	SonicBOOM: The Berkeley Out-of-Order Machine Scala · 12 years old	2,285	0	+6	+29	+298	+15	8	1.1x faster
24322	Plant phenotyping with image analysis Python · 12 years old	841	+1	+2	+7	+105	+15	8	1.2x faster
24323	Atom file-specific icons for improved visual grepping. JavaScript · 12 years old	1,376	0	+1	+4	+47	+15	0	1.5x faster
24324	XiPKI: Compact open source PKI (CA, OCSP responder, certificate protocols ACME, CMP, EST, SCEP), with full support of PQC MLDSA (Dilithium) and MLKEM (Kyber). Java · 12 years old	612	0	0	+4	+60	+15	0	1.3x faster
24325	A Proof-oriented Programming Language F* · 12 years old	3,144	0	+10	+30	+253	+15	8	1.1x faster
24326	a package of Pentest scripts I have made or commonly use Python · 12 years old	643	0	+1	+1	+31	+15	0	1.9x faster
24327	[MIRROR] Alpine packages build scripts Shell · 12 years old	736	0	+2	+7	+56	+15	0	1.4x faster
24328	Browser forensics tool for Google Chrome, other Chromium-based browsers, and Mozilla Firefox Python · 12 years old	1,555	0	+3	+18	+256	+15	0	1.1x faster
24329	Additional files and scripts to help build Git for Windows on MSYS2. Inno Setup · 11 years old	676	0	0	0	+34	+15	0	1.8x faster
24330	Open Source Flight Controller Firmware C · 11 years old	11,773	0	+28	+127	+1,691	+15	0	1.0x, steady
24331	Canary in the Gold Mine JavaScript · 11 years old	612	0	+3	+6	+33	+15	0	1.8x faster
24332	All SVG icons available on https://game-icons.net Shell · 11 years old	1,367	0	+1	+11	+155	+15	0	1.1x faster
24333	YaneuraOu is the World's Strongest Shogi engine(AI player) , WCSC29 1st winner , educational and USI compliant engine. C++ · 10 years old	702	+1	+3	+11	+102	+15	10	1.2x faster
24334	A cross-platform Winlink client written in Go Go · 10 years old	614	0	+2	+7	+74	+15	0	1.3x faster
24335	TDA - Thread Dump Analyzer (for Java). Analyze your Thread Dumps with a GUI or use it as MCP Server. Java · 10 years old	554	0	+1	+3	+30	+15	0	2.0x faster
24336	Symfony bundle to isolate your app's doctrine database tests and improve the test performance PHP · 10 years old	1,197	0	+1	+6	+72	+15	0	1.3x faster
24337	The Apache Guacamole web application, official extensions, and JavaScript library. Java · 10 years old	1,752	0	+3	+20	+193	+15	0	1.1x faster
24338	The Apache Guacamole proxy daemon (guacd), C API (libguac), and protocol support. C · 10 years old	4,043	0	+10	+39	+501	+15	0	1.0x, steady
24339	⚙️ Python API / wrapper for tmux Python · 10 years old	1,218	0	+1	+4	+119	+15	0	1.1x faster
24340	📘 Nextcloud documentation JavaScript · 10 years old	642	0	+1	+9	+82	+15	0	1.2x faster
24341	The source for the Dart website. Dart · 10 years old	1,055	0	-1	+2	+61	+15	0	1.3x faster
24342	Team shifts plugin for eventyay Python · 10 years old	1,514	+1	+3	+4	+34	+15	8	1.8x faster
24343	NEURON Simulator C++ · 10 years old	568	0	+1	+11	+95	+15	0	1.2x faster
24344	ProjectPokemon Events Gallery 9 years old	601	0	+4	+7	+107	+15	0	1.2x faster
24345	System and process monitor for Linux C · 9 years old	1,083	0	+2	+6	+152	+15	8	1.1x faster
24346	Open-source solution for running real-time advertising auctions in the cloud. Go · 9 years old	593	+1	+6	+12	+93	+15	16	1.2x faster
24347	Codebattle - Game for programmers, where you solved algorithmic problems with other players in real time. You can fight with other players in single player mode or join massive tournaments. Elixir · 9 years old	901	0	+2	+13	+176	+15	0	1.1x faster
24348	A Creative Coding Framework for Rust. Rust · 9 years old	6,781	0	+4	+20	+443	+15	0	1.0x, steady
24349	A dataset with political datasets R · 9 years old	769	0	+2	+15	+81	+15	0	1.2x faster
24350	🌌 A collaborative list of awesome software for exploring Physics concepts 9 years old	660	+1	+9	+13	+92	+15	8	1.2x faster

Today counts stars since midnight US Pacific time, so it is a partial day. 1 more tracked repositories are still loading their star history and will join the ranking once it is complete.