coding-interview-university vs javascript-algorithms

Data Structures rivals. Both tagged data-structures, interview, algorithms. Six rounds of real GitHub data, an AI referee, and the crowd picks a side.

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jwasham/coding-interview-university: 364,235 stars. A complete computer science study plan to become a software engineer.
trekhleb/javascript-algorithms: 196,729 stars, JavaScript. 📝 Algorithms and data structures implemented in JavaScript with explanations and links to further readings

coding-interview-university vs javascript-algorithms: tale of the tape

GitHub data as of November 11, 2026

coding-interview-university has 1.9 times as many GitHub stars as javascript-algorithms (364,235 vs 196,729). In the last 6 days, coding-interview-university gained more stars: +268 (+0.1%) against +8 (+0.0%) for javascript-algorithms. javascript-algorithms saw more development in the last 52 weeks with 20 commits, against 0 for coding-interview-university. coding-interview-university is the older project (created June 2016), javascript-algorithms started in March 2018.

	jwasham/coding-interview-university	trekhleb/javascript-algorithms
Stars	364,235	196,729
Stars gained, last 6 days	+268	+8
Growth, last 6 days	+0.1%	+0.0%
Avg. stars per day since creation	96	62
Forks	85,651	30,981
Commits, last 52 weeks	0	20
Open issues	23	438
Best Repocharts rank today	#10 in Hot 50	#3 in JavaScript
Language	–	JavaScript
License	CC-BY-SA-4.0	MIT
Created	Jun 6, 2016	Mar 24, 2018
Last push	Nov 7, 2026	Jul 26, 2026

Quick answers

Which is more popular, coding-interview-university or javascript-algorithms?

coding-interview-university has 1.9 times as many GitHub stars as javascript-algorithms (364,235 vs 196,729) (Repocharts data as of November 11, 2026).

Which is growing faster, coding-interview-university or javascript-algorithms?

In the last 6 days, coding-interview-university gained more stars: +268 (+0.1%) against +8 (+0.0%) for javascript-algorithms.

Which is more actively developed?

javascript-algorithms saw more development in the last 52 weeks with 20 commits, against 0 for coding-interview-university.

How does RepoClash compare coding-interview-university and javascript-algorithms?

RepoClash scores both repositories in six rounds (popularity, momentum, activity, community, maintenance and freshness) from public GitHub data, adds an AI referee's verdict and lets developers vote for their favorite. Star counts are updated daily.