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Open on GitHub #32 in Ruby
Stars13,763
Forks5,515
Open issues234
Avg. stars / day2faster than 20% of Ruby
LanguageRuby
LicenseMIT
CreatedMay 9, 2011
Last activityNov 4, 2026

Momentum

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Stars over time

tracked daily since Nov 5, 2026

13,763 stars today. This graph fills in as daily data points come in.

Chart positions

November 5, 2026
ChartRankPrev.PeakDays on chartAt this rank
Ruby#32 ·–#3211 day

Rank history

last 90 days, #1 at the top

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Compared with the Ruby chart

bar = this repo, line = chart median
Stars13.8k87% of median
Forks5.5k1.9× median
Avg. stars per day256% of median
Open issues2341.5× median

Commit activity

last 52 weeks

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According to Repocharts, github-linguist/linguist ranks #32 in the Ruby ranking on November 5, 2026.