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GitHub statistics · November 11, 2026

GitHub statistics today: stars, growth and trends

Repocharts tracks 1,157 of the most popular GitHub repositories every day. Together they have 54,608,599 stars. The most-starred is codecrafters-io/build-your-own-x with 561,728, and morluto/rea gained the most stars since yesterday (+2,747). Python is the language with the most stars in the set.

54.6Mstars across 1,157 repos
+68.3kstars gained since yesterday
1new chart entries today
8.2 yearsmedian repo age
139repos created in the last 12 months

Most-starred repositories

All-time stars, today

Most stars gained today

Since yesterday's snapshot

Most stars this week

Stars gained in the last 6 days

Fastest growth rate

Percent star growth, repos with 1k+ stars

Most stars per day

Average since creation, 1k+ stars

Youngest breakout repos

Newest repos with 1k+ stars

Stars by language

Total stars of the tracked repos per language

Python9.3M91 repos
TypeScript7.8M78 repos
JavaScript5.1M64 repos
Rust3.9M58 repos
Go3.6M55 repos
C++2.9M54 repos
Shell2.8M50 repos
Java2.3M53 repos
C2.3M56 repos
Kotlin1.4M58 repos
C#1.4M51 repos
Swift1.4M55 repos

Top organizations

Most repositories in the rankings

microsoft151.3M ★ · top: vscode
alibaba9253k ★ · top: open-code-review
apache6157k ★ · top: spark
google5171k ★ · top: guava
meta586.3k ★ · top: rocksdb
folke552.5k ★ · top: lazy.nvim
sindresorhus4557k ★ · top: awesome
deepseek-ai4432k ★ · top: deepseek-harness
TheAlgorithms4350k ★ · top: Python
airbnb4216k ★ · top: javascript

Licenses

Share of tracked repos with a known license

MIT47%422 repos · top: public-apis
Apache-2.026%238 repos · top: tensorflow
AGPL-3.07%63 repos · top: FreeDomain
BSD-3-Clause4%32 repos · top: freeCodeCamp
GPL-2.02%20 repos · top: obs-studio
CC0-1.01%9 repos · top: awesome
MPL-2.01%8 repos · top: syncthing

Compare them head to head

Every comparison →
Undisputed heavyweight title
build-your-own-x562k ★
VS
awesome535k ★

The two most-starred repos in the charts: 562k ★ vs 535k ★.

AI coding agent title fight
claude-code155k ★
VS
codex135k ★

Two terminal agents, one belt.

JavaScript runtime war
deno109k ★
VS
bun96.8k ★

Node's challengers settle it.

Quick answers

What is the most-starred repository on GitHub?

Among the repositories Repocharts tracks, codecrafters-io/build-your-own-x has the most stars: 561,728 (as of November 11, 2026). Runners-up: sindresorhus/awesome (535k), public-apis/public-apis (498k), freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp (459k).

Which GitHub repository gained the most stars today?

morluto/rea gained 2,747 stars since the previous day (as of November 11, 2026).

Which GitHub repository is growing fastest this week?

By stars gained, morluto/rea (+18,584 in 6 days). By growth rate, zortos293/Lichii (+172%).

Which programming language has the most GitHub stars?

Among the 1,157 tracked repositories, Python leads with 9,322,983 stars across 91 repositories, followed by TypeScript (7.8M) and JavaScript (5.1M).

What is the most common license of popular GitHub repositories?

MIT: 47% of the tracked repositories with a known license use it.

Which organization has the most popular repositories on GitHub?

microsoft has 15 repositories in the Repocharts rankings, with 1,286,045 stars in total.

How old are the most popular GitHub repositories?

The median age of the tracked repositories is 8.2 years; 139 of them were created in the last 12 months.

How can I compare two GitHub repositories?

Use RepoClash at https://repocharts.com/clash/: pick any two public repositories and compare stars, growth, commits, contributors and releases side by side, with an AI verdict and a community vote.

Source: daily snapshots of public star counts, see the methodology. Data as JSON and plain text, free to use with attribution to Repocharts.