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24 alternatives to JavaScript Rising Stars 2017

Find out the most popular JavaScript projects of the year

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. JavaScript Rising Stars 2017 launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    The most starred JavaScript projects of 2016

    2017 · risingstars2016.js.org · its alternatives →

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    Discover which JavaScript libraries are the most popular

    2016 · stateofjs.com · its alternatives →

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    Discover the latest trends in the JavaScript ecosystem

    2018 · 2018.stateofjs.com · its alternatives →

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    Ranking of top JavaScript libraries, frameworks, and plugins

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Open source JavaScript charting library for the modern web

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    PlayJS▲138

    Playground JavaScript web, now with superpowers

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Track your favorite Github awesome repos, not just star them

    2021 · trackawesomelist.com · its alternatives →

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    Chart.js▲263

    Simple, clean & engaging charts for designers and developers

    2014 · chartjs.org · its alternatives →

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    I created a leaderboard showcasing the top 1000 GitHub repositories based on the number of stars. With GitHub hosting over 100 million public repositories, this leaderboard highlights the top 0.001% in terms of the number of stars. Stars might not be the perfect metric for adoption—metrics like the number of monthly downloads could be more accurate—but this list still represents some of the most popular and influential projects in the open-source community. You can check out the leaderboard here: https://githublb.vercel.app/

    2024 · githublb.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Explore the top projects on GitHub 🏆

    2018 · kamran.fyi · its alternatives →

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    Check your JS knowledge by having fun.

    2021 · javascriptquiz.com · its alternatives →

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    Handy tool to compare javascript open-source projects

    2016 · starratio.js.org · its alternatives →

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    Community-driven explanation of JavaScript buzz words

    2016 · jargon.js.org · its alternatives →

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    Get a more complete understanding of JavaScript

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

  15. 15TA

    Over the past few weeks I've been working on a small application to view trending repos on GitHub. I built the PWA[1] with React, Next.js and GraphQL .. but what's interesting is the application is only using React server side, meaning the client side javascript is only a few lines code adding some event listeners and registering a service worker for offline capability. This helped me achieve a perfect google chrome performance audit I learned a ton working on it and would love to talk about it if anyone has any questions! Application Link: https://trends.now.sh Source code on…

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    StarCLI▲58

    CLI for browsing trending github repos by stars

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Learning JavaScript is the best investment you can do today.

    2022 · codemarch.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

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    GitRanks▲127

    Hi HN, I built GitRanks because I’ve always wanted a clear, fun way to see how my open-source work compares - both globally and right here at home. The app pulls in GitHub data to give every developer an at-a-glance “scorecard”, then rolls those into live leaderboards so you can: - Track rankings by stars, contributions and followers - Filter worldwide vs. your own country - Refresh daily - no waiting weeks to see your progress - Discover rising devs you’ve never heard of and follow their work Tech Stack: - Back: MongoDB | NestJS | BullMQ | GraphQL - Front: Next.js | Tailwind | Shadcn Data:…

    2025 · gitranks.com · its alternatives →

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    How to grow a freelance practice & JavaScript in 2017

    2017 · thespatialstudio.de · its alternatives →

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    faster.js is a Babel plugin that compiles idiomatic Javascript to faster, micro-optimized Javascript. - vzhou842/faster.js

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Discover the most popular tools & technologies on Mac

    2021 · git-tower.com · its alternatives →

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    GitHub's Constellation: Top 1000 Stellar Projects

    2024 · githublb.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Trends▲80

    The fastest way to see whats trending on Github

    2018 · trends.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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