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24 alternatives to Star History
The missing GitHub star history graph
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Star History launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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star-history▲74The missing star history graph of github repos
2019 · star-history.com · its alternatives →
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The de facto GitHub star history graph. Contribute to star-history/star-history development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Quickly browse the history of a file from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket or any git repository
2019 · githistory.xyz · its alternatives →
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Git History▲10Visualize any GitHub repository with beautiful interactive graphs and star history charts. Features: Interactive Force Graph - Explore repository structure with draggable, zoomable nodes Pack View - Circle-packing visualization showing files nested inside folders Star History - Beautiful charts showing repository growth over time Embeddable Charts - Add live star history SVG to your README (dark & light themes) Commit Timeline - Watch commits animate through the codebase Multi-Repo Comparison - Compare star histories of multiple repositories Chrome Extension - View star history directly on…
Jan 2026 · git-history.com · its alternatives →
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Git History▲102Quickly browse the history of any GitHub file
2019 · githistory.xyz · its alternatives →
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GitHub's Constellation: Top 1000 Stellar Projects
2024 · githublb.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Little Star▲78Efficiently and easily manage your GitHub stars
2021 · littlestarcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Top 1000 Repos▲106Easy way to browse the top 1000 GitHub repositories
2023 · top1000repos.com · its alternatives →
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GitHub star history and stats - based on JavaScript only! - seladb/StarTrack-js
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Git Begin▲236Start contributing to open source projects with ease
2024 · gitbegin.theenthusiast.dev · its alternatives →
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GitNews Web▲265Trending repositories from GitHub, HackerNews & Reddit
2019 · git.news · its alternatives →
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An Interactive History of the Git Distributed Version Control System
2021 · git-history.jpalmer.dev · 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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After the recent HN discussion[1] about what's wrong with GitHub's "Watch" feature, I was spurred to finish a pet project I put about 8 hours into a month ago. HubStar[2] is the missing "star" feature for GitHub repositories. The idea is you log into the site using GitHub's OAuth, download a browser extension (currently only Chrome is available), and you can now star repositories directly from their GitHub pages. The links are stored remotely on the HubStar site for later searching. Prior to this I was using the GitMarks Chrome plugin, but my main problem with it was that it only showed me…
2012 · 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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Create and maintain your own Awesome-style list from GitHub stars! - maguowei/starred
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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