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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.

1. 1
   star-history▲74

   The missing star history graph of github repos

   2019 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   StarSearch▲425

   AI Copilot, but for git history

   2024 · its alternatives →

3. 3QB
   Quickly browse the history of any GitHub file▲407

   2019 · githistory.xyz · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Github Stars▲5

   github repository's ✨star growth chart

   2020 · its alternatives →

5. 5TM
   The missing star history graph of GitHub repository▲6

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Git History▲10

   Open source Alternative to GitHub Scrappers

   Jan 2026 · git-history.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Git History▲102

   Quickly browse the history of any GitHub file

   2019 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   StarCLI▲58

   CLI for browsing trending github repos by stars

   2020 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   GitHub Repository Star Leaderboard▲9

   GitHub's Constellation: Top 1000 Stellar Projects

   2024 · githublb.vercel.app · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Little Star▲78

    Efficiently and easily manage your GitHub stars

    2021 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    GitNews Web▲265

    Trending repositories from GitHub, HackerNews & Reddit

    2019 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Top 1000 Repos▲106

    Easy way to browse the top 1000 GitHub repositories

    2023 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    GitRanks▲127

    GitHub Profile Analytics & Rankings

    2025 · gitranks.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Git Begin▲236

    Start contributing to open source projects with ease

    2024 · gitbegin.theenthusiast.dev · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Octohub▲127

    The missing app for GitHub

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    GitHub Awards▲173

    Discover your ranking on GitHub

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Githunt 2.0▲176

    Explore the top projects on GitHub 🏆

    2018 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Track Awesome List▲84

    Track your favorite Github awesome repos, not just star them

    2021 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Star Order▲90

    Manage your GitHub stars like a pro.

    2022 · its alternatives →

20. 20HT
    HubStar, the missing "star" feature for GitHub repositories▲5

    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 →

21. 21LO
    Leaderboard of Top GitHub Repositories Based on Stars▲10

    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 →

22. 22AI
    An interactive visual history of Git development▲147

    2021 · git-history.jpalmer.dev · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Hubble▲84

    Github stars management tool

    2022 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    git:logs▲176

    The definitive list of open source resources on Github

    2016 · its alternatives →

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