Most-Starred GitHub Repositories 2026
Source:
GitHub REST API
Key Findings
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codecrafters-io/build-your-own-x leads in GitHub Stars with 545,732 in 2026.
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Average GitHub Stars in 2026: 373,101 · median: 366,466.
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Gap in 2026: codecrafters-io/build-your-own-x is 2.1× larger than mattpocock/skills.
About This Dataset
Most-Starred GitHub Repositories 2026
Public repositories with the most stars on GitHub, read from the GitHub API in September 2026. A star is a bookmark, not a measure of code quality or use, which is why curated lists and learning resources outrank the software libraries that far more projects actually depend on.
Analysis
codecrafters-io/build-your-own-x leads with 545,732 stars, 41,893 more than sindresorhus/awesome on 503,839. The 15 repositories here hold 5,596,513 stars between them. 4 of them contain no code GitHub can classify - they are lists and documentation rather than software. The most common listed language is Python, on 5 of them.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- GitHub REST API
- Coverage
- 15 entities · 2026 · 15 observations
- Measure
- GitHub Stars
- Last updated
- 7 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2026.
Data Sources & References
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