Month - Permanent archive

May 2015

Permanent archive for May 2015, ranking tracked GitHub repositories by stars gained during that calendar month from GitStarClub's precomputed ranking data.

Answer capsule

As of June 21, 2026, May 2015 GitHub Star Rankings ranks tracked GitHub repositories by stars gained in the selected period. sindresorhus/awesome leads with +6.8k stars, followed by typicode/json-server and square/leakcanary. GitStarClub generates this visible ranking from GitStarClub's precomputed ranking and repository data, without runtime search, a database, or AI. - GitStarClub

Data as of
June 21, 2026
Source
GitStarClub

May 2015

In May 2015, sindresorhus/awesome led GitHub with +6,808 stars, ahead of typicode/json-server and square/leakcanary. 3 repositories first crossed 10,000 stars (e.g. react/react, ripienaar/free-for-dev).

Daily movement

Most stars added

May 2015 GitHub repositories by stars gained

  1. 1
    +6.8kUnknown
  2. 2
    +6.5kJavaScript
  3. 3
    +3.7kKotlin
  4. 4
    +3.1kLua
  5. 5
    +2.8kC++
  6. 6
    +1.9kDart
  7. 7
    nvbn/thefuck97.4k
    +1.7kPython
  8. 8
    react/react246.0k
    +1.7kJavaScript
  9. 10
    +1.5kHTML
  10. 11
    +1.5kGo
  11. 13
    +1.5kJavaScript
  12. 14
    +1.5kMDX
  13. 15
    +1.5kRust
  14. 16
    +1.4kSwift
  15. 17
    +1.3kJavaScript
  16. 18
    h2o/h2o11.5k
    +1.2kC

Fastest growth

Growth-rate data is waiting for the next published recompute.

Newcomers

May 2015 GitHub repositories crossing 10k stars

  1. react/react246.0k
    10k crossing day: May 19, 2015JavaScript
  2. 10k crossing day: May 4, 2015HTML
  3. nvbn/thefuck97.4k
    10k crossing day: May 13, 2015Python

Complete ranking

Complete May 2015 GitHub repository rankings

  1. 1
    +6.8kUnknown
  2. 2
    +6.5kJavaScript
  3. 3
    +3.7kKotlin
  4. 4
    +3.1kLua
  5. 5
    +2.8kC++
  6. 6
    +1.9kDart
  7. 7
    nvbn/thefuck97.4k
    +1.7kPython
  8. 8
    react/react246.0k
    +1.7kJavaScript
  9. 10
    +1.5kHTML
  10. 11
    +1.5kGo
  11. 13
    +1.5kJavaScript
  12. 14
    +1.5kMDX
  13. 15
    +1.5kRust
  14. 16
    +1.4kSwift
  15. 17
    +1.3kJavaScript
  16. 18
    h2o/h2o11.5k
    +1.2kC
  17. 19
    d3/d3113.1k
    +1.2kShell
  18. 20
    +1.2kC++
  19. 21
    +1.2kPython
  20. 22
    +1.2kClojure
  21. 23
    atom/atom60.8k
    +1.2kJavaScript
  22. 24
    +1.1kPython
  23. 25
    +1.1kHTML
  24. 26
    Kotlin/anko15.8k
    +1.1kKotlin
  25. 27
    +1.1kPython
  26. 28
    +1.1kTypeScript
  27. 29
    +1.1kC
  28. 30
    +1.0kUnknown
  29. 31
    +1.0kShell
  30. 32
    +1.0kGo
  31. 33
    +987Unknown
  32. 34
    +956JavaScript
  33. 35
    +931Unknown
  34. 36
    +922Objective-C
  35. 37
    +915C
  36. 38
    +911JavaScript
  37. 39
    babel/babel44.0k
    +908TypeScript
  38. 40
    +886JavaScript
  39. 41
    +882Go
  40. 42
    moby/moby71.7k
    +875Go
  41. 43
    +870CSS
  42. 44
    +855Python
  43. 45
    +840Unknown
  44. 46
    +840TypeScript
  45. 47
    +822Unknown
  46. 48
    +798Vim Snippet
  47. 49
    +798Lua
  48. 50
    +788TypeScript
  49. 51
    +782JavaScript
  50. 52
    +775JavaScript
  51. 53
    +773Objective-C
  52. 54
    +768JavaScript
  53. 55
    +768Python
  54. 58
    nodejs/node117.9k
    +733JavaScript
  55. 59
    nwjs/nw.js41.2k
    +729JavaScript
  56. 60
    +720Java
  57. 61
    +709JavaScript
  58. 62
    +704TypeScript
  59. 63
    +699JavaScript
  60. 64
    +696Unknown
  61. 65
    +685Objective-C
  62. 66
    gulpjs/gulp33.0k
    +684JavaScript
  63. 67
    +683Unknown
  64. 68
    +670Go
  65. 69
    +669Swift
  66. 70
    +661JavaScript
  67. 71
    +659JavaScript
  68. 72
    golang/go134.8k
    +658Go
  69. 74
    +642Unknown
  70. 75
    +636TypeScript
  71. 76
    +622Blade
  72. 77
    +622Go
  73. 78
    +616Go
  74. 79
    +614TypeScript
  75. 80
    +604HTML
  76. 81
    +601JavaScript
  77. 82
    +587Unknown
  78. 83
    +581Unknown
  79. 84
    +568Swift
  80. 85
    +567Python
  81. 86
    +564JavaScript
  82. 87
    +562Python
  83. 88
    +557PowerShell
  84. 90
    +550JavaScript
  85. 91
    +548Objective-C
  86. 92
    +547Python
  87. 93
    +544TypeScript
  88. 94
    rails/rails58.7k
    +541Ruby
  89. 95
    +538Objective-C++
  90. 96
    skylot/jadx49.1k
    +527Java
  91. 97
    +525Unknown
  92. 98
    +525TypeScript
  93. 99
    +524SCSS
  94. 100
    +520Go

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Frequently asked questions

What does May 2015 GitHub Star Rankings rank?

As of June 21, 2026, May 2015 GitHub Star Rankings ranks tracked GitHub repositories by stars gained in the selected period.

Which repository leads May 2015 GitHub Star Rankings?

sindresorhus/awesome leads May 2015 GitHub Star Rankings with +6.8k stars.

Who follows sindresorhus/awesome in May 2015 GitHub Star Rankings?

typicode/json-server appears next in the visible ranking with +6.5k stars.

Does May 2015 GitHub Star Rankings use live database queries?

No. GitStarClub renders May 2015 GitHub Star Rankings from GitStarClub's precomputed ranking and repository data.