Month - Permanent archive

August 2015

Permanent archive for August 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, August 2015 GitHub Star Rankings ranks tracked GitHub repositories by stars gained in the selected period. minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings leads with +8.3k stars, followed by freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp and yudai/gotty. 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

August 2015

In August 2015, minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings led GitHub with +8,277 stars, ahead of freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp and yudai/gotty. 4 repositories first crossed 10,000 stars (e.g. EbookFoundation/free-programming-books, getify/You-Dont-Know-JS).

Daily movement

Most stars added

August 2015 GitHub repositories by stars gained

  1. 2
    +6.2kTypeScript
  2. 3
    yudai/gotty19.5k
    +5.0kGo
  3. 4
    +4.3kJavaScript
  4. 5
    +4.0kDart
  5. 6
    +4.0kRust
  6. 7
    +3.2kJavaScript
  7. 8
    +3.2kShell
  8. 9
    +2.9kUnknown
  9. 10
    git-up/GitUp12.0k
    +2.9kObjective-C
  10. 11
    jnv/lists11.3k
    +2.5kUnknown
  11. 13
    +2.3kTypeScript
  12. 14
    +2.3kMDX
  13. 15
    +2.1kPython
  14. 16
    +1.8kHTML
  15. 17
    +1.7kUnknown
  16. 18
    fouber/blog22.6k
    +1.6kUnknown

Fastest growth

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

Newcomers

August 2015 GitHub repositories crossing 10k stars

  1. 10k crossing day: Aug 2, 2015Python
  2. 10k crossing day: Aug 26, 2015Unknown
  3. 10k crossing day: Aug 21, 2015JavaScript
  4. 10k crossing day: Aug 27, 2015JavaScript

Complete ranking

Complete August 2015 GitHub repository rankings

  1. 2
    +6.2kTypeScript
  2. 3
    yudai/gotty19.5k
    +5.0kGo
  3. 4
    +4.3kJavaScript
  4. 5
    +4.0kDart
  5. 6
    +4.0kRust
  6. 7
    +3.2kJavaScript
  7. 8
    +3.2kShell
  8. 9
    +2.9kUnknown
  9. 10
    git-up/GitUp12.0k
    +2.9kObjective-C
  10. 11
    jnv/lists11.3k
    +2.5kUnknown
  11. 13
    +2.3kTypeScript
  12. 14
    +2.3kMDX
  13. 15
    +2.1kPython
  14. 16
    +1.8kHTML
  15. 17
    +1.7kUnknown
  16. 18
    fouber/blog22.6k
    +1.6kUnknown
  17. 19
    +1.6kPython
  18. 20
    react/react246.0k
    +1.6kJavaScript
  19. 21
    vim/vim40.5k
    +1.5kVim Script
  20. 22
    +1.4kPHP
  21. 23
    +1.4kJavaScript
  22. 24
    +1.4kVim Snippet
  23. 25
    dbcli/mycli11.9k
    +1.3kPython
  24. 26
    +1.2kJavaScript
  25. 27
    +1.2kC++
  26. 29
    +1.2kJavaScript
  27. 30
    +1.2kJavaScript
  28. 31
    +1.1kShell
  29. 32
    +1.1kUnknown
  30. 33
    +1.1kTypeScript
  31. 34
    d3/d3113.1k
    +1.1kShell
  32. 36
    +956JavaScript
  33. 38
    +925C
  34. 39
    +922Unknown
  35. 40
    +912C++
  36. 41
    +909Unknown
  37. 42
    golang/go134.8k
    +909Go
  38. 43
    moby/moby71.7k
    +875Go
  39. 44
    +874JavaScript
  40. 45
    +863CSS
  41. 46
    atom/atom60.8k
    +862JavaScript
  42. 47
    +851Blade
  43. 48
    +850JavaScript
  44. 49
    babel/babel44.0k
    +848TypeScript
  45. 50
    httpie/cli38.2k
    +805Python
  46. 51
    +798JavaScript
  47. 52
    +796C
  48. 53
    +783JavaScript
  49. 54
    +776TypeScript
  50. 55
    +769Objective-C
  51. 56
    nodejs/node117.9k
    +767JavaScript
  52. 57
    +767JavaScript
  53. 58
    +767Unknown
  54. 59
    +764TypeScript
  55. 60
    vuejs/vue209.9k
    +762TypeScript
  56. 61
    +756JavaScript
  57. 62
    +747Unknown
  58. 63
    +733Go
  59. 64
    +719Unknown
  60. 66
    +715Swift
  61. 67
    +715JavaScript
  62. 68
    +703Unknown
  63. 69
    +686C++
  64. 70
    +683Unknown
  65. 71
    +674Python
  66. 72
    +673Unknown
  67. 73
    gulpjs/gulp33.0k
    +655JavaScript
  68. 74
    nvbn/thefuck97.4k
    +644Python
  69. 76
    +635TypeScript
  70. 77
    +620Unknown
  71. 78
    +618TypeScript
  72. 79
    +616Unknown
  73. 80
    +613JavaScript
  74. 81
    +612TypeScript
  75. 82
    +609Python
  76. 83
    +607Unknown
  77. 84
    nwjs/nw.js41.2k
    +602JavaScript
  78. 85
    +597JavaScript
  79. 86
    +593Go
  80. 87
    +593Java
  81. 88
    +586Unknown
  82. 89
    +583Ruby
  83. 90
    +574Python
  84. 91
    rails/rails58.7k
    +568Ruby
  85. 92
    +566JavaScript
  86. 93
    +566JavaScript
  87. 94
    +565Swift
  88. 95
    +565Objective-C
  89. 96
    +563Swift
  90. 97
    +563Unknown
  91. 98
    +558Go
  92. 99
    +555Unknown
  93. 100
    +550Objective-C

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Frequently asked questions

What does August 2015 GitHub Star Rankings rank?

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

Which repository leads August 2015 GitHub Star Rankings?

minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings leads August 2015 GitHub Star Rankings with +8.3k stars.

Who follows minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings in August 2015 GitHub Star Rankings?

freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp appears next in the visible ranking with +6.2k stars.

Does August 2015 GitHub Star Rankings use live database queries?

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