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January 2016

Permanent archive for January 2016, ranking tracked GitHub repositories by stars gained during that calendar month from GitStarClub's precomputed ranking data.

2016Complete ranking

Answer capsule

As of June 21, 2026, January 2016 GitHub Star Rankings ranks tracked GitHub repositories by stars gained in the selected period. freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp leads with +17.3k stars, followed by loverajoel/jstips and braydie/HowToBeAProgrammer. 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

January 2016

In January 2016, freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp led GitHub with +17,333 stars, ahead of loverajoel/jstips and braydie/HowToBeAProgrammer. freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp grew fastest, up 37%. 12 repositories first crossed 10,000 stars (e.g. vinta/awesome-python, vuejs/vue).

Daily movement

Most stars added

January 2016 GitHub repositories by stars gained

  1. 1
    freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp449.8k
    +17.3kTypeScript
  2. 2
    loverajoel/jstips12.4k
    +7.5kUnknown
  3. 3
    braydie/HowToBeAProgrammer16.2k
    +7.1kUnknown
  4. 4
    DrkSephy/es6-cheatsheet13.3k
    +5.8kJavaScript
  5. 5
    matryer/xbar18.0k
    +5.1kGo
  6. 6
    VerbalExpressions/JSVerbalExpressions12.2k
    +4.9kJavaScript
  7. 7
    nativefier/nativefier35.3k
    +4.3kTypeScript
  8. 8
    mhinz/vim-galore17.9k
    +4.2kVim Script
  9. 9
    microsoft/CNTK17.6k
    +4.0kC++
  10. 10
    parse-community/parse-server21.4k
    +3.9kJavaScript
  11. 11
    jlevy/og-equity-compensation11.5k
    +3.8kUnknown
  12. 12
    jlevy/the-art-of-command-line161.4k
    +3.8kUnknown
  13. 13
    petehunt/react-howto11.5k
    +3.0kUnknown
  14. 14
    milligram/milligram10.2k
    +3.0kHTML
  15. 15
    EbookFoundation/free-programming-books390.6k
    +2.7kPython
  16. 16
    sindresorhus/awesome477.2k
    +2.6kUnknown
  17. 17
    tensorflow/tensorflow195.8k
    +2.2kC++
  18. 18
    awesomedata/awesome-public-datasets76.0k
    +2.1kUnknown

Fastest growth

January 2016 GitHub repositories by growth rate

  1. 1
    freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp449.8k
    +37.3%TypeScript
  2. 2
    jlevy/the-art-of-command-line161.4k
    +18%Unknown
  3. 3
    sindresorhus/awesome477.2k
    +10.1%Unknown
  4. 4
    react/react246.0k
    +10%JavaScript
  5. 5
    react/react-native126.0k
    +9%C++
  6. 6
    swiftlang/swift70.1k
    +7.6%Swift
  7. 7
    twbs/bootstrap174.3k
    +7.3%MDX
  8. 8
    angular/angular.js58.6k
    +6.1%JavaScript
  9. 9
    nodejs/node-v0.x-archive34.3k
    +0.9%Unknown

Newcomers

January 2016 GitHub repositories crossing 10k stars

  1. vinta/awesome-python304.0k
    10k crossing day: Jan 27, 2016Python
  2. vuejs/vue209.9k
    10k crossing day: Jan 13, 2016TypeScript
  3. microsoft/vscode186.6k
    10k crossing day: Jan 12, 2016TypeScript
  4. golang/go134.8k
    10k crossing day: Jan 29, 2016Go
  5. prakhar1989/awesome-courses69.2k
    10k crossing day: Jan 14, 2016Unknown
  6. h5bp/Front-end-Developer-Interview-Questions60.9k
    10k crossing day: Jan 2, 2016Nunjucks
  7. ionic-team/ionic-framework52.5k
    10k crossing day: Jan 11, 2016TypeScript
  8. Semantic-Org/Semantic-UI51.1k
    10k crossing day: Jan 20, 2016JavaScript
  9. nwjs/nw.js41.2k
    10k crossing day: Jan 19, 2016JavaScript
  10. certbot/certbot33.1k
    10k crossing day: Jan 7, 2016Python

Complete ranking

Complete January 2016 GitHub repository rankings

  1. 1
    freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp449.8k
    +17.3kTypeScript
  2. 2
    loverajoel/jstips12.4k
    +7.5kUnknown
  3. 3
    braydie/HowToBeAProgrammer16.2k
    +7.1kUnknown
  4. 4
    DrkSephy/es6-cheatsheet13.3k
    +5.8kJavaScript
  5. 5
    matryer/xbar18.0k
    +5.1kGo
  6. 6
    VerbalExpressions/JSVerbalExpressions12.2k
    +4.9kJavaScript
  7. 7
    nativefier/nativefier35.3k
    +4.3kTypeScript
  8. 8
    mhinz/vim-galore17.9k
    +4.2kVim Script
  9. 9
    microsoft/CNTK17.6k
    +4.0kC++
  10. 10
    parse-community/parse-server21.4k
    +3.9kJavaScript
  11. 11
    jlevy/og-equity-compensation11.5k
    +3.8kUnknown
  12. 12
    jlevy/the-art-of-command-line161.4k
    +3.8kUnknown
  13. 13
    petehunt/react-howto11.5k
    +3.0kUnknown
  14. 14
    milligram/milligram10.2k
    +3.0kHTML
  15. 15
    EbookFoundation/free-programming-books390.6k
    +2.7kPython
  16. 16
    sindresorhus/awesome477.2k
    +2.6kUnknown
  17. 17
    tensorflow/tensorflow195.8k
    +2.2kC++
  18. 18
    awesomedata/awesome-public-datasets76.0k
    +2.1kUnknown
  19. 19
    tldr-pages/tldr62.9k
    +2.1kMarkdown
  20. 20
    luin/medis11.7k
    +2.0kJavaScript
  21. 21
    react/react246.0k
    +2.0kJavaScript
  22. 22
    react/react-native126.0k
    +2.0kC++
  23. 23
    nvbn/thefuck97.4k
    +2.0kPython
  24. 24
    Yalantis/uCrop12.1k
    +1.9kJava
  25. 25
    Tencent/weui27.4k
    +1.9kHTML
  26. 26
    reduxjs/redux61.5k
    +1.9kTypeScript
  27. 27
    twbs/bootstrap174.3k
    +1.8kMDX
  28. 28
    lodash/lodash61.2k
    +1.7kJavaScript
  29. 29
    vuejs/vue209.9k
    +1.7kTypeScript
  30. 30
    jgthms/bulma50.1k
    +1.7kCSS
  31. 31
    electron/electron121.7k
    +1.7kC++
  32. 32
    swiftlang/swift70.1k
    +1.6kSwift
  33. 33
    getlantern/lantern15.7k
    +1.5kDart
  34. 34
    getify/You-Dont-Know-JS184.5k
    +1.4kUnknown
  35. 35
    preactjs/preact38.7k
    +1.4kJavaScript
  36. 36
    airbnb/javascript148.1k
    +1.4kJavaScript
  37. 37
    SFTtech/openage14.3k
    +1.4kPython
  38. 38
    ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh188.1k
    +1.3kShell
  39. 39
    certbot/certbot33.1k
    +1.3kPython
  40. 40
    nodejs/node117.9k
    +1.3kJavaScript
  41. 41
    google/material-design-lite32.2k
    +1.2kHTML
  42. 42
    angular/angular.js58.6k
    +1.2kJavaScript
  43. 43
    atom/atom60.8k
    +1.2kJavaScript
  44. 44
    d3/d3113.1k
    +1.2kShell
  45. 45
    CosmicMind/Material12.0k
    +1.1kSwift
  46. 46
    github/gitignore174.5k
    +1.1kUnknown
  47. 47
    microsoft/vscode186.6k
    +1.0kTypeScript
  48. 48
    ossu/computer-science205.1k
    +1.0kHTML
  49. 49
    webpack/webpack65.8k
    +1.0kJavaScript
  50. 50
    apache/echarts66.6k
    +1.0kTypeScript
  51. 51
    cmusatyalab/openface15.4k
    +1.0kLua
  52. 52
    ReactiveX/RxJava48.2k
    +1.0kJava
  53. 53
    animate-css/animate.css82.6k
    +1.0kCSS
  54. 54
    you-dont-need/You-Dont-Need-Lodash-Underscore19.2k
    +1.0kJavaScript
  55. 55
    remix-run/react-router56.5k
    +1.0kTypeScript
  56. 56
    webtorrent/webtorrent31.0k
    +997JavaScript
  57. 57
    torvalds/linux237.0k
    +982C
  58. 58
    syl20bnr/spacemacs24.6k
    +977Emacs Lisp
  59. 59
    nylas/nylas-mail24.7k
    +976JavaScript
  60. 60
    moby/moby71.7k
    +967Go
  61. 61
    NARKOZ/hacker-scripts49.7k
    +926JavaScript
  62. 62
    donnemartin/data-science-ipython-notebooks29.2k
    +917Python
  63. 63
    johnpapa/angular-styleguide23.6k
    +914Vim Snippet
  64. 64
    codepath/android_guides28.3k
    +909Unknown
  65. 65
    angular/angular100.4k
    +908TypeScript
  66. 66
    PerfectlySoft/Perfect13.7k
    +908Swift
  67. 67
    FortAwesome/Font-Awesome76.7k
    +907JavaScript
  68. 68
    babel/babel44.0k
    +906TypeScript
  69. 69
    meteor/meteor44.8k
    +902JavaScript
  70. 70
    AFNetworking/AFNetworking33.4k
    +864Objective-C
  71. 71
    Dogfalo/materialize38.9k
    +855JavaScript
  72. 72
    vinta/awesome-python304.0k
    +855Python
  73. 73
    lukehoban/es6features29.1k
    +850Unknown
  74. 74
    yabwe/medium-editor16.1k
    +849JavaScript
  75. 75
    XX-net/XX-Net33.5k
    +830Python
  76. 76
    nvm-sh/nvm93.9k
    +828Shell
  77. 77
    golang/go134.8k
    +825Go
  78. 78
    pnpm/pnpm35.6k
    +805Rust
  79. 79
    ionic-team/ionic-framework52.5k
    +793TypeScript
  80. 80
    Semantic-Org/Semantic-UI51.1k
    +775JavaScript
  81. 81
    slatedocs/slate36.1k
    +773Unknown
  82. 82
    square/okhttp47.0k
    +770Kotlin
  83. 83
    socketio/socket.io63.2k
    +769TypeScript
  84. 84
    Homebrew/legacy-homebrew26.8k
    +766Unknown
  85. 85
    mui/material-ui98.4k
    +763JavaScript
  86. 86
    serverless/serverless46.9k
    +762JavaScript
  87. 87
    redux-saga/redux-saga22.4k
    +747JavaScript
  88. 88
    Trinea/android-open-project31.8k
    +744Unknown
  89. 89
    petehunt/webpack-howto10.0k
    +743JavaScript
  90. 90
    resume/resume.github.com62.9k
    +739JavaScript
  91. 91
    square/retrofit43.9k
    +735HTML
  92. 92
    react-boilerplate/react-boilerplate29.5k
    +734JavaScript
  93. 93
    Alamofire/Alamofire42.4k
    +728Swift
  94. 94
    elastic/elasticsearch77.1k
    +726Java
  95. 95
    jamiebuilds/babel-handbook12.1k
    +726Unknown
  96. 96
    gulpjs/gulp33.0k
    +722JavaScript
  97. 97
    microsoft/TypeScript109.3k
    +708TypeScript
  98. 98
    josephmisiti/awesome-machine-learning73.0k
    +708Python
  99. 99
    pallets/flask71.7k
    +700Python
  100. 100
    laravel/laravel84.5k
    +697Blade

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Frequently asked questions

What does January 2016 GitHub Star Rankings rank?

As of June 21, 2026, January 2016 GitHub Star Rankings ranks tracked GitHub repositories by stars gained in the selected period.

Which repository leads January 2016 GitHub Star Rankings?

freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp leads January 2016 GitHub Star Rankings with +17.3k stars.

Who follows freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp in January 2016 GitHub Star Rankings?

loverajoel/jstips appears next in the visible ranking with +7.5k stars.

Does January 2016 GitHub Star Rankings use live database queries?

No. GitStarClub renders January 2016 GitHub Star Rankings from GitStarClub's precomputed ranking and repository data.