Month - Permanent archive

April 2016

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

Answer capsule

As of June 21, 2026, April 2016 GitHub Star Rankings ranks tracked GitHub repositories by stars gained in the selected period. freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp leads with +16.2k stars, followed by joshbuchea/HEAD and netdata/netdata. 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

April 2016

In April 2016, freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp led GitHub with +16,233 stars, ahead of joshbuchea/HEAD and netdata/netdata. freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp grew fastest, up 18%. 6 repositories first crossed 10,000 stars (e.g. ytdl-org/youtube-dl, netdata/netdata).

Daily movement

Most stars added

April 2016 GitHub repositories by stars gained

  1. 1
    +16.2kTypeScript
  2. 2
    +6.7kUnknown
  3. 3
    +6.6kC
  4. 4
    +5.1kJavaScript
  5. 5
    +4.6kTypeScript
  6. 6
    +4.2kKotlin
  7. 7
    +4.1kTypeScript
  8. 8
    +3.8kC
  9. 9
    +3.6kHTML
  10. 10
    +3.2kPython
  11. 11
    +3.0kRust
  12. 12
    +2.9kPython
  13. 13
    +2.8kJavaScript
  14. 14
    +2.8kTypeScript
  15. 15
    +2.6kTypeScript
  16. 16
    +2.6kJavaScript
  17. 17
    +2.5kJavaScript
  18. 18
    +2.5kC++

Fastest growth

April 2016 GitHub repositories by growth rate

  1. 1
    +17.5%TypeScript
  2. 2
    +8.8%JavaScript
  3. 3
    react/react246.0k
    +8.6%JavaScript
  4. 4
    +7.9%C++
  5. 5
    +7.4%Swift
  6. 6
    +7.1%C++
  7. 8
    d3/d3113.1k
    +6.4%Shell
  8. 9
    +5.1%MDX
  9. 10
    +4.9%Unknown

Newcomers

April 2016 GitHub repositories crossing 10k stars

  1. 10k crossing day: Apr 16, 2016Python
  2. 10k crossing day: Apr 15, 2016C
  3. 10k crossing day: Apr 10, 2016Unknown
  4. 10k crossing day: Apr 22, 2016JavaScript
  5. 10k crossing day: Apr 3, 2016Unknown
  6. httpie/cli38.2k
    10k crossing day: Apr 6, 2016Python

Complete ranking

Complete April 2016 GitHub repository rankings

  1. 1
    +16.2kTypeScript
  2. 2
    +6.7kUnknown
  3. 3
    +6.6kC
  4. 4
    +5.1kJavaScript
  5. 5
    +4.6kTypeScript
  6. 6
    +4.2kKotlin
  7. 7
    +4.1kTypeScript
  8. 8
    +3.8kC
  9. 9
    +3.6kHTML
  10. 10
    +3.2kPython
  11. 11
    +3.0kRust
  12. 12
    +2.9kPython
  13. 13
    +2.8kJavaScript
  14. 14
    +2.8kTypeScript
  15. 15
    +2.6kTypeScript
  16. 16
    +2.6kJavaScript
  17. 17
    +2.5kJavaScript
  18. 18
    +2.5kC++
  19. 19
    +2.3kPython
  20. 20
    +2.3kC++
  21. 21
    react/react246.0k
    +2.2kJavaScript
  22. 22
    vuejs/vue209.9k
    +2.2kTypeScript
  23. 23
    +2.1kC++
  24. 24
    +2.0kJavaScript
  25. 25
    +2.0kTypeScript
  26. 26
    +1.9kPython
  27. 27
    +1.9kJavaScript
  28. 28
    +1.8kUnknown
  29. 29
    +1.8kSwift
  30. 30
    +1.7kGo
  31. 31
    +1.6kUnknown
  32. 32
    +1.6kDart
  33. 34
    +1.6kMDX
  34. 35
    +1.5kUnknown
  35. 36
    +1.5kHTML
  36. 37
    +1.5kJavaScript
  37. 38
    +1.5kGo
  38. 39
    +1.4kC++
  39. 40
    +1.4kTypeScript
  40. 41
    +1.4kTypeScript
  41. 42
    openai/gym37.2k
    +1.4kPython
  42. 43
    +1.4kTypeScript
  43. 44
    d3/d3113.1k
    +1.3kShell
  44. 45
    +1.3kUnknown
  45. 46
    nodejs/node117.9k
    +1.3kJavaScript
  46. 47
    +1.3kShell
  47. 48
    atom/atom60.8k
    +1.2kJavaScript
  48. 49
    vim/vim40.5k
    +1.2kVim Script
  49. 50
    +1.1kUnknown
  50. 51
    +1.1kC
  51. 52
    +1.1kJavaScript
  52. 53
    +1.1kGo
  53. 54
    +1.0kPython
  54. 55
    moby/moby71.7k
    +979Go
  55. 56
    +969JavaScript
  56. 57
    +966JavaScript
  57. 58
    +964JavaScript
  58. 59
    +952Java
  59. 60
    +947JavaScript
  60. 61
    +933CSS
  61. 62
    +928TypeScript
  62. 63
    +911JavaScript
  63. 64
    +910JavaScript
  64. 65
    +910Vim Snippet
  65. 66
    +908HTML
  66. 67
    +878C#
  67. 68
    +877Swift
  68. 69
    +860JavaScript
  69. 70
    golang/go134.8k
    +857Go
  70. 71
    +852JavaScript
  71. 72
    +848Unknown
  72. 73
    +837Jupyter Notebook
  73. 74
    +830HTML
  74. 75
    +823TypeScript
  75. 76
    +817Ruby
  76. 77
    +816TypeScript
  77. 78
    +805JavaScript
  78. 79
    +805CSS
  79. 80
    +802Objective-C
  80. 81
    +800JavaScript
  81. 82
    +793Python
  82. 83
    +788Swift
  83. 84
    +783Lua
  84. 85
    +782Python
  85. 86
    +778Python
  86. 87
    +769TypeScript
  87. 88
    +762JavaScript
  88. 89
    +754Kotlin
  89. 90
    +749JavaScript
  90. 91
    +743JavaScript
  91. 92
    +741Unknown
  92. 93
    +730Python
  93. 94
    +721HTML
  94. 95
    +721Ruby
  95. 96
    gogs/gogs47.6k
    +712Go
  96. 97
    +707JavaScript
  97. 98
    +703Unknown
  98. 99
    +698Objective-C
  99. 100
    +696JavaScript

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Frequently asked questions

What does April 2016 GitHub Star Rankings rank?

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

Which repository leads April 2016 GitHub Star Rankings?

freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp leads April 2016 GitHub Star Rankings with +16.2k stars.

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

joshbuchea/HEAD appears next in the visible ranking with +6.7k stars.

Does April 2016 GitHub Star Rankings use live database queries?

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