Month - Permanent archive

July 2016

Permanent archive for July 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, July 2016 GitHub Star Rankings ranks tracked GitHub repositories by stars gained in the selected period. chrislgarry/Apollo-11 leads with +20.8k stars, followed by freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp and FallibleInc/security-guide-for-developers. 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

July 2016

In July 2016, chrislgarry/Apollo-11 led GitHub with +20,812 stars, ahead of freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp and FallibleInc/security-guide-for-developers. EbookFoundation/free-programming-books grew fastest, up 21%. 20 repositories first crossed 10,000 stars (e.g. avelino/awesome-go, mrdoob/three.js).

Daily movement

Most stars added

July 2016 GitHub repositories by stars gained

  1. 1
    +20.8kAssembly
  2. 2
    +10.4kTypeScript
  3. 4
    vercel/hyper44.6k
    +7.0kTypeScript
  4. 5
    +6.8kJavaScript
  5. 9
    +4.8kJavaScript
  6. 10
    +4.2kUnknown
  7. 11
    +4.0kSwift
  8. 12
    alibaba/weex18.5k
    +3.6kC++
  9. 13
    +3.6kUnknown
  10. 14
    +3.0kJavaScript
  11. 15
    +2.6kJavaScript
  12. 16
    +2.6kUnknown
  13. 17
    +2.4kJavaScript

Fastest growth

July 2016 GitHub repositories by growth rate

  1. 2
    +9.9%Unknown
  2. 3
    +8.5%Shell
  3. 4
    +8.2%C++
  4. 5
    +7.4%TypeScript
  5. 6
    react/react246.0k
    +7%JavaScript
  6. 7
    +6.4%JavaScript
  7. 8
    +5.7%Unknown
  8. 9
    +5.7%C++
  9. 10
    +5.2%Unknown

Newcomers

July 2016 GitHub repositories crossing 10k stars

  1. 10k crossing day: Jul 26, 2016Go
  2. 10k crossing day: Jul 22, 2016JavaScript
  3. 10k crossing day: Jul 24, 2016Unknown
  4. 10k crossing day: Jul 30, 2016C++
  5. 10k crossing day: Jul 20, 2016Python
  6. 10k crossing day: Jul 11, 2016Assembly
  7. 10k crossing day: Jul 28, 2016TypeScript
  8. rails/rails58.7k
    10k crossing day: Jul 26, 2016Ruby
  9. 10k crossing day: Jul 24, 2016Ruby
  10. google/guava51.5k
    10k crossing day: Jul 29, 2016Java

Complete ranking

Complete July 2016 GitHub repository rankings

  1. 1
    +20.8kAssembly
  2. 2
    +10.4kTypeScript
  3. 4
    vercel/hyper44.6k
    +7.0kTypeScript
  4. 5
    +6.8kJavaScript
  5. 9
    +4.8kJavaScript
  6. 10
    +4.2kUnknown
  7. 11
    +4.0kSwift
  8. 12
    alibaba/weex18.5k
    +3.6kC++
  9. 13
    +3.6kUnknown
  10. 14
    +3.0kJavaScript
  11. 15
    +2.6kJavaScript
  12. 16
    +2.6kUnknown
  13. 17
    +2.4kJavaScript
  14. 19
    vuejs/vue209.9k
    +2.2kTypeScript
  15. 20
    +2.2kUnknown
  16. 21
    react/react246.0k
    +2.2kJavaScript
  17. 22
    +2.1kTypeScript
  18. 23
    +2.0kUnknown
  19. 24
    +2.0kC++
  20. 25
    +1.8kShell
  21. 26
    +1.7kJavaScript
  22. 27
    +1.7kJavaScript
  23. 28
    +1.6kJavaScript
  24. 29
    +1.6kC++
  25. 30
    +1.6kMDX
  26. 31
    +1.5kC++
  27. 32
    +1.4kUnknown
  28. 33
    +1.4kTypeScript
  29. 34
    +1.3kJavaScript
  30. 35
    d3/d3113.1k
    +1.3kShell
  31. 36
    +1.3kDart
  32. 37
    aws/chalice11.1k
    +1.2kPython
  33. 38
    +1.2kTypeScript
  34. 39
    +1.2kUnknown
  35. 40
    +1.2kUnknown
  36. 41
    +1.1kTypeScript
  37. 42
    moby/moby71.7k
    +1.1kGo
  38. 43
    +1.1kC++
  39. 44
    +1.1kTypeScript
  40. 45
    +1.1kJava
  41. 46
    +1.1kTypeScript
  42. 47
    +1.1kC
  43. 48
    nodejs/node117.9k
    +1.0kJavaScript
  44. 49
    +1.0kKotlin
  45. 50
    +1.0kC
  46. 51
    +983JavaScript
  47. 52
    +971Unknown
  48. 53
    +960Unknown
  49. 54
    +946Python
  50. 55
    +944Swift
  51. 56
    +938Clojure
  52. 57
    +935Swift
  53. 58
    +923JavaScript
  54. 60
    golang/go134.8k
    +913Go
  55. 61
    +905JavaScript
  56. 62
    +889CSS
  57. 63
    +887Kotlin
  58. 64
    +871TypeScript
  59. 65
    +866Unknown
  60. 67
    +838Java
  61. 68
    jgthms/bulma50.1k
    +823CSS
  62. 69
    atom/atom60.8k
    +818JavaScript
  63. 70
    +818Lua
  64. 71
    +811Python
  65. 72
    +810TypeScript
  66. 74
    +807Python
  67. 75
    +805HTML
  68. 76
    +797Blade
  69. 77
    +787Python
  70. 78
    +780JavaScript
  71. 79
    +772Unknown
  72. 80
    +771Java
  73. 81
    +757JavaScript
  74. 82
    +755Java
  75. 83
    +753Go
  76. 84
    +743HTML
  77. 85
    +732TypeScript
  78. 86
    servo/servo37.2k
    +729Rust
  79. 87
    +725Swift
  80. 88
    +725Kotlin
  81. 89
    +725Ruby
  82. 90
    +719JavaScript
  83. 91
    +711TypeScript
  84. 92
    +709JavaScript
  85. 93
    +708JavaScript
  86. 94
    google/guava51.5k
    +706Java
  87. 95
    +703JavaScript
  88. 96
    +682HTML
  89. 97
    +671Java
  90. 98
    +669Go
  91. 99
    +668JavaScript
  92. 100
    +665JavaScript

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Frequently asked questions

What does July 2016 GitHub Star Rankings rank?

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

Which repository leads July 2016 GitHub Star Rankings?

chrislgarry/Apollo-11 leads July 2016 GitHub Star Rankings with +20.8k stars.

Who follows chrislgarry/Apollo-11 in July 2016 GitHub Star Rankings?

freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp appears next in the visible ranking with +10.4k stars.

Does July 2016 GitHub Star Rankings use live database queries?

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