Month - Permanent archive

April 2017

Permanent archive for April 2017, 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 2017 GitHub Star Rankings ranks tracked GitHub repositories by stars gained in the selected period. freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp leads with +15.0k stars, followed by Idnan/bash-guide and mastodon/mastodon. 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 2017

In April 2017, freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp led GitHub with +14,969 stars, ahead of Idnan/bash-guide and mastodon/mastodon. jwasham/coding-interview-university grew fastest, up 11%. 14 repositories first crossed 10,000 stars (e.g. jaywcjlove/awesome-mac, storybookjs/storybook).

Daily movement

Most stars added

April 2017 GitHub repositories by stars gained

  1. 1
    +15.0kTypeScript
  2. 2
    +7.4kUnknown
  3. 3
    +7.3kRuby
  4. 5
    +6.4kPython
  5. 6
    +6.2kTypeScript
  6. 7
    +5.9kTypeScript
  7. 8
    +5.2kTypeScript
  8. 9
    +5.1kRuby
  9. 10
    +4.9kJavaScript
  10. 13
    +3.8kSwift
  11. 14
    vuejs/vue209.9k
    +3.8kTypeScript
  12. 15
    +3.6kC++
  13. 16
    +3.2kPython
  14. 17
    +3.0kUnknown
  15. 18
    +2.9kLua

Fastest growth

April 2017 GitHub repositories by growth rate

  1. 2
    +9%JavaScript
  2. 3
    vuejs/vue209.9k
    +9%TypeScript
  3. 4
    +8.9%JavaScript
  4. 5
    moby/moby71.7k
    +7.4%Go
  5. 6
    +7.4%C++
  6. 7
    +7.2%TypeScript
  7. 8
    +6.3%Python
  8. 9
    +6.3%Unknown
  9. 10
    nvbn/thefuck97.4k
    +6.2%Python

Newcomers

April 2017 GitHub repositories crossing 10k stars

  1. 10k crossing day: Apr 5, 2017Swift
  2. 10k crossing day: Apr 20, 2017TypeScript
  3. 10k crossing day: Apr 7, 2017C++
  4. 10k crossing day: Apr 12, 2017Java
  5. 10k crossing day: Apr 14, 2017C#
  6. grpc/grpc44.9k
    10k crossing day: Apr 22, 2017C++
  7. Kong/kong43.6k
    10k crossing day: Apr 20, 2017Lua
  8. 10k crossing day: Apr 3, 2017TypeScript
  9. 10k crossing day: Apr 24, 2017Java
  10. 10k crossing day: Apr 20, 2017Python

Complete ranking

Complete April 2017 GitHub repository rankings

  1. 1
    +15.0kTypeScript
  2. 2
    +7.4kUnknown
  3. 3
    +7.3kRuby
  4. 5
    +6.4kPython
  5. 6
    +6.2kTypeScript
  6. 7
    +5.9kTypeScript
  7. 8
    +5.2kTypeScript
  8. 9
    +5.1kRuby
  9. 10
    +4.9kJavaScript
  10. 13
    +3.8kSwift
  11. 14
    vuejs/vue209.9k
    +3.8kTypeScript
  12. 15
    +3.6kC++
  13. 16
    +3.2kPython
  14. 17
    +3.0kUnknown
  15. 18
    +2.9kLua
  16. 19
    +2.9kUnknown
  17. 21
    +2.7kJavaScript
  18. 22
    react/react246.0k
    +2.7kJavaScript
  19. 24
    +2.4kJavaScript
  20. 25
    +2.3kPython
  21. 26
    moby/moby71.7k
    +2.2kGo
  22. 27
    +2.1kJavaScript
  23. 28
    +2.1kUnknown
  24. 29
    axios/axios109.1k
    +2.1kJavaScript
  25. 30
    +2.0kJavaScript
  26. 31
    +2.0kUnknown
  27. 32
    +1.9kJavaScript
  28. 33
    +1.9kPython
  29. 34
    +1.9kJava
  30. 35
    +1.8kTypeScript
  31. 36
    +1.8kMDX
  32. 37
    +1.7kJava
  33. 38
    +1.7kTypeScript
  34. 39
    +1.7kPython
  35. 40
    +1.7kRust
  36. 41
    corkami/pics11.5k
    +1.7kAssembly
  37. 42
    +1.7kJavaScript
  38. 43
    +1.7kJavaScript
  39. 44
    +1.6kShell
  40. 45
    nvbn/thefuck97.4k
    +1.6kPython
  41. 46
    +1.6kPython
  42. 47
    +1.6kC++
  43. 48
    +1.6kC++
  44. 51
    +1.5kJavaScript
  45. 52
    +1.5kC++
  46. 53
    +1.5kPython
  47. 54
    +1.5kUnknown
  48. 55
    +1.4kPython
  49. 56
    +1.4kGo
  50. 57
    d3/d3113.1k
    +1.4kShell
  51. 58
    +1.4kJavaScript
  52. 59
    vercel/pkg24.4k
    +1.4kJavaScript
  53. 60
    +1.4kJavaScript
  54. 61
    +1.3kUnknown
  55. 63
    +1.3kVue
  56. 64
    +1.3kPython
  57. 65
    +1.3kC
  58. 66
    +1.2kVue
  59. 67
    golang/go134.8k
    +1.2kGo
  60. 68
    +1.2kTypeScript
  61. 69
    nodejs/node117.9k
    +1.2kJavaScript
  62. 70
    +1.2kTypeScript
  63. 71
    +1.2kUnknown
  64. 72
    +1.2kJavaScript
  65. 73
    +1.1kPython
  66. 74
    +1.1kTypeScript
  67. 75
    +1.1kKotlin
  68. 76
    +1.1kTypeScript
  69. 77
    +1.1kJava
  70. 78
    +1.0kTypeScript
  71. 79
    +1.0kJavaScript
  72. 80
    +1.0kCSS
  73. 81
    +981Python
  74. 83
    +939JavaScript
  75. 84
    +928JavaScript
  76. 85
    jgthms/bulma50.1k
    +914CSS
  77. 86
    +906Blade
  78. 87
    +905Go
  79. 88
    +895C
  80. 90
    +886TypeScript
  81. 92
    +871Go
  82. 93
    +865Shell
  83. 94
    +863Java
  84. 95
    +861C++
  85. 96
    +856Jupyter Notebook
  86. 97
    +848TypeScript
  87. 98
    +843TypeScript
  88. 99
    +837Python
  89. 100
    +836Java

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Frequently asked questions

What does April 2017 GitHub Star Rankings rank?

As of June 21, 2026, April 2017 GitHub Star Rankings ranks tracked GitHub repositories by stars gained in the selected period.

Which repository leads April 2017 GitHub Star Rankings?

freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp leads April 2017 GitHub Star Rankings with +15.0k stars.

Who follows freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp in April 2017 GitHub Star Rankings?

Idnan/bash-guide appears next in the visible ranking with +7.4k stars.

Does April 2017 GitHub Star Rankings use live database queries?

No. GitStarClub renders April 2017 GitHub Star Rankings from GitStarClub's precomputed ranking and repository data.