Month - Permanent archive

May 2017

Permanent archive for May 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, May 2017 GitHub Star Rankings ranks tracked GitHub repositories by stars gained in the selected period. freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp leads with +16.8k stars, followed by facebookarchive/prepack and JetBrains/kotlin. 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

May 2017

In May 2017, freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp led GitHub with +16,828 stars, ahead of facebookarchive/prepack and JetBrains/kotlin. react/create-react-app grew fastest, up 10%. 22 repositories first crossed 10,000 stars (e.g. prometheus/prometheus, gatsbyjs/gatsby).

Daily movement

Most stars added

May 2017 GitHub repositories by stars gained

  1. 1
    +16.8kTypeScript
  2. 2
    +9.5kJavaScript
  3. 3
    +6.5kKotlin
  4. 4
    vercel/pkg24.4k
    +5.0kJavaScript
  5. 5
    +4.4kPython
  6. 6
    +4.0kTypeScript
  7. 8
    +3.8kC++
  8. 9
    vuejs/vue209.9k
    +3.8kTypeScript
  9. 10
    +3.8kTypeScript
  10. 11
    +3.5kUnknown
  11. 12
    +3.2kTypeScript
  12. 13
    react/react246.0k
    +2.8kJavaScript
  13. 14
    grafana/k630.8k
    +2.7kGo
  14. 15
    +2.6kUnknown
  15. 16
    +2.5kTypeScript
  16. 17
    +2.4kJavaScript
  17. 18
    +2.1kTypeScript

Fastest growth

May 2017 GitHub repositories by growth rate

  1. 1
    +10.4%JavaScript
  2. 2
    vuejs/vue209.9k
    +8.5%TypeScript
  3. 3
    +7.3%C++
  4. 4
    nvbn/thefuck97.4k
    +7.3%Python
  5. 5
    +6.6%TypeScript
  6. 6
    +6.2%TypeScript
  7. 7
    +5.4%HTML
  8. 8
    +5.3%Unknown
  9. 9
    react/react246.0k
    +5.2%JavaScript
  10. 10
    +5%JavaScript

Newcomers

May 2017 GitHub repositories crossing 10k stars

  1. 10k crossing day: May 22, 2017Go
  2. 10k crossing day: May 28, 2017JavaScript
  3. 10k crossing day: May 19, 2017Kotlin
  4. 10k crossing day: May 16, 2017JavaScript
  5. 10k crossing day: May 3, 2017Ruby
  6. 10k crossing day: May 19, 2017JavaScript
  7. vim/vim40.5k
    10k crossing day: May 28, 2017Vim Script
  8. 10k crossing day: May 14, 2017HTML
  9. 10k crossing day: May 25, 2017JavaScript
  10. 10k crossing day: May 2, 2017JavaScript

Complete ranking

Complete May 2017 GitHub repository rankings

  1. 1
    +16.8kTypeScript
  2. 2
    +9.5kJavaScript
  3. 3
    +6.5kKotlin
  4. 4
    vercel/pkg24.4k
    +5.0kJavaScript
  5. 5
    +4.4kPython
  6. 6
    +4.0kTypeScript
  7. 8
    +3.8kC++
  8. 9
    vuejs/vue209.9k
    +3.8kTypeScript
  9. 10
    +3.8kTypeScript
  10. 11
    +3.5kUnknown
  11. 12
    +3.2kTypeScript
  12. 13
    react/react246.0k
    +2.8kJavaScript
  13. 14
    grafana/k630.8k
    +2.7kGo
  14. 15
    +2.6kUnknown
  15. 16
    +2.5kTypeScript
  16. 17
    +2.4kJavaScript
  17. 18
    +2.1kTypeScript
  18. 19
    +2.0kTypeScript
  19. 20
    axios/axios109.1k
    +2.0kJavaScript
  20. 21
    nvbn/thefuck97.4k
    +2.0kPython
  21. 22
    +1.9kPython
  22. 23
    +1.8kTypeScript
  23. 24
    +1.8kUnknown
  24. 26
    +1.8kPython
  25. 27
    +1.7kRuby
  26. 28
    +1.7kTypeScript
  27. 29
    +1.7kJavaScript
  28. 30
    istio/istio38.2k
    +1.7kGo
  29. 31
    +1.6kTypeScript
  30. 32
    +1.6kGo
  31. 33
    airbnb/visx20.9k
    +1.6kTypeScript
  32. 34
    +1.6kMDX
  33. 35
    +1.5kPython
  34. 37
    Kotlin/anko15.8k
    +1.5kKotlin
  35. 38
    +1.5kC++
  36. 39
    +1.5kShell
  37. 40
    +1.5kC++
  38. 41
    +1.4kUnknown
  39. 42
    +1.4kVue
  40. 43
    +1.4kPython
  41. 45
    +1.3kUnknown
  42. 47
    d3/d3113.1k
    +1.3kShell
  43. 49
    +1.3kJavaScript
  44. 50
    +1.3kPython
  45. 51
    +1.3kJavaScript
  46. 52
    nodejs/node117.9k
    +1.3kJavaScript
  47. 53
    +1.2kTypeScript
  48. 54
    +1.2kJavaScript
  49. 55
    +1.2kHTML
  50. 56
    +1.2kC
  51. 57
    +1.2kVue
  52. 58
    golang/go134.8k
    +1.2kGo
  53. 59
    +1.1kJava
  54. 60
    +1.1kTypeScript
  55. 61
    +1.1kJavaScript
  56. 62
    +1.1kJavaScript
  57. 63
    +1.1kJava
  58. 64
    pubkey/rxdb23.2k
    +1.1kTypeScript
  59. 65
    +1.1kUnknown
  60. 66
    +1.1kTypeScript
  61. 67
    +1.0kGo
  62. 68
    +1.0kJava
  63. 70
    +1.0kPython
  64. 71
    +1.0kUnknown
  65. 72
    atom/atom60.8k
    +987JavaScript
  66. 73
    +983TypeScript
  67. 74
    +977JavaScript
  68. 75
    jgthms/bulma50.1k
    +966CSS
  69. 76
    +966Python
  70. 77
    +957Go
  71. 79
    +952Java
  72. 80
    +939TypeScript
  73. 81
    +933Java
  74. 83
    +927TypeScript
  75. 84
    +924JavaScript
  76. 85
    +919Go
  77. 86
    jestjs/jest45.5k
    +917TypeScript
  78. 87
    +913CSS
  79. 88
    +905Kotlin
  80. 89
    +905TypeScript
  81. 90
    moby/moby71.7k
    +904Go
  82. 91
    +903TypeScript
  83. 92
    +894Java
  84. 93
    +893JavaScript
  85. 94
    +881JavaScript
  86. 95
    +878JavaScript
  87. 97
    +868TypeScript
  88. 98
    +850Blade
  89. 99
    +848TypeScript
  90. 100
    +848Ruby

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Frequently asked questions

What does May 2017 GitHub Star Rankings rank?

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

Which repository leads May 2017 GitHub Star Rankings?

freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp leads May 2017 GitHub Star Rankings with +16.8k stars.

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

facebookarchive/prepack appears next in the visible ranking with +9.5k stars.

Does May 2017 GitHub Star Rankings use live database queries?

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