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August 2018

Permanent archive for August 2018, ranking tracked GitHub repositories by stars gained during that calendar month from GitStarClub's precomputed ranking data.

Answer capsule

As of June 21, 2026, August 2018 GitHub Star Rankings ranks tracked GitHub repositories by stars gained in the selected period. felixrieseberg/windows95 leads with +9.8k stars, followed by Avik-Jain/100-Days-Of-ML-Code and jesseduffield/lazygit. 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

August 2018

In August 2018, felixrieseberg/windows95 led GitHub with +9,807 stars, ahead of Avik-Jain/100-Days-Of-ML-Code and jesseduffield/lazygit. donnemartin/system-design-primer grew fastest, up 16%. 34 repositories first crossed 10,000 stars (e.g. BurntSushi/ripgrep, ryanoasis/nerd-fonts).

Daily movement

Most stars added

August 2018 GitHub repositories by stars gained

  1. 1
    +9.8kTypeScript
  2. 2
    +9.3kUnknown
  3. 3
    +8.6kGo
  4. 5
    forem/forem22.7k
    +5.3kRuby
  5. 6
    +4.7kC++
  6. 7
    +4.6kJulia
  7. 8
    +4.4kJavaScript
  8. 10
    vuejs/vue209.9k
    +3.8kTypeScript
  9. 11
    +3.8kC++
  10. 12
    +3.6kUnknown
  11. 13
    +3.6kJava
  12. 14
    +3.3kJupyter Notebook
  13. 15
    kitao/pyxel17.5k
    +3.0kRust
  14. 16
    +3.0kPython
  15. 17
    +2.9kGo
  16. 18
    +2.9kJavaScript

Fastest growth

August 2018 GitHub repositories by growth rate

  1. 2
    +15.8%JavaScript
  2. 3
    +13.2%Unknown
  3. 4
    +7.7%Dart
  4. 5
    denoland/deno107.2k
    +6.7%Rust
  5. 7
    +5.8%Unknown
  6. 8
    +5%JavaScript
  7. 9
    +4.8%TypeScript
  8. 10
    +4.8%TypeScript

Newcomers

August 2018 GitHub repositories crossing 10k stars

  1. 10k crossing day: Aug 15, 2018Rust
  2. 10k crossing day: Aug 18, 2018CSS
  3. 10k crossing day: Aug 26, 2018Shell
  4. 10k crossing day: Aug 20, 2018Unknown
  5. odoo/odoo52.5k
    10k crossing day: Aug 14, 2018Python
  6. 10k crossing day: Aug 14, 2018JavaScript
  7. 10k crossing day: Aug 26, 2018Unknown
  8. 10k crossing day: Aug 13, 2018Julia
  9. jgm/pandoc44.9k
    10k crossing day: Aug 7, 2018Haskell
  10. istio/istio38.2k
    10k crossing day: Aug 1, 2018Go

Complete ranking

Complete August 2018 GitHub repository rankings

  1. 1
    +9.8kTypeScript
  2. 2
    +9.3kUnknown
  3. 3
    +8.6kGo
  4. 5
    forem/forem22.7k
    +5.3kRuby
  5. 6
    +4.7kC++
  6. 7
    +4.6kJulia
  7. 8
    +4.4kJavaScript
  8. 10
    vuejs/vue209.9k
    +3.8kTypeScript
  9. 11
    +3.8kC++
  10. 12
    +3.6kUnknown
  11. 13
    +3.6kJava
  12. 14
    +3.3kJupyter Notebook
  13. 15
    kitao/pyxel17.5k
    +3.0kRust
  14. 16
    +3.0kPython
  15. 17
    +2.9kGo
  16. 18
    +2.9kJavaScript
  17. 21
    react/react246.0k
    +2.7kJavaScript
  18. 22
    +2.7kJavaScript
  19. 23
    +2.4kJavaScript
  20. 24
    +2.4kC++
  21. 25
    +2.3kJavaScript
  22. 26
    +2.3kDart
  23. 27
    +2.3kTypeScript
  24. 28
    +2.2kJavaScript
  25. 29
    +2.1kPython
  26. 30
    copy/v8623.1k
    +2.1kJavaScript
  27. 31
    +2.0kTypeScript
  28. 34
    +2.0kPython
  29. 35
    +2.0kTypeScript
  30. 37
    +1.9kUnknown
  31. 38
    +1.8kUnknown
  32. 40
    +1.7kUnknown
  33. 41
    +1.7kShell
  34. 43
    sharkdp/bat59.3k
    +1.7kRust
  35. 44
    +1.6kShell
  36. 45
    axios/axios109.1k
    +1.6kJavaScript
  37. 46
    +1.6kTypeScript
  38. 47
    alibaba/ice18.6k
    +1.6kTypeScript
  39. 49
    +1.6kDockerfile
  40. 50
    +1.6kPython
  41. 51
    +1.6kShell
  42. 52
    +1.6kJavaScript
  43. 54
    +1.5kMarkdown
  44. 55
    golang/go134.8k
    +1.5kGo
  45. 57
    +1.4kKotlin
  46. 58
    denoland/deno107.2k
    +1.4kRust
  47. 60
    +1.4kPython
  48. 61
    +1.4kC
  49. 62
    +1.4kGo
  50. 63
    +1.4kUnknown
  51. 64
    +1.4kTypeScript
  52. 65
    +1.3kJavaScript
  53. 66
    +1.3kC
  54. 67
    istio/istio38.2k
    +1.3kGo
  55. 68
    +1.3kJavaScript
  56. 69
    +1.3kTypeScript
  57. 70
    ai/nanoid26.8k
    +1.3kJavaScript
  58. 71
    +1.2kJava
  59. 72
    +1.2kUnknown
  60. 74
    +1.2kC++
  61. 75
    +1.2kJavaScript
  62. 76
    +1.2kTypeScript
  63. 77
    +1.2kShell
  64. 78
    +1.2kObjective-C
  65. 79
    +1.2kJavaScript
  66. 80
    +1.2kJava
  67. 81
    +1.2kUnknown
  68. 83
    +1.1kTypeScript
  69. 84
    +1.1kC++
  70. 85
    +1.1kTypeScript
  71. 86
    +1.1kJavaScript
  72. 87
    +1.1kJavaScript
  73. 88
    nodejs/node117.9k
    +1.1kJavaScript
  74. 90
    +1.1kGo
  75. 91
    +1.0kPython
  76. 92
    +1.0kPython
  77. 93
    +1.0kVue
  78. 94
    +1.0kPython
  79. 95
    iamkun/dayjs48.7k
    +976JavaScript
  80. 98
    NervJS/taro37.6k
    +939TypeScript
  81. 99
    +935JavaScript
  82. 100
    +933Python

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Frequently asked questions

What does August 2018 GitHub Star Rankings rank?

As of June 21, 2026, August 2018 GitHub Star Rankings ranks tracked GitHub repositories by stars gained in the selected period.

Which repository leads August 2018 GitHub Star Rankings?

felixrieseberg/windows95 leads August 2018 GitHub Star Rankings with +9.8k stars.

Who follows felixrieseberg/windows95 in August 2018 GitHub Star Rankings?

Avik-Jain/100-Days-Of-ML-Code appears next in the visible ranking with +9.3k stars.

Does August 2018 GitHub Star Rankings use live database queries?

No. GitStarClub renders August 2018 GitHub Star Rankings from GitStarClub's precomputed ranking and repository data.