Month - Permanent archive

January 2020

Permanent archive for January 2020, ranking tracked GitHub repositories by stars gained during that calendar month from GitStarClub's precomputed ranking data.

Answer capsule

As of June 21, 2026, January 2020 GitHub Star Rankings ranks tracked GitHub repositories by stars gained in the selected period. microsoft/playwright leads with +7.4k stars, followed by taichi-dev/taichi and trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge. 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

January 2020

In January 2020, microsoft/playwright led GitHub with +7,440 stars, ahead of taichi-dev/taichi and trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge. trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge grew fastest, up 18%. 44 repositories first crossed 10,000 stars (e.g. sherlock-project/sherlock, firstcontributions/first-contributions).

Daily movement

Most stars added

January 2020 GitHub repositories by stars gained

  1. 1
    +7.4kTypeScript
  2. 2
    +6.3kC++
  3. 4
    +3.8kJavaScript
  4. 5
    +3.7kJavaScript
  5. 6
    +3.7kDart
  6. 7
    +3.5kDockerfile
  7. 8
    +3.4kC
  8. 9
    +3.2kUnknown
  9. 10
    denoland/deno107.2k
    +3.1kRust
  10. 11
    +2.8kUnknown
  11. 12
    +2.8kJupyter Notebook
  12. 13
    +2.7kPython
  13. 14
    +2.5kTypeScript
  14. 15
    +2.4kTypeScript
  15. 16
    +2.4kPython
  16. 17
    +2.4kRust
  17. 18
    Canop/broot12.7k
    +2.4kRust

Fastest growth

January 2020 GitHub repositories by growth rate

  1. 2
    +13.8%JavaScript
  2. 3
    +10.4%Dockerfile
  3. 4
    +10.4%Python
  4. 5
    +8.3%JavaScript
  5. 6
    denoland/deno107.2k
    +8.2%Rust
  6. 7
    +8%Python
  7. 8
    +6.5%Python
  8. 9
    +6.4%JavaScript
  9. 10
    +5.7%C

Newcomers

January 2020 GitHub repositories crossing 10k stars

  1. 10k crossing day: Jan 10, 2020Python
  2. 10k crossing day: Jan 24, 2020Unknown
  3. 10k crossing day: Jan 1, 2020Unknown
  4. 10k crossing day: Jan 30, 2020TypeScript
  5. 10k crossing day: Jan 7, 2020Java
  6. 10k crossing day: Jan 13, 2020TypeScript
  7. 10k crossing day: Jan 11, 2020PHP
  8. 10k crossing day: Jan 25, 2020JavaScript
  9. 10k crossing day: Jan 17, 2020Unknown
  10. 10k crossing day: Jan 9, 2020Java

Complete ranking

Complete January 2020 GitHub repository rankings

  1. 1
    +7.4kTypeScript
  2. 2
    +6.3kC++
  3. 4
    +3.8kJavaScript
  4. 5
    +3.7kJavaScript
  5. 6
    +3.7kDart
  6. 7
    +3.5kDockerfile
  7. 8
    +3.4kC
  8. 9
    +3.2kUnknown
  9. 10
    denoland/deno107.2k
    +3.1kRust
  10. 11
    +2.8kUnknown
  11. 12
    +2.8kJupyter Notebook
  12. 13
    +2.7kPython
  13. 14
    +2.5kTypeScript
  14. 15
    +2.4kTypeScript
  15. 16
    +2.4kPython
  16. 17
    +2.4kRust
  17. 18
    Canop/broot12.7k
    +2.4kRust
  18. 19
    +2.3kShell
  19. 21
    +2.2kPython
  20. 23
    +2.2kUnknown
  21. 24
    +2.1kJava
  22. 25
    +2.1kJavaScript
  23. 26
    +2.0kJavaScript
  24. 27
    +2.0kJava
  25. 29
    +1.9kJavaScript
  26. 30
    +1.9kRust
  27. 31
    +1.9kUnknown
  28. 32
    vuejs/vue209.9k
    +1.9kTypeScript
  29. 33
    react/react246.0k
    +1.8kJavaScript
  30. 34
    +1.8kPython
  31. 35
    +1.8kPython
  32. 36
    +1.7kShell
  33. 37
    +1.7kUnknown
  34. 38
    +1.7kHTML
  35. 39
    +1.7kUnknown
  36. 40
    +1.7kPython
  37. 41
    +1.7kTypeScript
  38. 42
    +1.7kPython
  39. 43
    +1.7kPython
  40. 44
    +1.7kJava
  41. 45
    +1.6kJavaScript
  42. 46
    +1.6kPython
  43. 47
    +1.6kC
  44. 48
    +1.6kC++
  45. 49
    +1.6kPython
  46. 50
    +1.5kHTML
  47. 51
    +1.5kPython
  48. 52
    +1.5kHTML
  49. 53
    +1.5kTypeScript
  50. 54
    +1.5kJava
  51. 55
    +1.5kTypeScript
  52. 56
    +1.5kJavaScript
  53. 57
    +1.5kJavaScript
  54. 59
    +1.5kJava
  55. 60
    +1.5kUnknown
  56. 61
    +1.4kC
  57. 62
    +1.4kC++
  58. 63
    +1.4kUnknown
  59. 64
    +1.4kTypeScript
  60. 66
    +1.4kPython
  61. 67
    +1.4kC++
  62. 68
    +1.3kTypeScript
  63. 69
    +1.3kJavaScript
  64. 70
    +1.3kHTML
  65. 73
    +1.3kJava
  66. 74
    retejs/rete12.1k
    +1.3kTypeScript
  67. 75
    +1.3kSwift
  68. 76
    +1.3kMarkdown
  69. 77
    golang/go134.8k
    +1.3kGo
  70. 78
    +1.3kMarkdown
  71. 79
    +1.3kJavaScript
  72. 80
    +1.3kClojure
  73. 81
    +1.2kC++
  74. 82
    +1.2kGo
  75. 83
    +1.2kJavaScript
  76. 84
    +1.2kTypeScript
  77. 85
    +1.2kC++
  78. 86
    axios/axios109.1k
    +1.2kJavaScript
  79. 87
    +1.2kGo
  80. 88
    +1.2kTypeScript
  81. 89
    nestjs/nest75.9k
    +1.1kTypeScript
  82. 90
    encode/httpx15.3k
    +1.1kPython
  83. 91
    +1.1kTypeScript
  84. 92
    +1.1kJava
  85. 93
    +1.1kRuby
  86. 94
    +1.1kJavaScript
  87. 95
    +1.1kDockerfile
  88. 96
    +1.1kUnknown
  89. 97
    +1.1kTypeScript
  90. 98
    +1.0kJavaScript
  91. 99
    +1.0kTypeScript
  92. 100
    vlang/v37.6k
    +1.0kV

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Frequently asked questions

What does January 2020 GitHub Star Rankings rank?

As of June 21, 2026, January 2020 GitHub Star Rankings ranks tracked GitHub repositories by stars gained in the selected period.

Which repository leads January 2020 GitHub Star Rankings?

microsoft/playwright leads January 2020 GitHub Star Rankings with +7.4k stars.

Who follows microsoft/playwright in January 2020 GitHub Star Rankings?

taichi-dev/taichi appears next in the visible ranking with +6.3k stars.

Does January 2020 GitHub Star Rankings use live database queries?

No. GitStarClub renders January 2020 GitHub Star Rankings from GitStarClub's precomputed ranking and repository data.