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January 2021

Permanent archive for January 2021, 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 2021 GitHub Star Rankings ranks tracked GitHub repositories by stars gained in the selected period. coder2gwy/coder2gwy leads with +13.8k stars, followed by nilbuild/developer-roadmap and signalapp/Signal-Android. 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 2021

In January 2021, coder2gwy/coder2gwy led GitHub with +13,848 stars, ahead of nilbuild/developer-roadmap and signalapp/Signal-Android. apache/superset grew fastest, up 10%. 46 repositories first crossed 10,000 stars (e.g. PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR, sudheerj/reactjs-interview-questions).

Daily movement

Most stars added

January 2021 GitHub repositories by stars gained

  1. 1
    +13.8kUnknown
  2. 2
    +6.7kTypeScript
  3. 3
    +5.8kKotlin
  4. 4
    +5.6kUnknown
  5. 5
    +5.5kTypeScript
  6. 6
    +4.9kMarkdown
  7. 7
    +4.4kUnknown
  8. 8
    +4.0kUnknown
  9. 9
    +3.8kTypeScript
  10. 10
    +3.8kMarkdown
  11. 12
    +3.7kC#
  12. 14
    +3.4kPython
  13. 15
    +3.4kJavaScript
  14. 16
    +3.4kPython
  15. 17
    +3.3kJavaScript
  16. 18
    +3.3kJava

Fastest growth

January 2021 GitHub repositories by growth rate

  1. 1
    +9.5%TypeScript
  2. 2
    iptv-org/iptv126.7k
    +9%TypeScript
  3. 3
    +8.4%JavaScript
  4. 4
    +8.3%Python
  5. 7
    +7.1%TypeScript
  6. 8
    +6.3%Markdown
  7. 9
    +5.8%JavaScript
  8. 10
    +5.6%Unknown

Newcomers

January 2021 GitHub repositories crossing 10k stars

  1. 10k crossing day: Jan 27, 2021Python
  2. 10k crossing day: Jan 11, 2021JavaScript
  3. 10k crossing day: Jan 11, 2021Go
  4. 10k crossing day: Jan 24, 2021TypeScript
  5. pnpm/pnpm35.6k
    10k crossing day: Jan 3, 2021Rust
  6. 10k crossing day: Jan 5, 2021Python
  7. 10k crossing day: Jan 4, 2021C++
  8. 10k crossing day: Jan 18, 2021Unknown
  9. 10k crossing day: Jan 29, 2021TypeScript
  10. copy/v8623.1k
    10k crossing day: Jan 9, 2021JavaScript

Complete ranking

Complete January 2021 GitHub repository rankings

  1. 1
    +13.8kUnknown
  2. 2
    +6.7kTypeScript
  3. 3
    +5.8kKotlin
  4. 4
    +5.6kUnknown
  5. 5
    +5.5kTypeScript
  6. 6
    +4.9kMarkdown
  7. 7
    +4.4kUnknown
  8. 8
    +4.0kUnknown
  9. 9
    +3.8kTypeScript
  10. 10
    +3.8kMarkdown
  11. 12
    +3.7kC#
  12. 14
    +3.4kPython
  13. 15
    +3.4kJavaScript
  14. 16
    +3.4kPython
  15. 17
    +3.3kJavaScript
  16. 18
    +3.3kJava
  17. 19
    +3.2kJavaScript
  18. 20
    +3.2kTypeScript
  19. 21
    +3.2kJavaScript
  20. 22
    +3.1kPython
  21. 24
    +2.9kGo
  22. 25
    +2.8kGo
  23. 26
    +2.7kJavaScript
  24. 27
    +2.7kHTML
  25. 28
    +2.7kJavaScript
  26. 29
    vitejs/vite81.6k
    +2.7kTypeScript
  27. 30
    +2.7kUnknown
  28. 31
    +2.6kGo
  29. 32
    +2.5kPython
  30. 33
    +2.5kTypeScript
  31. 34
    +2.5kUnknown
  32. 35
    +2.4kTypeScript
  33. 36
    +2.4kSwift
  34. 37
    iptv-org/iptv126.7k
    +2.4kTypeScript
  35. 38
    +2.4kMDX
  36. 39
    +2.2kPython
  37. 40
    +2.2kJavaScript
  38. 41
    react/react246.0k
    +2.1kJavaScript
  39. 42
    +2.1kJavaScript
  40. 43
    +2.1kDart
  41. 45
    +2.1kTeX
  42. 46
    +2.0kUnknown
  43. 47
    +2.0kTypeScript
  44. 48
    mxrch/GHunt19.1k
    +2.0kPython
  45. 49
    +2.0kC++
  46. 50
    +2.0kJavaScript
  47. 51
    +2.0kUnknown
  48. 52
    +2.0kUnknown
  49. 53
    +1.9kJavaScript
  50. 54
    +1.9kC
  51. 56
    +1.9kJavaScript
  52. 57
    +1.9kC#
  53. 58
    +1.9kRust
  54. 59
    vuejs/vue209.9k
    +1.9kTypeScript
  55. 60
    +1.9kC
  56. 61
    +1.8kPython
  57. 62
    +1.8kJavaScript
  58. 63
    +1.8kUnknown
  59. 64
    +1.8kTypeScript
  60. 65
    +1.8kUnknown
  61. 66
    +1.8kRust
  62. 67
    +1.7kJupyter Notebook
  63. 69
    openai/CLIP33.8k
    +1.7kJupyter Notebook
  64. 70
    +1.7kPython
  65. 71
    +1.7kPython
  66. 72
    +1.7kUnknown
  67. 73
    +1.7kTypeScript
  68. 74
    +1.6kShell
  69. 75
    +1.6kDockerfile
  70. 76
    +1.6kGo
  71. 77
    +1.6kPython
  72. 78
    +1.6kUnknown
  73. 79
    ccxt/ccxt43.0k
    +1.6kPython
  74. 81
    +1.5kSwift
  75. 82
    +1.5kTypeScript
  76. 83
    +1.4kUnknown
  77. 84
    +1.4kVue
  78. 85
    denoland/deno107.2k
    +1.4kRust
  79. 86
    +1.4kPython
  80. 87
    lensapp/lens23.2k
    +1.4kUnknown
  81. 88
    +1.4kUnknown
  82. 89
    +1.4kTypeScript
  83. 90
    +1.4kTypeScript
  84. 91
    +1.4kJava
  85. 92
    +1.4kJava
  86. 93
    +1.4kTypeScript
  87. 94
    +1.4kC#
  88. 95
    +1.4kUnknown
  89. 96
    +1.4kTypeScript
  90. 97
    golang/go134.8k
    +1.3kGo
  91. 98
    +1.3kPython
  92. 99
    +1.3kC++
  93. 100
    +1.3kC++

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Frequently asked questions

What does January 2021 GitHub Star Rankings rank?

As of June 21, 2026, January 2021 GitHub Star Rankings ranks tracked GitHub repositories by stars gained in the selected period.

Which repository leads January 2021 GitHub Star Rankings?

coder2gwy/coder2gwy leads January 2021 GitHub Star Rankings with +13.8k stars.

Who follows coder2gwy/coder2gwy in January 2021 GitHub Star Rankings?

nilbuild/developer-roadmap appears next in the visible ranking with +6.7k stars.

Does January 2021 GitHub Star Rankings use live database queries?

No. GitStarClub renders January 2021 GitHub Star Rankings from GitStarClub's precomputed ranking and repository data.