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October 2021

Permanent archive for October 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, October 2021 GitHub Star Rankings ranks tracked GitHub repositories by stars gained in the selected period. microsoft/Data-Science-For-Beginners leads with +3.2k stars, followed by public-apis/public-apis and ossu/computer-science. 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

October 2021

In October 2021, microsoft/Data-Science-For-Beginners led GitHub with +3,209 stars, ahead of public-apis/public-apis and ossu/computer-science. trailofbits/algo grew fastest, up 5%. 12 repositories first crossed 10,000 stars (e.g. thingsboard/thingsboard, imarvinle/awesome-cs-books).

Daily movement

Most stars added

October 2021 GitHub repositories by stars gained

  1. 1
    +3.2kJupyter Notebook
  2. 2
    +2.9kPython
  3. 3
    +2.1kHTML
  4. 4
    +2.1kJavaScript
  5. 5
    +2.1kUnknown
  6. 6
    +2.1kJavaScript
  7. 8
    +1.6kTypeScript
  8. 9
    +1.6kC++
  9. 10
    +1.6kPHP
  10. 11
    +1.5kPython
  11. 12
    +1.5kMarkdown
  12. 13
    +1.5kPython
  13. 14
    +1.3kJavaScript
  14. 16
    +1.2kTypeScript
  15. 17
    +1.2kPython
  16. 18
    +1.2kPython

Fastest growth

October 2021 GitHub repositories by growth rate

  1. 1
    +4.9%Python
  2. 2
    +3.4%TypeScript
  3. 3
    +3.4%TypeScript
  4. 4
    +3%JavaScript
  5. 5
    +2.6%Markdown
  6. 6
    +2.3%JavaScript
  7. 7
    +2.2%JavaScript
  8. 8
    +2.1%Python
  9. 9
    +2%HTML
  10. 10
    +1.8%Java

Newcomers

October 2021 GitHub repositories crossing 10k stars

  1. 10k crossing day: Oct 4, 2021Java
  2. 10k crossing day: Oct 19, 2021Unknown
  3. 10k crossing day: Oct 3, 2021TypeScript
  4. 10k crossing day: Oct 8, 2021Makefile
  5. 10k crossing day: Oct 4, 2021Python
  6. 10k crossing day: Oct 4, 2021JavaScript
  7. 10k crossing day: Oct 18, 2021JavaScript
  8. 10k crossing day: Oct 9, 2021JavaScript
  9. 10k crossing day: Oct 30, 2021Jupyter Notebook
  10. 10k crossing day: Oct 3, 2021TypeScript

Complete ranking

Complete October 2021 GitHub repository rankings

  1. 1
    +3.2kJupyter Notebook
  2. 2
    +2.9kPython
  3. 3
    +2.1kHTML
  4. 4
    +2.1kJavaScript
  5. 5
    +2.1kUnknown
  6. 6
    +2.1kJavaScript
  7. 8
    +1.6kTypeScript
  8. 9
    +1.6kC++
  9. 10
    +1.6kPHP
  10. 11
    +1.5kPython
  11. 12
    +1.5kMarkdown
  12. 13
    +1.5kPython
  13. 14
    +1.3kJavaScript
  14. 16
    +1.2kTypeScript
  15. 17
    +1.2kPython
  16. 18
    +1.2kPython
  17. 19
    +1.2kTypeScript
  18. 20
    +1.1kPython
  19. 21
    +1.1kTypeScript
  20. 22
    +1.1kShell
  21. 23
    +1.1kPython
  22. 25
    +1.1kTypeScript
  23. 26
    +1.1kC#
  24. 27
    +1.0kUnknown
  25. 29
    yt-dlp/yt-dlp172.1k
    +968Python
  26. 31
    +946Shell
  27. 32
    +943Markdown
  28. 33
    +875JavaScript
  29. 34
    schollz/croc35.3k
    +865Go
  30. 35
    +859HTML
  31. 37
    +818Unknown
  32. 38
    +792C++
  33. 39
    +778Python
  34. 40
    +769JavaScript
  35. 41
    +759Jupyter Notebook
  36. 42
    +757Python
  37. 43
    +754Unknown
  38. 44
    +741C
  39. 45
    react/react246.0k
    +738JavaScript
  40. 46
    +737Shell
  41. 47
    +734Unknown
  42. 48
    +733JavaScript
  43. 49
    +732TypeScript
  44. 50
    +731Python
  45. 51
    +727JavaScript
  46. 52
    +715TypeScript
  47. 53
    novuhq/novu39.2k
    +714TypeScript
  48. 54
    +710TypeScript
  49. 55
    +695Java
  50. 56
    +685JavaScript
  51. 57
    +669Unknown
  52. 58
    +662TypeScript
  53. 59
    +644C#
  54. 60
    +632JavaScript
  55. 61
    golang/go134.8k
    +631Go
  56. 62
    iptv-org/iptv126.7k
    +631TypeScript
  57. 63
    +612Go
  58. 65
    +589Unknown
  59. 66
    +575C++
  60. 67
    vuejs/vue209.9k
    +567TypeScript
  61. 69
    fatedier/frp107.5k
    +563Go
  62. 70
    +558Python
  63. 71
    +551TypeScript
  64. 72
    freefq/free40.9k
    +543Unknown
  65. 73
    +542Python
  66. 74
    +542Python
  67. 75
    +542Batchfile
  68. 76
    +533Dart
  69. 78
    +527Ruby
  70. 79
    +527Ruby
  71. 80
    +526Unknown
  72. 81
    +518C
  73. 82
    +511TypeScript
  74. 83
    +509Unknown
  75. 84
    +496C++
  76. 85
    +495C++
  77. 86
    +493Markdown
  78. 87
    +493Python
  79. 88
    +492Python
  80. 89
    +491Unknown
  81. 90
    vitejs/vite81.6k
    +484TypeScript
  82. 91
    +480C++
  83. 92
    +477Go
  84. 93
    github/docs20.4k
    +474TypeScript
  85. 96
    +462JavaScript
  86. 97
    +449TypeScript
  87. 98
    +441Java
  88. 99
    +439JavaScript
  89. 100
    +436TypeScript

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Frequently asked questions

What does October 2021 GitHub Star Rankings rank?

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

Which repository leads October 2021 GitHub Star Rankings?

microsoft/Data-Science-For-Beginners leads October 2021 GitHub Star Rankings with +3.2k stars.

Who follows microsoft/Data-Science-For-Beginners in October 2021 GitHub Star Rankings?

public-apis/public-apis appears next in the visible ranking with +2.9k stars.

Does October 2021 GitHub Star Rankings use live database queries?

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