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April 2021

Permanent archive for April 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, April 2021 GitHub Star Rankings ranks tracked GitHub repositories by stars gained in the selected period. jwasham/coding-interview-university leads with +9.0k stars, followed by nilbuild/developer-roadmap and EbookFoundation/free-programming-books. 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

April 2021

In April 2021, jwasham/coding-interview-university led GitHub with +8,986 stars, ahead of nilbuild/developer-roadmap and EbookFoundation/free-programming-books. anuraghazra/github-readme-stats grew fastest, up 8%. 36 repositories first crossed 10,000 stars (e.g. supabase/supabase, prisma/prisma).

Daily movement

Most stars added

April 2021 GitHub repositories by stars gained

  1. 2
    +5.1kTypeScript
  2. 4
    +4.9kPython
  3. 5
    +4.4kPython
  4. 6
    +4.1kUnknown
  5. 7
    +4.1kPython
  6. 9
    +4.0kJavaScript
  7. 10
    +4.0kUnknown
  8. 11
    +3.9kJavaScript
  9. 12
    +3.9kMarkdown
  10. 13
    +3.6kTypeScript
  11. 14
    +3.3kUnknown
  12. 15
    +3.3kTypeScript
  13. 16
    +3.2kHTML
  14. 17
    +3.1kTypeScript
  15. 18
    +3.0kGo

Fastest growth

April 2021 GitHub repositories by growth rate

  1. 1
    +8.2%JavaScript
  2. 3
    vitejs/vite81.6k
    +7.8%TypeScript
  3. 4
    +7.7%Python
  4. 7
    +6.3%Python
  5. 8
    +6%TypeScript
  6. 9
    +6%TypeScript
  7. 10
    +5.6%JavaScript

Newcomers

April 2021 GitHub repositories crossing 10k stars

  1. 10k crossing day: Apr 29, 2021TypeScript
  2. 10k crossing day: Apr 9, 2021TypeScript
  3. 10k crossing day: Apr 1, 2021HTML
  4. 10k crossing day: Apr 23, 2021TypeScript
  5. 10k crossing day: Apr 2, 2021JavaScript
  6. 10k crossing day: Apr 22, 2021Unknown
  7. 10k crossing day: Apr 19, 2021Python
  8. 10k crossing day: Apr 27, 2021C
  9. 10k crossing day: Apr 26, 2021Python
  10. 10k crossing day: Apr 3, 2021JavaScript

Complete ranking

Complete April 2021 GitHub repository rankings

  1. 2
    +5.1kTypeScript
  2. 4
    +4.9kPython
  3. 5
    +4.4kPython
  4. 6
    +4.1kUnknown
  5. 7
    +4.1kPython
  6. 9
    +4.0kJavaScript
  7. 10
    +4.0kUnknown
  8. 11
    +3.9kJavaScript
  9. 12
    +3.9kMarkdown
  10. 13
    +3.6kTypeScript
  11. 14
    +3.3kUnknown
  12. 15
    +3.3kTypeScript
  13. 16
    +3.2kHTML
  14. 17
    +3.1kTypeScript
  15. 18
    +3.0kGo
  16. 19
    +3.0kDart
  17. 20
    +3.0kC++
  18. 22
    +2.8kUnknown
  19. 23
    +2.7kC
  20. 24
    +2.6kJavaScript
  21. 25
    +2.5kPython
  22. 26
    +2.5kC++
  23. 27
    +2.4kMarkdown
  24. 28
    +2.4kTypeScript
  25. 29
    +2.4kUnknown
  26. 30
    +2.4kDockerfile
  27. 31
    +2.3kTypeScript
  28. 32
    +2.3kUnknown
  29. 33
    +2.3kJavaScript
  30. 34
    +2.3kGo
  31. 35
    +2.3kTypeScript
  32. 36
    +2.2kUnknown
  33. 38
    +2.2kPython
  34. 39
    +2.0kPython
  35. 40
    +2.0kRust
  36. 41
    +2.0kJupyter Notebook
  37. 42
    +2.0kUnknown
  38. 43
    +2.0kTypeScript
  39. 44
    react/react246.0k
    +2.0kJavaScript
  40. 45
    +2.0kGo
  41. 46
    +1.9kTypeScript
  42. 47
    vitejs/vite81.6k
    +1.9kTypeScript
  43. 48
    vuejs/vue209.9k
    +1.9kTypeScript
  44. 50
    +1.9kRust
  45. 52
    +1.8kPython
  46. 53
    iptv-org/iptv126.7k
    +1.8kTypeScript
  47. 54
    +1.8kJavaScript
  48. 56
    +1.7kTypeScript
  49. 57
    +1.7kC++
  50. 58
    +1.6kC#
  51. 59
    +1.6kTypeScript
  52. 60
    +1.6kC
  53. 61
    +1.6kJavaScript
  54. 62
    +1.6kJavaScript
  55. 63
    +1.6kShell
  56. 64
    +1.6kRust
  57. 65
    +1.5kUnknown
  58. 66
    +1.5kJavaScript
  59. 67
    +1.5kTypeScript
  60. 68
    +1.5kC
  61. 69
    +1.5kJavaScript
  62. 70
    +1.5kRust
  63. 71
    +1.5kTypeScript
  64. 73
    +1.4kJavaScript
  65. 74
    +1.4kC++
  66. 75
    +1.4kTypeScript
  67. 76
    github/docs20.4k
    +1.4kTypeScript
  68. 77
    +1.4kPython
  69. 78
    +1.4kHTML
  70. 79
    dotnet/maui23.3k
    +1.4kC#
  71. 80
    denoland/deno107.2k
    +1.4kRust
  72. 81
    +1.4kTypeScript
  73. 82
    +1.3kUnknown
  74. 83
    +1.3kJavaScript
  75. 84
    +1.3kC++
  76. 85
    golang/go134.8k
    +1.3kGo
  77. 87
    +1.3kPython
  78. 88
    +1.3kPython
  79. 89
    +1.3kJavaScript
  80. 90
    +1.3kJava
  81. 91
    +1.3kC++
  82. 92
    mozilla/TTS10.2k
    +1.3kJupyter Notebook
  83. 93
    +1.3kPython
  84. 94
    +1.2kTypeScript
  85. 95
    +1.2kPython
  86. 96
    +1.2kGo
  87. 97
    +1.2kC++
  88. 99
    +1.2kUnknown
  89. 100
    cli/cli44.9k
    +1.2kGo

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Frequently asked questions

What does April 2021 GitHub Star Rankings rank?

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

Which repository leads April 2021 GitHub Star Rankings?

jwasham/coding-interview-university leads April 2021 GitHub Star Rankings with +9.0k stars.

Who follows jwasham/coding-interview-university in April 2021 GitHub Star Rankings?

nilbuild/developer-roadmap appears next in the visible ranking with +5.1k stars.

Does April 2021 GitHub Star Rankings use live database queries?

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