Month - Permanent archive

May 2021

Permanent archive for May 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, May 2021 GitHub Star Rankings ranks tracked GitHub repositories by stars gained in the selected period. ant-design/ant-design leads with +65.8k stars, followed by jwasham/coding-interview-university and google/zx. 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

May 2021

In May 2021, ant-design/ant-design led GitHub with +65,814 stars, ahead of jwasham/coding-interview-university and google/zx. ant-design/ant-design grew fastest, up 149%. 39 repositories first crossed 10,000 stars (e.g. youngyangyang04/leetcode-master, files-community/Files).

Daily movement

Most stars added

May 2021 GitHub repositories by stars gained

  1. 1
    +65.8kTypeScript
  2. 3
    google/zx45.5k
    +6.9kJavaScript
  3. 4
    +6.3kTypeScript
  4. 5
    +5.2kTypeScript
  5. 6
    +5.0kPython
  6. 8
    +4.3kUnknown
  7. 9
    +4.1kC++
  8. 11
    +3.4kJavaScript
  9. 12
    +3.4kTypeScript
  10. 13
    +3.4kPython
  11. 15
    +3.1kPython
  12. 16
    +3.1kUnknown
  13. 17
    +3.0kHTML

Fastest growth

May 2021 GitHub repositories by growth rate

  1. 1
    +148.5%TypeScript
  2. 2
    +15.5%JavaScript
  3. 3
    +11.4%C#
  4. 5
    +8.3%Python
  5. 6
    +8.2%Python
  6. 7
    +7.3%JavaScript
  7. 8
    iptv-org/iptv126.7k
    +7.3%TypeScript
  8. 10
    +6.5%Python

Newcomers

May 2021 GitHub repositories crossing 10k stars

  1. 10k crossing day: May 30, 2021Shell
  2. 10k crossing day: May 23, 2021C#
  3. ziglang/zig43.2k
    10k crossing day: May 28, 2021Zig
  4. 10k crossing day: May 13, 2021Python
  5. 10k crossing day: May 2, 2021Unknown
  6. 10k crossing day: May 3, 2021Go
  7. 10k crossing day: May 27, 2021Go
  8. iced-rs/iced30.8k
    10k crossing day: May 21, 2021Rust
  9. 10k crossing day: May 18, 2021Python
  10. 10k crossing day: May 7, 2021TypeScript

Complete ranking

Complete May 2021 GitHub repository rankings

  1. 1
    +65.8kTypeScript
  2. 3
    google/zx45.5k
    +6.9kJavaScript
  3. 4
    +6.3kTypeScript
  4. 5
    +5.2kTypeScript
  5. 6
    +5.0kPython
  6. 8
    +4.3kUnknown
  7. 9
    +4.1kC++
  8. 11
    +3.4kJavaScript
  9. 12
    +3.4kTypeScript
  10. 13
    +3.4kPython
  11. 15
    +3.1kPython
  12. 16
    +3.1kUnknown
  13. 17
    +3.0kHTML
  14. 19
    +2.8kTypeScript
  15. 20
    +2.8kTypeScript
  16. 21
    +2.8kUnknown
  17. 22
    iptv-org/iptv126.7k
    +2.6kTypeScript
  18. 23
    +2.6kPython
  19. 24
    +2.5kUnknown
  20. 25
    +2.5kJavaScript
  21. 26
    lima-vm/lima21.3k
    +2.5kGo
  22. 28
    +2.5kC#
  23. 29
    +2.4kUnknown
  24. 30
    +2.4kPython
  25. 31
    +2.4kPython
  26. 32
    +2.3kGo
  27. 33
    +2.3kRust
  28. 34
    +2.3kJavaScript
  29. 35
    +2.2kMarkdown
  30. 36
    +2.2kJavaScript
  31. 37
    +2.2kUnknown
  32. 38
    +2.1kC
  33. 40
    +2.1kPython
  34. 42
    +2.0kTypeScript
  35. 43
    +1.9kDart
  36. 44
    +1.9kJavaScript
  37. 45
    +1.9kFluent
  38. 48
    ossrs/srs29.0k
    +1.9kC++
  39. 49
    +1.9kJavaScript
  40. 50
    +1.8kPython
  41. 51
    +1.8kDockerfile
  42. 52
    +1.8kTypeScript
  43. 53
    nvbn/thefuck97.4k
    +1.8kPython
  44. 54
    +1.8kJava
  45. 55
    +1.7kJavaScript
  46. 56
    react/react246.0k
    +1.7kJavaScript
  47. 58
    +1.7kC#
  48. 60
    +1.6kUnknown
  49. 61
    +1.5kC++
  50. 62
    +1.5kMarkdown
  51. 63
    +1.5kJupyter Notebook
  52. 64
    +1.5kC++
  53. 65
    vitejs/vite81.6k
    +1.5kTypeScript
  54. 66
    +1.5kJavaScript
  55. 67
    +1.5kPython
  56. 68
    +1.4kTypeScript
  57. 69
    +1.4kRust
  58. 70
    +1.4kUnknown
  59. 71
    vuejs/vue209.9k
    +1.4kTypeScript
  60. 72
    +1.4kTypeScript
  61. 73
    +1.4kSvelte
  62. 74
    +1.3kUnknown
  63. 75
    +1.3kMarkdown
  64. 76
    +1.3kTypeScript
  65. 77
    +1.3kSwift
  66. 78
    +1.3kShell
  67. 79
    +1.3kJavaScript
  68. 80
    +1.3kPython
  69. 81
    +1.3kC++
  70. 82
    +1.3kGo
  71. 83
    +1.3kTypeScript
  72. 84
    golang/go134.8k
    +1.3kGo
  73. 85
    +1.3kRust
  74. 86
    +1.3kTypeScript
  75. 87
    +1.2kC++
  76. 88
    +1.2kC
  77. 89
    +1.2kJavaScript
  78. 90
    +1.2kGo
  79. 91
    +1.2kPython
  80. 92
    +1.2kGo
  81. 93
    +1.1kJavaScript
  82. 94
    +1.1kPython
  83. 95
    +1.1kC
  84. 96
    +1.1kC
  85. 97
    +1.1kTypeScript
  86. 98
    +1.1kTypeScript
  87. 99
    +1.1kJavaScript
  88. 100
    +1.1kTypeScript

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Frequently asked questions

What does May 2021 GitHub Star Rankings rank?

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

Which repository leads May 2021 GitHub Star Rankings?

ant-design/ant-design leads May 2021 GitHub Star Rankings with +65.8k stars.

Who follows ant-design/ant-design in May 2021 GitHub Star Rankings?

jwasham/coding-interview-university appears next in the visible ranking with +7.4k stars.

Does May 2021 GitHub Star Rankings use live database queries?

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