All-time most starred

Top 100 public non-fork repositories by total GitHub stars, including archived projects. Stars measure interest, not quality.

Snapshot: 2026-10-31T12:17:20.397Z. Rankings use this list’s declared public metric; missing values sort last, ties use record ID, and Trending retains source order.

Ranked by stars: 557,855

codecrafters-io/build-your-own-x

Master programming by recreating your favorite technologies from scratch.

557855 stars · 52204 forks · Markdown

Ranked by stars: 527,938

sindresorhus/awesome

😎 Awesome lists about all kinds of interesting topics [NOTE: Pull requests are temporarily disabled until I have a chance to catch up with the existing ones]

527938 stars · 37930 forks · language not reported

Ranked by stars: 493,770

public-apis/public-apis

A collective list of free APIs

493770 stars · 55119 forks · Python

Ranked by stars: 458,314

freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp

freeCodeCamp.org's open-source codebase and curriculum. Learn math, programming, and computer science for free.

458314 stars · 48761 forks · TypeScript

Ranked by stars: 414,958

morluto/rea

Reverse engineer anything with agents, from app behavior down to native binaries.

414958 stars · 103788 forks · TypeScript

Ranked by stars: 400,616

EbookFoundation/free-programming-books

:books: Freely available programming books

400616 stars · 67047 forks · Python

Ranked by stars: 393,551

openclaw/openclaw

The AI that really does things. Any OS. Any Platform. The lobster way. 🦞

393551 stars · 82712 forks · TypeScript

Ranked by stars: 376,324

donnemartin/system-design-primer

Learn how to design large-scale systems. Prep for the system design interview. Includes Anki flashcards.

376324 stars · 59094 forks · Python

Ranked by stars: 370,880

nilbuild/developer-roadmap

Interactive roadmaps, guides and other educational content to help developers grow in their careers.

370880 stars · 45165 forks · TypeScript

#10

Ranked by stars: 363,631

jwasham/coding-interview-university

A complete computer science study plan to become a software engineer.

363631 stars · 85143 forks · language not reported

#11

Ranked by stars: 332,287

awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted

A list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers

332287 stars · 15658 forks · language not reported

#12

Ranked by stars: 331,561

vinta/awesome-python

The definitive list that answers "I want to do X in Python, which tool should I use?"

331561 stars · 29043 forks · Python

#13

Ranked by stars: 309,717

obra/superpowers

An agentic skills framework & software development methodology that works.

309717 stars · 27551 forks · Shell

#14

Ranked by stars: 307,870

mattpocock/skills

Skills for Real Engineers. Straight from my .agents directory.

307870 stars · 25906 forks · Shell

#15

Ranked by stars: 293,898

affaan-m/ECC

The agent harness performance optimization system. Skills, instincts, memory, security, and research-first development for Claude Code, Codex, Opencode, Cursor and beyond.

293898 stars · 43503 forks · JavaScript

#16

Ranked by stars: 288,581