All-time most starred

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

Snapshot: 2026-09-15T06:34:01.592Z. 100 results.

codecrafters-io/build-your-own-x

Master programming by recreating your favorite technologies from scratch.

547309 stars · Markdown

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]

506152 stars · language not reported

public-apis/public-apis

A collective list of free APIs

480319 stars · Python

freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp

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

455455 stars · TypeScript

EbookFoundation/free-programming-books

:books: Freely available programming books

396788 stars · Python

openclaw/openclaw

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

389723 stars · TypeScript

donnemartin/system-design-primer

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

370071 stars · Python

nilbuild/developer-roadmap

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

367248 stars · TypeScript

jwasham/coding-interview-university

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

360907 stars · language not reported

#10

vinta/awesome-python

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

320704 stars · Python

#11

awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted

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

319320 stars · language not reported

#12

obra/superpowers

An agentic skills framework & software development methodology that works.

286805 stars · Shell

#13

practical-tutorials/project-based-learning

Curated list of project-based tutorials

283356 stars · Python

#14

996icu/996.ICU

Repo for counting stars and contributing. Press F to pay respect to glorious developers.

277039 stars · language not reported

#15

mattpocock/skills

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

262274 stars · Shell

#16

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.

258539 stars · JavaScript

#17