Data as of 2026-07-19 · scores for week of 2026-07-20 · updated weekly
A project is trending when its star growth is accelerating — gaining at least twice as fast as the previous week — or when it is in a sustained large spike of 500+ stars in a week, with a composite growth score of 70 or higher. This is acceleration, not size: a small project doubling its pace can out-rank a giant.
Stars gained this week divided by stars gained over the previous two weeks. A ratio of 2.0 means growth doubled. Tiny absolute numbers are gated out so noise never trends.
Sustained-spike path
A project gaining 500+ stars in a week stays trending even after acceleration flattens — a peak is still a peak.
Growth score threshold
The composite growth score (acceleration 40%, relative velocity 30%, downloads 20%, repo activity 10%) must be 70 or higher.
All signals are computed from daily snapshots of stars, forks, releases, and npm/PyPI downloads, aggregated weekly. Every number above is traceable to a snapshot date — nothing is editorial, and rankings cannot be bought. Full details on the methodology page.