About GitHub Stars Leaderboard
What is this?
GitHub Stars Leaderboard is a daily-updated ranking of the most starred repositories on GitHub. We track the top 1,000 repositories across 44 programming languages and 604+ topics, giving developers a comprehensive view of what's popular in the open-source ecosystem.
Each repository has its own dedicated page with detailed statistics, and each owner has a profile page showcasing their most popular projects. You can browse repositories by language or by topic.
Methodology
- 1.Data source: GitHub REST API (Search endpoint) and GraphQL API for detailed repository and owner data.
- 2.Ranking: Repositories are sorted purely by star count in descending order.
- 3.Update frequency: Daily at 00:00 UTC via automated GitHub Actions workflow.
- 4.Coverage: Top 1,000 repositories, with full profiles for all unique owners.
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
Built by the AlbumentationsX Team
This project is built and maintained by Vladimir Iglovikov, creator of AlbumentationsX — the most popular image augmentation library for computer vision and deep learning with 269 stars on GitHub.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Data Access
All data is freely available for programmatic use:
- /data/leaderboard.json— Rankings with stars
- /data/repos.json— Full repository details
- /data/owners.json— Owner profiles
- /llms.txt— LLM-optimized summary
- /llms-full.txt— Full data for LLM context