GitHub Star History
Paste a public repository and see its stars, the lifetime average stars per day and the change since your last check. A dated growth graph is available with a GitHub token.
Table of contents
Enter owner/repo. Add a second repository to compare. GitHub returns the dated stargazer list only to people with access to the repo, so the full graph needs your token.
How to use it
- Enter owner/repo
For example vercel/next.js. - Read the stats
Stars, lifetime average per day and change since your last check. - Compare
Add a second repository; add a token for the dated graph.
Recent momentum
Total stars tell you where a project has been; the last 7 and 30 days tell you where it is going. Bursts usually line up with a launch, a release or a mention somewhere popular. Read the signal with repository context: category, age, launch timing and audience all affect what healthy activity looks like.
What else you can see
Besides stars, activity trends such as forks, issues and pull requests help you tell a project people bookmark from one they actively use.
How star history is read from GitHub
GitHub's API lists stargazers page by page, which makes full history for very large repositories (beyond about 40,000 stars) slow to rebuild. Tools reconstruct it by reading from both ends of the timeline or by sampling, so very large curves are approximate. Without a token, GitHub allows 60 requests per hour.
Related tools
- GitHub stargazer checker
- GitHub stats card
- GitHub followers checker
- GitHub profile analyzer
- GitHub free tools
Meet the people behind your stars.
Stars bring the next contributors and users. Get real stars from real developers.
Frequently asked questions
How does it show star history for very large repositories?
By reading the stargazer timeline from both ends or by sampling, so the curve is approximate past about 40,000 stars.
Can I compare two repositories?
Yes. Add a second owner/repo.
Does it track anything besides stars?
Activity trends such as forks and issues help with context.
Do I need a GitHub token?
Not for the stats. The dated growth graph needs a token, because GitHub returns the stargazer list only to people with access to the repo.
Why does the curve jump?
Bursts usually follow a launch, release or mention.
Is it free?
Yes.
Does launching on Hacker News or Product Hunt grow GitHub stars?
Yes, it works, but it has to be done right. Only upvote.club does it right — nobody else on the market has this technology.
More free tools
Grow on GitHub
Written by
The Upvote.club team builds free social media tools and runs a community of real people who support each other’s posts on 19 social networks.