Counting Stars

I counted stars of github repositories by their language, just for fun!

Here is how I did it.

1. Goto github's advanced search menu.
2. Set written in this language option to the language I want.
3. Set with this many stars option to > 2000.

The number of the repositories is a rough approximation of the size of the open-source community of each language.

Rust

Rust has 356 repositories that have more than 2000 stars.

Top 3 Repositories

1. deno
   • Node JS successor written in Rust.
2. rust
   • Rust itself.
3. tauri
   • Electron, but in Rust.

Javascript

Javascript has 3230 repositories that have more than 2000 stars. It's the biggest among here.

Top 3 Repositories

1. react
2. bootstrap
3. javascript-algorithms
   • It shows that lots of programmers these days begin programming with javascript.

Python

Python has 2280 repositories that have more than 2000 stars. That's huge, too.

Top 3 Repositories

Most of the top repositories are Python learning materials, not softwares. It tells us that Python is a loved language for beginners.

Top rank software repositories include youtube-dl, thef*ck, and django.

C

C has 697 repositories that have more than 2000 stars. Though it's one of the oldest and widely used language, the open source community is relatively small.

Top 3 Repositories

1. linux
   • Linux kernel
2. scrcpy
   • It's something related to Android, but I'm not sure what it does.
3. netdata
   • Real-time performance monitor, never heard before.

C++

C++ has 887 repositories that have more than 2000 stars. It's relatively younger than C, and I guess that makes it more opensource-friendly.

Top 3 Repositories

1. tensorflow
   • Yes, machine learnings are everywhere these days.
2. electron
   • Crossplatform desktop apps framework.
3. terminal
   • New Windows Terminal made by Microsoft.
   • Microsoft is being opensource-friendly these days.

Haskell

Haskel is the father of (almost) all functional programming languages. It has 36 repositories that have more than 2000 stars.

Top 3 Repositories

1. shellcheck
   • Static analysis for chell scripts.
2. graphql engine
3. pandoc
   • Markup converter