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The GitHub repos Hacker News keeps talking about

44,192 repositories ranked by 384,444 links in HN stories and comments since 2008.

44,192 repos · all time · by HN mentions

  1. 1
    golang/go Go ★ 139k

    The Go programming language

    1,947 mentions · 291 stories · 1,656 comments
  2. 2
    rust-lang/rust Rust ★ 120k

    Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.

    1,825 mentions · 158 stories · 1,667 comments
  3. 3
    torvalds/linux C ★ 254k

    Linux kernel source tree

    947 mentions · 99 stories · 848 comments
  4. 4
    gorhill/uBlock JavaScript ★ 69k

    uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean.

    875 mentions · 57 stories · 818 comments
  5. 5
    ggml-org/llama.cpp C++ ★ 133k

    LLM inference in C/C++

    738 mentions · 96 stories · 642 comments
  6. 6
    microsoft/vscode TypeScript ★ 194k

    Visual Studio Code

    730 mentions · 130 stories · 600 comments
  7. 7
    rust-lang/rfcs Markdown ★ 6.6k

    RFCs for changes to Rust

    685 mentions · 46 stories · 639 comments
  8. 8
    ziglang/zig Zig ★ 43k

    Moved to Codeberg

    680 mentions · 46 stories · 634 comments
  9. 9
    microsoft/TypeScript Go ★ 111k

    TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output.

    617 mentions · 78 stories · 539 comments
  10. 10
    NixOS/nixpkgs Nix ★ 26k

    Nix Packages collection & NixOS

    597 mentions · 26 stories · 571 comments
  11. 11
    moby/moby Go ★ 72k

    The Moby Project - a collaborative project for the container ecosystem to assemble container-based systems

    575 mentions · 109 stories · 466 comments
  12. 12
    systemd/systemd C ★ 16k

    The systemd System and Service Manager

    551 mentions · 68 stories · 483 comments
  13. 13
    python/cpython Python ★ 77k

    The Python programming language

    548 mentions · 44 stories · 504 comments
  14. 14
    rails/rails Ruby ★ 58k

    Ruby on Rails

    541 mentions · 145 stories · 396 comments
  15. 15
    anthropics/claude-code TypeScript ★ 154k

    Claude Code is an agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal, understands your codebase, and helps you code faster by executing routine tasks, explaining complex code, and handling git workflows - all through natural language commands.

    531 mentions · 145 stories · 386 comments
  16. 16
    react/react JavaScript ★ 252k

    The library for web and native user interfaces.

    497 mentions · 91 stories · 406 comments
  17. 17
    nodejs/node JavaScript ★ 123k

    Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨

    482 mentions · 171 stories · 311 comments
  18. 18
    git/git C ★ 64k

    Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https://gitgitgadget.github.io/). Please follow Documentation/SubmittingPatches procedure for any of your improvements.

    424 mentions · 47 stories · 377 comments
  19. 19
    openzfs/zfs C ★ 12k

    OpenZFS on Linux and FreeBSD

    423 mentions · 73 stories · 350 comments
  20. 20
    kubernetes/kubernetes Go ★ 128k

    Production-Grade Container Scheduling and Management

    402 mentions · 75 stories · 327 comments
  21. 21
    signalapp/Signal-Android Kotlin ★ 29k

    A private messenger for Android.

    372 mentions · 29 stories · 343 comments
  22. 22
    servo/servo Rust ★ 38k

    Servo aims to empower developers with a lightweight, high-performance alternative for embedding web technologies in applications.

    340 mentions · 29 stories · 311 comments
  23. 23
    github/dmca DIGITAL Command Language ★ 6.4k

    Repository with text of DMCA takedown notices as received. GitHub does not endorse or adopt any assertion contained in the following notices. Users identified in the notices are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Additional information about our DMCA policy can be found at

    337 mentions · 90 stories · 247 comments
  24. 24
    JuliaLang/julia Julia ★ 49k

    The Julia Programming Language

    335 mentions · 42 stories · 293 comments
  25. 25
    dotnet/runtime C# ★ 18k

    .NET is a cross-platform runtime for cloud, mobile, desktop, and IoT apps.

    335 mentions · 30 stories · 305 comments
  26. 26
    BurntSushi/ripgrep Rust ★ 69k

    ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore

    334 mentions · 28 stories · 306 comments
  27. 27
    llvm/llvm-project LLVM ★ 41k

    The LLVM Project is a collection of modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies.

    319 mentions · 30 stories · 289 comments
  28. 28

    Some of the hidden norms about Hacker News not otherwise covered in the Guidelines and the FAQ.

    317 mentions · 15 stories · 302 comments
  29. 29
    tensorflow/tensorflow C++ ★ 201k

    An Open Source Machine Learning Framework for Everyone

    305 mentions · 89 stories · 216 comments
  30. 30
    jart/cosmopolitan C ★ 21k

    build-once run-anywhere c library

    293 mentions · 24 stories · 269 comments
  31. 31
    neovim/neovim Vim Script ★ 103k

    Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability

    292 mentions · 57 stories · 235 comments
  32. 32
    amark/gun JavaScript ★ 19k

    An open source cybersecurity protocol for syncing decentralized graph data.

    291 mentions · 34 stories · 257 comments
  33. 33
    ollama/ollama Go ★ 185k

    Get up and running with Kimi, GLM, MiniMax, DeepSeek, gpt-oss, Qwen, Gemma and other models.

    288 mentions · 35 stories · 253 comments
  34. 34
    jashkenas/coffeescript CoffeeScript ★ 16k

    Unfancy JavaScript

    274 mentions · 40 stories · 234 comments
  35. 35
    microsoft/terminal C++ ★ 105k

    The new Windows Terminal and the original Windows console host, all in the same place!

    270 mentions · 37 stories · 233 comments
  36. 36
    mastodon/mastodon Ruby ★ 50k

    Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community

    270 mentions · 43 stories · 227 comments
  37. 37
    swiftlang/swift Swift ★ 70k

    The Swift Programming Language

    269 mentions · 58 stories · 211 comments
  38. 38
    oven-sh/bun Rust ★ 96k

    Incredibly fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner, and package manager – all in one

    268 mentions · 39 stories · 229 comments
  39. 39
    zed-industries/zed Rust ★ 92k

    Code at the speed of thought – Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.

    267 mentions · 18 stories · 249 comments
  40. 40
    yt-dlp/yt-dlp Python ★ 204k

    A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader

    261 mentions · 14 stories · 247 comments
  41. 41
    microsoft/WSL C++ ★ 34k

    Windows Subsystem for Linux

    260 mentions · 31 stories · 229 comments
  42. 42

    WebAssembly Design Documents

    260 mentions · 15 stories · 245 comments
  43. 43
    HackerNews/API ★ 13k

    Documentation and Samples for the Official HN API

    257 mentions · 37 stories · 220 comments
  44. 44
    twbs/bootstrap MDX ★ 174k

    The most popular HTML, CSS, and JavaScript framework for developing responsive, mobile first projects on the web.

    252 mentions · 46 stories · 206 comments
  45. 45
    TechEmpower/FrameworkBenchmarks C++ ★ 8.1k archived

    Source for the TechEmpower Framework Benchmarks project

    247 mentions · 5 stories · 242 comments
  46. 46
    StevenBlack/hosts Python ★ 31k

    🔒 Consolidating and extending hosts files from several well-curated sources. Optionally pick extensions for porn, social media, and other categories.

    244 mentions · 21 stories · 223 comments
  47. 47
    jj-vcs/jj Rust ★ 32k

    A Git-compatible VCS that is both simple and powerful

    240 mentions · 43 stories · 197 comments
  48. 48
    vlang/v V ★ 38k

    Simple, fast, safe, compiled language for developing maintainable software. Compiles itself in <1s with zero library dependencies. Supports automatic C => V translation. https://vlang.io

    237 mentions · 41 stories · 196 comments
  49. 49

    FizzBuzz Enterprise Edition is a no-nonsense implementation of FizzBuzz made by serious businessmen for serious business purposes.

    237 mentions · 26 stories · 211 comments
  50. 50
    ClickHouse/ClickHouse C++ ★ 50k

    ClickHouse® is a real-time analytics database management system

    232 mentions · 14 stories · 218 comments