GitHub’s Top 100 Most Valuable Repositories Out of 96 Million

What’s shaping our technology world

GitHub is not just a code hosting service with version control — it’s also an enormous developer network.

The sheer size of GitHub at over 30 million accounts, more than 2 million organizations, and over 96 million repositories translates into one of the world’s most valuable development networks.

How do you quantify the value of this network? And is there a way to get the top repositories?

Here at U°OS, we ran the GitHub network through a simplified version¹ of our reputation algorithm and produced the top 100 most valuable repositories.

The result is as fascinating as it is eclectic in the way that it does feel like a good reflection of our society’s interest in the technology and where it moves.

There are the big proprietary players with open source projects — Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, and even Baidu. And at the same time, there’s a Chinese anti-censorship tool.

There’s Bitcoin for cryptocurrency.

There’s a particle detector for CERN’s Large Hadron Collider.

There are gaming projects like Space Station 13 and Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead and a gaming engine Godot.

There are education projects like freeCodeCamp, Open edX, Oppia, and Code.org.

There are web and mobile app building projects like WordPress, Joomla, and Flutter to publish your content on.

There are databases to store your content for the web like Ceph and CockroachDB.

And there’s a search engine to navigate through the content — Elasticsearch.

There are also, perhaps unsurprisingly, jailbreak projects like Cydia compatibility manager for iOS and Nintendo 3DS custom firmware.

And there’s a smart home system — Home Assistant.

All in all, it’s really a great outlook for the technology world: we learn, build stuff to broadcast our unique voices, we use crypto, break free from proprietary software on our hardware, and in the spare time we game in our automated homes. And the big companies open-source their projects.

Before I proceed with the list, a result of running the Octoverse through the reputation algorithm also produced a value score for every individual GitHub contributor. So, if you have a GitHub account and curious, you can get your score at https://u.community/github and convert it to a Universal Portable Reputation.

Top 100 projects & repositories

Out of over 96 million repositories

1. Google KubernetesContainer scheduling and managementRepository: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetesWebsite: https://kubernetes.io/

2. Apache SparkA unified analytics engine for large-scale data processingRepository: https://github.com/apache/sparkWebsite: http://spark.apache.org/

3. Microsoft Visual Studio CodeA source-code editorRepository: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscodeWebsite: https://code.visualstudio.com/

4. NixOS Package CollectionA collection of packages for the Nix package managerRepository: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgsWebsite: https://nixos.org

5. RustProgramming languageRepository: https://github.com/rust-lang/rustWebsite: https://www.rust-lang.org/

6. Firehol IP ListsBlacklists for Firehol, a firewall builderRepository: https://github.com/firehol/blocklist-ipsetsWebsite: https://iplists.firehol.org/

7. Red Hat OpenShiftA community distribution of Kubernetes optimized for continuous application development and multi-tenant deploymentRepository: https://github.com/openshift/originWebsite: https://www.openshift.com/

8. AnsibleA deployment automation platformRepository: https://github.com/ansible/ansibleWebsite: https://www.ansible.com/

9. Automattic WordPress CalypsoA JavaScript and API powered front-end for WordPress.comRepository: https://github.com/Automattic/wp-calypsoWebsite: https://developer.wordpress.com/calypso/

10. Microsoft .NET CoreFXFoundational class libraries for .NET CoreRepository: https://github.com/dotnet/corefxWebsite: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/

11. Microsoft .NET Roslyn.NET compilerRepository: https://github.com/dotnet/roslynWebsite: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/roslyn-sdk/

12. Node.jsA JavaScript runtime built on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engineRepository: https://github.com/nodejs/nodeWebsite: https://nodejs.org/en/

13. TensorFlowGoogle’s machine learning frameworkRepository: https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflowWebsite: https://www.tensorflow.org/

14. freeCodeCampCode learning platformRepository: https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCampWebsite: https://www.freecodecamp.org/

15. Space Station 13A round-based roleplaying gameRepository: https://github.com/tgstation/tgstationWebsite: https://www.tgstation13.org/

16. Apple SwiftApple’s programming languageRepository: https://github.com/apple/swiftWebsite: https://swift.org/

17. ElasticsearchA search engineRepository: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearchWebsite: https://www.elastic.co/products/elasticsearch

18. MobyAn open framework to assemble specialized container systemsRepository: https://github.com/moby/mobyWebsite: https://mobyproject.org/

19. CockroachDBA cloud-native SQL databaseRepository: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroachWebsite: https://www.cockroachlabs.com/

20. Cydia Compatibility CheckerA compatibility checker for Cydia — a package manager for iOS jailbroken devicesRepository: https://github.com/jlippold/tweakCompatibleWebsite: https://jlippold.github.io/tweakCompatible/

21. ServoA web browser engineRepository: https://github.com/servo/servoWebsite: https://servo.org/

22. Google FlutterGoogle’s mobile app SDK to create interfaces for iOS and AndroidRepository: https://github.com/flutter/flutterWebsite: https://flutter.dev/

23. macOS Homebrew Package ManagerDefault formulae for the missing package manager for macOSRepository: https://github.com/homebrew/homebrew-coreWebsite: https://brew.sh/

24. Home AssistantHome automation softwareRepository: https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistantWebsite: https://www.home-assistant.io/

25. Microsoft .NET CoreCLRRuntime for .NET CoreRepository: https://github.com/dotnet/coreclrWebsite: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/

26. CocoaPods SpecificationsSpecifications for CocoaPods, a Cocoa dependency managerRepository: https://github.com/CocoaPods/SpecsWebsite: https://cocoapods.org/

27. Elastic KibanaAn analytics and search dashboard for ElasticsearchRepository: https://github.com/elastic/kibanaWebsite: https://www.elastic.co/products/kibana

28. Julia LanguageA technical computing languageRepository: https://github.com/JuliaLang/juliaWebsite: https://julialang.org/

29. Microsoft TypeScriptA superset of JavaScript that compiles to plain JavaScriptRepository: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScriptWebsite: https://www.typescriptlang.org/

30. JoomlaA content management systemRepository: https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cmsWebsite: https://www.joomla.org/

31. DefinitelyTypedA repository for TypeScript type definitionsRepository: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTypedWebsite: http://definitelytyped.org/

32. Homebrew CaskA CLI workflow for the administration of macOS applications distributed as binariesRepository: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-caskWebsite: https://brew.sh/

33. CephA distributed object, block, and file storage platformRepository: https://github.com/ceph/cephWebsite: https://ceph.com/

34. GoProgramming languageRepository: https://github.com/golang/goWebsite: https://golang.org/

35. AMP HTML BuilderA way to build pages for Google AMPRepository: https://github.com/ampproject/amphtmlWebsite: https://amp.dev/

36. Open edXAn online education platformRepository: https://github.com/edx/edx-platformWebsite: https://open.edx.org/

37. PandasA data analysis and manipulation library for PythonRepository: https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandasWebsite: https://pandas.pydata.org/

38. IstioA platform to manage microservicesRepository: https://github.com/istio/istioWebsite: https://istio.io/

39. ManageIQA containers, virtual machines, networks, and storage management platformRepository: https://github.com/ManageIQ/manageiqWebsite: http://manageiq.org/

40. Godot EngineA multi-platform 2D and 3D game engineRepository: https://github.com/godotengine/godotWebsite: https://godotengine.org/

41. Gentoo Repository MirrorA Gentoo ebuild repository mirrorRepository: https://github.com/gentoo/gentooWebsite: https://www.gentoo.org/

42. OdooA suite of web based open source business appsRepository: https://github.com/odoo/odooWebsite: https://www.odoo.com/

43. Azure DocumentationDocumentation of Microsoft AzureRepository: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-docsWebsite: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure

44. MagentoAn eCommerce platformRepository: https://github.com/magento/magento2Website: https://magento.com/

45. SaltstackSoftware to automate the management and configuration of any infrastructure or application at scaleRepository: https://github.com/saltstack/saltWebsite: https://www.saltstack.com/

46. AdGuard FiltersAd blocking filters for AdGuardRepository: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardFiltersWebsite: https://adguard.com/en/welcome.html

47. SymfonyA PHP frameworkRepository: https://github.com/symfony/symfonyWebsite: https://symfony.com/

48. CMS Software for the Large Hadron ColliderParticle detector software components for CERN’s Large Hadron ColliderRepository: https://github.com/cms-sw/cmsswWebsite: http://cms-sw.github.io/

49. Red Hat OpenShiftOpenShift installation and configuration managementRepository: https://github.com/openshift/openshift-ansibleWebsite: https://www.openshift.com/

50. ownCloudPersonal cloud softwareRepository: https://github.com/owncloud/coreWebsite: https://owncloud.org/

51. gRPCA remote procedure call (RPC) frameworkRepository: https://github.com/grpc/grpcWebsite: https://grpc.io/

52. LiferayAn enterprise web platformRepository: https://github.com/brianchandotcom/liferay-portalWebsite: https://www.liferay.com/

53. CommCare HQA mobile data collection platformRepository: https://github.com/dimagi/commcare-hqWebsite: https://www.commcarehq.org/

54. WordPress GutenbergAn editor plugin for WordPressRepository: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenbergWebsite: https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/

55. PyTorchA Python package for Tensor computation and deep neural networksRepository: https://github.com/pytorch/pytorchWebsite: https://pytorch.org/

56. Kubernetes Test InfrastructureA test-infra repository for KubernetesRepository: https://github.com/kubernetes/test-infraWebsite: https://kubernetes.io/

57. KeybaseKeybase client repositoryRepository: https://github.com/keybase/clientWebsite: https://keybase.io/

58. Facebook ReactA JavaScript library for building user interfacesRepository: https://github.com/facebook/reactWebsite: https://reactjs.org/

59. Code.orgCode learning resourceRepository: https://github.com/code-dot-org/code-dot-orgWebsite: https://code.org/

60. Bitcoin CoreBitcoin client softwareRepository: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoinWebsite: https://bitcoincore.org/

61. Arm Mbed OSA platform operating system for the Internet of ThingsRepository: https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-osWebsite: https://www.mbed.com

62. scikit-learnA Python module for machine learningRepository: https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learnWebsite: https://scikit-learn.org

63. NextcloudA self-hosted productivity platformRepository: https://github.com/nextcloud/serverWebsite: https://nextcloud.com/

64. Helm ChartsA curated list of applications for KubernetesRepository: https://github.com/helm/chartsWebsite: https://kubernetes.io/

65. TerraformAn infrastructure management toolRepository: https://github.com/hashicorp/terraformWebsite: https://www.terraform.io/

66. Ant DesignA UI design languageRepository: https://github.com/ant-design/ant-designWebsite: https://ant.design/

67. Phalcon Framework DocumentationDocumentation for Phalcon, a PHP frameworkRepository: https://github.com/phalcon/docsWebsite: https://docs.phalconphp.com

68. Documentation for CMS Software for the Large Hadron ColliderDocumentation for CMS Software for CERN’s Large Hadron ColliderRepository: https://github.com/cms-sw/cms-sw.github.ioWebsite: http://cms-sw.github.io/

69. Apache Kafka MirrorA mirror for Apache Kafka, a distributed streaming platformRepository: https://github.com/apache/kafkaWebsite: https://kafka.apache.org/

70. ElectronA framework to write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSSRepository: https://github.com/electron/electronWebsite: https://electronjs.org/

71. Zephyr ProjectA real-time operating systemRepository: https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyrWebsite: https://www.zephyrproject.org/

72. The web-platform-tests ProjectA cross-browser testsuite for the Web-platform stackRepository: https://github.com/web-platform-tests/wptWebsite: https://www.w3.org/

73. Marlin FirmwareOptimized firmware for RepRap 3D printers based on the Arduino platformRepository: https://github.com/MarlinFirmware/MarlinWebsite: http://marlinfw.org/

74. Apache MXNetA library for deep learningRepository: https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnetWebsite: https://mxnet.apache.org/

75. Apache BeamA unified programming modelRepository: https://github.com/apache/beamWebsite: https://beam.apache.org/

76. FastlaneA build and release automaton for iOS and Android appsRepository: https://github.com/fastlane/fastlaneWebsite: https://fastlane.tools/

77. Kubernetes Website and DocumentationA repository for the Kubernetes website and documentationRepository: https://github.com/kubernetes/websiteWebsite: https://kubernetes.io

78. Ruby on RailsA web-application frameworkRepository: https://github.com/rails/railsWebsite: https://rubyonrails.org/

79. ZulipTeam chat softwareRepository: https://github.com/zulip/zulipWebsite: https://zulipchat.com/

80. LaravelA web application frameworkRepository: https://github.com/laravel/frameworkWebsite: https://laravel.com/

81. Baidu PaddlePaddleBaidu’s deep learning frameworkRepository: https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleWebsite: http://www.paddlepaddle.org/

82. GatsbyA web application frameworkRepository: https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsbyWebsite: https://www.gatsbyjs.org/

83. Rust Crate RegistryRust’s community package registryRepository: https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-indexWebsite: https://crates.io/

84. Nintendo 3DS Custom FirmwareA complete guide to 3DS custom firmwareRepository: https://github.com/hacks-guide/Guide_3DSWebsite: https://3ds.hacks.guide/

85. TiDBA NewSQL databaseRepository: https://github.com/pingcap/tidbWebsite: https://pingcap.com

86. Angular CLICLI tool for Angular, a Google web application frameworkRepository: https://github.com/angular/angular-cliWebsite: https://cli.angular.io/

87. MAPS.MEOffline OpenStreetMap maps for iOS and AndroidRepository: https://github.com/mapsme/omimWebsite: https://maps.me/

88. Eclipse CheA cloud IDE for EclipseRepository: https://github.com/eclipse/cheWebsite: http://www.eclipse.org/che/

89. Brave BrowserA browser with native BAT cryptocurrencyRepository: https://github.com/brave/browser-laptopWebsite: https://www.brave.com/

90. PatchworkA repository to learn GitRepository: https://github.com/jlord/patchworkWebsite: http://jlord.us/patchwork/

91. Angular MaterialComponent infrastructure and Material Design components for Angular, a Google web application frameworkRepository: https://github.com/angular/componentsWebsite: https://material.angular.io/

92. PythonProgramming languageRepository: https://github.com/python/cpythonWebsite: https://www.python.org/

93. Space Station 13A round-based roleplaying gameRepository: https://github.com/vgstation-coders/vgstation13Website: http://ss13.moe/

94. Cataclysm: Dark Days AheadA turn-based survival gameRepository: https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDAWebsite: http://cataclysmdda.org/

95. Material-UIReact components that implement Google’s Material DesignRepository: https://github.com/mui-org/material-uiWebsite: https://material-ui.com/

96. IonicA Progressive Web Apps development frameworkRepository: https://github.com/ionic-team/ionicWebsite: https://ionicframework.com/

97. OppiaA tool for collaboratively building interactive lessonsRepository: https://github.com/oppia/oppiaWebsite: https://www.oppia.org

98. AlluxioA virtual distributed storage systemRepository: https://github.com/Alluxio/alluxioWebsite: https://www.alluxio.io/

99. XX NetA Chinese web proxy and anti-censorship toolRepository: https://github.com/XX-net/XX-NetWebsite: None

100. Microsoft .NET CLIA CLI tool for .NETRepository: https://github.com/dotnet/cliWebsite: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/

[1] The explanation of the calculation of the simplified version is at the U°OS Network GitHub repository.