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Browse the top JavaScript repositories ranked by star count. Compare similar projects to find the best fit for your stack.

Repositories

50Updated Sep 12, 2026

Combined Stars

4.5M

Top-3 Concentration

16%

Recently Active

39Led by react

Top Repositories

Top 3

1st#1

affaan-m/ECC

The agent harness performance optimization system. Skills, instincts, memory, security, and research-first development for Claude Code, Codex, Opencode, Cursor and beyond.

256.8KStars

38.4KForks

TodayUpdated

JavaScriptMITsince 2026

2nd#2

react/react

The library for web and native user interfaces.

250.1KStars

51.3KForks

YesterdayUpdated

JavaScriptMITsince 2013

3rd#3

trekhleb/javascript-algorithms

📝 Algorithms and data structures implemented in JavaScript with explanations and links to further readings

196.7KStars

31KForks

1 months agoUpdated

JavaScriptMITsince 2018

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Snailclimb/JavaGuide

Java 面试 & 后端通用面试指南，覆盖计算机基础、数据库、分布式、高并发、系统设计与 AI 应用开发

est. 2018

JavaScript

158.5K

46.1K

1 weeks ago

airbnb/javascript

JavaScript Style Guide

est. 2012

JavaScript

148.2K

26.6K

4 months ago

vercel/next.js

The React Framework

est. 2016

JavaScript

142.3K

31.9K

Today

DietrichGebert/ponytail

Makes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room. The best code is the code you never wrote.

est. 2026

JavaScript

136.2K

7.3K

5 days ago

Chalarangelo/30-seconds-of-code

Coding articles to level up your development skills

est. 2017

JavaScript

129.1K

12.5K

Yesterday

nodejs/node

Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨

est. 2014

JavaScript

121.6K

36.7K

Today

mrdoob/three.js

JavaScript 3D Library.

est. 2010

JavaScript

115.4K

36.5K

Today

axios/axios

Promise based HTTP client for the browser and node.js

est. 2014

JavaScript

109.2K

11.8K

2 days ago

react/create-react-app

Set up a modern web app by running one command.

est. 2016

JavaScript

103.3K

26.9K

1 years ago

mui/material-ui

Material UI: Comprehensive React component library that implements Google's Material Design. Free forever.

est. 2014

JavaScript

99K

32.5K

Yesterday

microsoft/Web-Dev-For-Beginners

24 Lessons, 12 Weeks, Get Started as a Web Developer

est. 2020

JavaScript

96.7K

15.9K

1 months ago

ryanmcdermott/clean-code-javascript

Clean Code concepts adapted for JavaScript

est. 2016

JavaScript

94.8K

12.6K

2 years ago

addyosmani/agent-skills

Production-grade engineering skills for AI coding agents.

est. 2026

JavaScript

93.6K

10K

Today

louislam/uptime-kuma

A fancy self-hosted monitoring tool

est. 2021

JavaScript

91.3K

8.4K

Today

sveltejs/svelte

web development for the rest of us

est. 2016

JavaScript

88.1K

5.2K

Today

Leonxlnx/taste-skill

Taste-Skill - gives your AI good taste. stops the AI from generating boring, generic slop

est. 2026

JavaScript

86.4K

5.9K

2 weeks ago

anuraghazra/github-readme-stats

:zap: Dynamically generated stats for your github readmes

est. 2020

JavaScript

79.8K

37.7K

1 weeks ago

FortAwesome/Font-Awesome

The iconic SVG, font, and CSS toolkit

est. 2012

JavaScript

76.9K

12.2K

1 months ago

typicode/json-server

Get a full fake REST API with zero coding in less than 30 seconds (seriously)

est. 2013

JavaScript

75.7K

7.3K

5 months ago

juliangarnier/anime

JavaScript animation engine

est. 2016

JavaScript

72.8K

4.9K

3 weeks ago

hakimel/reveal.js

The HTML Presentation Framework

est. 2011

JavaScript

72.3K

17K

2 days ago

career-ops-hq/career-ops

Open-source AI job search: scan job portals, evaluate listings into a structured A-H report with a global 1-5 score, tailor your CV, track applications — runs locally in your AI coding CLI (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Antigravity…)

est. 2026

JavaScript

71.3K

13.5K

Today

expressjs/express

Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for node.

est. 2009

JavaScript

69.5K

25K

Yesterday

gorhill/uBlock

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

est. 2015

JavaScript

67.8K

4.3K

Yesterday

chartjs/Chart.js

Simple HTML5 Charts using the <canvas> tag

est. 2013

JavaScript

67.7K

11.9K

Yesterday

pbakaus/impeccable

The design language that makes your AI harness better at design.

est. 2025

JavaScript

67.5K

4.1K

Yesterday

leonardomso/33-js-concepts

📜 33 JavaScript concepts every developer should know.

est. 2018

JavaScript

66.5K

9.1K

2 days ago

webpack/webpack

A bundler for javascript and friends. Packs many modules into a few bundled assets. Code Splitting allows for loading parts of the application on demand. Through "loaders", modules can be CommonJs, AMD, ES6 modules, CSS, Images, JSON, Coffeescript, LESS, ... and your custom stuff.

est. 2012

JavaScript

66K

9.5K

Yesterday

Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm

Stop renting your intelligence. Own it with AnythingLLM. Everything you need for a powerful local-first agent experience

est. 2023

JavaScript

66K

7.3K

Yesterday

asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks

Extracted system prompts from Anthropic - Claude Fable 5.1, Opus 5, Claude Design, Claude Code. OpenAI - ChatGPT GPT-6-Astra, Codex. Google - Gemini 3.8 Flash, 3.1 Pro, Antigravity. xAI - Grok, Grok Bot, Cursor, Kimi and more! Updated regularly.

est. 2025

JavaScript

65K

10.7K

3 days ago

gsd-build/get-shit-doneArchived

A light-weight and powerful meta-prompting, context engineering and spec-driven development system for Claude Code by TÂCHES.

est. 2025

JavaScript

64.5K

5.5K

3 months ago

jgraph/drawio-desktop

Official electron build of draw.io

est. 2017

JavaScript

63.1K

5.8K

4 days ago

resume/resume.github.com

Resumes generated using the GitHub informations

est. 2011

JavaScript

62.9K

1.4K

3 years ago

byoungd/up

An advanced guide which might benefit you a lot 🎉 . 韩先凯的人生进阶指南人生进阶指南离谱的人生人生进阶 AI学习 AI指南韩先凯的AI学习指南英语学习指南/英语学习教程/英语学习/学英语

est. 2017

JavaScript

62.7K

6.3K

2 days ago

lodash/lodash

A modern JavaScript utility library delivering modularity, performance, & extras.

est. 2012

JavaScript

61.3K

7.2K

Yesterday

atom/atomArchived

:atom: The hackable text editor

est. 2012

JavaScript

60.7K

17.2K

3 years ago

adam-p/markdown-here

Google Chrome, Firefox, and Thunderbird extension that lets you write email in Markdown and render it before sending.

est. 2012

JavaScript

60.2K

11K

1 years ago

jquery/jquery

jQuery JavaScript Library

est. 2009

JavaScript

59.8K

20.4K

4 days ago

tt-a1i/archify

Agent skill for beautiful, verifiable architecture, workflow, sequence, data-flow, and lifecycle diagrams—self-contained HTML with motion and crisp export.

est. 2026

JavaScript

59.1K

3.9K

Today

angular/angular.jsArchived

AngularJS - HTML enhanced for web apps!

est. 2010

JavaScript

58.5K

27K

2 years ago

h5bp/html5-boilerplate

A professional front-end template for building fast, robust, and adaptable web apps or sites.

est. 2010

JavaScript

57.6K

12.3K

Yesterday

scutan90/DeepLearning-500-questions

est. 2018

JavaScript

57.6K

15.9K

2 years ago

gatsbyjs/gatsby

React-based framework with performance, scalability, and security built in.

est. 2015

JavaScript

55.9K

10.1K

Yesterday

azl397985856/leetcode

LeetCode Solutions: A Record of My Problem Solving Journey.( leetcode题解，记录自己的leetcode解题之路。)

est. 2018

JavaScript

55.7K

9.4K

1 years ago

mozilla/pdf.js

PDF Reader in JavaScript

est. 2011

JavaScript

53.9K

10.7K

Today

chinese-poetry/chinese-poetry

The most comprehensive database of Chinese poetry 🧶最全中华古诗词数据库, 唐宋两朝近一万四千古诗人, 接近5.5万首唐诗加26万宋诗. 两宋时期1564位词人，21050首词。

est. 2016

JavaScript

53.4K

10.7K

2 months ago

prettier/prettier

Prettier is an opinionated code formatter.

est. 2016

JavaScript

52.2K

Today

Snailclimb/JavaGuide

Java 面试 & 后端通用面试指南，覆盖计算机基础、数据库、分布式、高并发、系统设计与 AI 应用开发

JavaScript

★158.5K

🍴46.1K

est. 2018

airbnb/javascript

JavaScript Style Guide

JavaScript

★148.2K

🍴26.6K

est. 2012

vercel/next.js

The React Framework

JavaScript

★142.3K

🍴31.9K

est. 2016

DietrichGebert/ponytail

Makes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room. The best code is the code you never wrote.

JavaScript

★136.2K

🍴7.3K

est. 2026

Chalarangelo/30-seconds-of-code

Coding articles to level up your development skills

JavaScript

★129.1K

🍴12.5K

est. 2017

nodejs/node

Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨

JavaScript

★121.6K

🍴36.7K

est. 2014

mrdoob/three.js

JavaScript 3D Library.

JavaScript

★115.4K

🍴36.5K

est. 2010

axios/axios

Promise based HTTP client for the browser and node.js

JavaScript

★109.2K

🍴11.8K

est. 2014

react/create-react-app

Set up a modern web app by running one command.

JavaScript

★103.3K

🍴26.9K

est. 2016

mui/material-ui

Material UI: Comprehensive React component library that implements Google's Material Design. Free forever.

JavaScript

★99K

🍴32.5K

est. 2014

microsoft/Web-Dev-For-Beginners

24 Lessons, 12 Weeks, Get Started as a Web Developer

JavaScript

★96.7K

🍴15.9K

est. 2020

ryanmcdermott/clean-code-javascript

Clean Code concepts adapted for JavaScript

JavaScript

★94.8K

🍴12.6K

est. 2016

addyosmani/agent-skills

Production-grade engineering skills for AI coding agents.

JavaScript

★93.6K

🍴10K

est. 2026

louislam/uptime-kuma

A fancy self-hosted monitoring tool

JavaScript

★91.3K

🍴8.4K

est. 2021

sveltejs/svelte

web development for the rest of us

JavaScript

★88.1K

🍴5.2K

est. 2016

Leonxlnx/taste-skill

Taste-Skill - gives your AI good taste. stops the AI from generating boring, generic slop

JavaScript

★86.4K

🍴5.9K

est. 2026

anuraghazra/github-readme-stats

:zap: Dynamically generated stats for your github readmes

JavaScript

★79.8K

🍴37.7K

est. 2020

FortAwesome/Font-Awesome

The iconic SVG, font, and CSS toolkit

JavaScript

★76.9K

🍴12.2K

est. 2012

typicode/json-server

Get a full fake REST API with zero coding in less than 30 seconds (seriously)

JavaScript

★75.7K

🍴7.3K

est. 2013

juliangarnier/anime

JavaScript animation engine

JavaScript

★72.8K

🍴4.9K

est. 2016

hakimel/reveal.js

The HTML Presentation Framework

JavaScript

★72.3K

🍴17K

est. 2011

career-ops-hq/career-ops

JavaScript

★71.3K

🍴13.5K

est. 2026

expressjs/express

Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for node.

JavaScript

★69.5K

🍴25K

est. 2009

gorhill/uBlock

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

JavaScript

★67.8K

🍴4.3K

est. 2015

chartjs/Chart.js

Simple HTML5 Charts using the <canvas> tag

JavaScript

★67.7K

🍴11.9K

est. 2013

pbakaus/impeccable

The design language that makes your AI harness better at design.

JavaScript

★67.5K

🍴4.1K

est. 2025

leonardomso/33-js-concepts

📜 33 JavaScript concepts every developer should know.

JavaScript

★66.5K

🍴9.1K

est. 2018

webpack/webpack

JavaScript

★66K

🍴9.5K

est. 2012

Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm

Stop renting your intelligence. Own it with AnythingLLM. Everything you need for a powerful local-first agent experience

JavaScript

★66K

🍴7.3K

est. 2023

asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks

JavaScript

★65K

🍴10.7K

est. 2025

gsd-build/get-shit-doneArchived

A light-weight and powerful meta-prompting, context engineering and spec-driven development system for Claude Code by TÂCHES.

JavaScript

★64.5K

🍴5.5K

est. 2025

jgraph/drawio-desktop

Official electron build of draw.io

JavaScript

★63.1K

🍴5.8K

est. 2017

resume/resume.github.com

Resumes generated using the GitHub informations

JavaScript

★62.9K

🍴1.4K

est. 2011

byoungd/up

JavaScript

★62.7K

🍴6.3K

est. 2017

lodash/lodash

A modern JavaScript utility library delivering modularity, performance, & extras.

JavaScript

★61.3K

🍴7.2K

est. 2012

atom/atomArchived

:atom: The hackable text editor

JavaScript

★60.7K

🍴17.2K

est. 2012

adam-p/markdown-here

Google Chrome, Firefox, and Thunderbird extension that lets you write email in Markdown and render it before sending.

JavaScript

★60.2K

🍴11K

est. 2012

jquery/jquery

jQuery JavaScript Library

JavaScript

★59.8K

🍴20.4K

est. 2009

tt-a1i/archify

Agent skill for beautiful, verifiable architecture, workflow, sequence, data-flow, and lifecycle diagrams—self-contained HTML with motion and crisp export.

JavaScript

★59.1K

🍴3.9K

est. 2026

angular/angular.jsArchived

AngularJS - HTML enhanced for web apps!

JavaScript

★58.5K

🍴27K

est. 2010

h5bp/html5-boilerplate

A professional front-end template for building fast, robust, and adaptable web apps or sites.

JavaScript

★57.6K

🍴12.3K

est. 2010

scutan90/DeepLearning-500-questions

JavaScript

★57.6K

🍴15.9K

est. 2018

gatsbyjs/gatsby

React-based framework with performance, scalability, and security built in.

JavaScript

★55.9K

🍴10.1K

est. 2015

azl397985856/leetcode

LeetCode Solutions: A Record of My Problem Solving Journey.( leetcode题解，记录自己的leetcode解题之路。)

JavaScript

★55.7K

🍴9.4K

est. 2018

mozilla/pdf.js

PDF Reader in JavaScript

JavaScript

★53.9K

🍴10.7K

est. 2011

chinese-poetry/chinese-poetry

JavaScript

★53.4K

🍴10.7K

est. 2016

prettier/prettier

Prettier is an opinionated code formatter.

JavaScript

★52.2K

🍴5K

est. 2016

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JavaScript rankings: how to read the ecosystem behind the stars

JavaScript is the foundational language of the web, running in every browser and powering Node.js on the server. With the largest package ecosystem (npm) and the broadest developer adoption, JavaScript remains the most versatile language in software engineering.

The JavaScript ecosystem is unmatched in breadth: from React, Vue, and Angular on the frontend to Express and Fastify on the backend, plus Electron for desktop apps and React Native for mobile. Tooling innovations like Vite, esbuild, and Bun continue pushing the boundaries of developer experience.

Rankings reflect the top 50 JavaScript repositories by GitHub stars. Pure JavaScript projects are distinguished from TypeScript projects, highlighting the enduring relevance of vanilla JavaScript tooling.

Data is sourced from the GitHub REST API and updated daily. Rankings reflect cumulative star counts across each repository's lifetime and should be read as a discovery aid rather than a quality certification. See Methodology & Editorial Standards.

JavaScript rankings: how to read the ecosystem behind the stars