The Top 100 ranks repositories by total lifetime stars. This produces a durable, low-noise leaderboard dominated by foundational tools (React, TensorFlow, VS Code) that have accumulated community attention over years. Because stars only grow (they are almost never removed at scale), this ranking naturally favors older projects and underrepresents newer tools that may already have stronger daily adoption.
Use this surface to identify which projects have the deepest community footprint, then cross-reference with the Trending page for current momentum and the npm or PyPI pages for real-world installation signals. For methodology details, see the Methodology page.