GitHub Stars may be "juiced" by media attention, which is temporary and not actually based on sustained popularity. This is from personal experience -- after publicizing a fork of an my open …

Oct 6, 2015 · GitHub used to auto star any repository you've created in the past. I'm not sure when this was changed though. I've never used the starring feature on GitHub, so checking …

GitHub is a web-based Git repository hosting service, which offers free accounts for FLOSS software projects. Use this tag for questions about how working with GitHub affects open …

Aug 12, 2019 · I came across a Python package that was rather popular (2000 or so GitHub stars), but most recently committed to two years ago. In addition, the module version in the …

I've been using Firefox for a while now and I am quite satisfied by it. I have always heard that it is open source, and I recently tried looking on GitHub to see if there was some sort of repo with...

Nov 20, 2025 · -1 While it is possible to use GitHub for releasing software with outdated sources or no sources at all, I wonder how legal it is and what is official Microsoft position is. I think for …

Aug 15, 2024 · GitHub Actions also have to be kept on a public Git Repository which enables forking, thus enabling to changing the code and making an own version of the action Is there …

GitHub has stars, which is a good rough indication. The fact is, I don't need to host the file on some fancy VCS host for it to be considered open. I can host it on a server I control, and …

Jan 27, 2025 · There is no fool-proof or one way to make sure that this transfer or any other is legitimate. And this issue is not exclusive to open source, but may be more visible here. git …

Oct 26, 2020 · Stars are potentially related to downstream use, especially when trying to estimate closed-source use. Libraries.io often has more detailed statistics. GitHub's dependency graph …