Top projects
Two honest rankings: IssueFit's own list rewards being good to contributors (readiness plus real contributions through the platform — a merged contribution counts 10 points, a started one 2), and GitHub's list is simply the most-starred repositories, updated daily.
Top on IssueFit
Contributor readiness + contributions started and merged through IssueFit.
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Top 10 on GitHub
Most starred public repositories, from GitHub's search API — updated Jul 13, 2026.
- 1.codecrafters-io/build-your-own-x ↗★ 524,866 · Markdown
Master programming by recreating your favorite technologies from scratch.
- 2.sindresorhus/awesome ↗★ 484,627
😎 Awesome lists about all kinds of interesting topics
- 3.freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp ↗★ 451,710 · TypeScript
freeCodeCamp.org's open-source codebase and curriculum. Learn math, programming, and computer science for free.
- 4.public-apis/public-apis ↗★ 449,723 · Python
A collective list of free APIs
- 5.EbookFoundation/free-programming-books ↗★ 392,015 · Python
:books: Freely available programming books
- 6.openclaw/openclaw ↗★ 382,830 · TypeScript
Your own personal AI assistant. Any OS. Any Platform. The lobster way. 🦞
- 7.nilbuild/developer-roadmap ↗★ 360,760 · TypeScript
Interactive roadmaps, guides and other educational content to help developers grow in their careers.
- 8.donnemartin/system-design-primer ↗★ 357,450 · Python
Learn how to design large-scale systems. Prep for the system design interview. Includes Anki flashcards.
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A complete computer science study plan to become a software engineer.
- 10.vinta/awesome-python ↗★ 307,948 · Python
An opinionated list of Python frameworks, libraries, tools, and resources