GitHub — Top 1,000 Repositories By Stars (Language, Licence, Topics, Forks, Issues)

DatasetCSV.GZOpenGithubOpen SourceRepositoriesDeveloper ToolsRankingsSoftwareFree

1,000 most-starred public GitHub repositories with rank, full name, description, URL, stars, forks, open issues, primary language, SPDX licence, topics, creation, update and last-push timestamps, archived flag and repository size, from the GitHub REST search API as of 2026-09-06.

Use Cases

Open-source popularity benchmarking
Language and licence mix of top projects
Developer-tool market mapping
Maintenance signals from push dates and issue counts

Methodology

Ten pages of 100 results for stars:>1000 sorted by stars, spaced 7 s apart when unauthenticated; watchers omitted because the search API reports it equal to stars.

Update Schedule

Static snapshot. Star counts move continuously; refresh weekly.

Attribution

Source: GitHub REST API (search/repositories); public, non-personal repository metadata collected through the API in line with GitHub's Acceptable Use Policies.

Schema

name	type
rank	integer
full_name	string
description	string
html_url	string
stars	integer
forks	integer
open_issues	integer
language	string
license_spdx	string
topics	string
created_at	date
updated_at	date
pushed_at	date
archived	boolean
size_kb	integer

Sample Data

rank	forks	stars	topics	size_kb	archived	html_url	language	full_name	pushed_at	created_at	updated_at	description	open_issues	license_spdx
1	51358	545489	awesome-list;free;programming;tutorial-code;tutorial-exercises;tutorials	1086	false	https://github.com/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-x	Markdown	codecrafters-io/build-your-own-x	2026-07-14T19:25:58.000Z	2018-05-09T12:03:18.000Z	2026-09-06T08:33:37.000Z	Master programming by recreating your favorite technologies from scratch.	641
2	36745	503420	awesome;awesome-list;lists;resources;unicorns	1566	false	https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome		sindresorhus/awesome	2026-09-02T02:10:47.000Z	2014-07-11T13:42:37.000Z	2026-09-06T08:27:16.000Z	😎 Awesome lists about all kinds of interesting topics [NOTE: Pull requests are temporarily disabled until I have a chance to catch up with the existing ones]	106	CC0-1.0
3	52582	476102	api;apis;dataset;development;free;list;lists;open-source;public;public-api;public-apis;resources;software	8075	false	https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis	Python	public-apis/public-apis	2026-09-05T21:46:01.000Z	2016-03-20T23:49:42.000Z	2026-09-06T08:32:13.000Z	A collective list of free APIs	1892	MIT
4	46133	455079	careers;certification;community;curriculum;d3;education;freecodecamp;javascript;learn-to-code;math;nodejs;nonprofits;programming;react;teachers	580976	false	https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp	TypeScript	freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp	2026-09-05T12:07:18.000Z	2014-12-24T17:49:19.000Z	2026-09-06T08:26:08.000Z	freeCodeCamp.org's open-source codebase and curriculum. Learn math, programming, and computer science for free.	200	BSD-3-Clause
5	66740	396054	books;education;hacktoberfest;list;resource	21792	false	https://github.com/EbookFoundation/free-programming-books	Python	EbookFoundation/free-programming-books	2026-09-01T09:12:19.000Z	2013-10-11T06:50:37.000Z	2026-09-06T08:31:03.000Z	:books: Freely available programming books	78	CC-BY-4.0

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#    Claude.ai / Claude Desktop: Settings -> Connectors -> Add custom connector
#    Cursor / Claude Code / others: mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dagentbase": {
      "url": "https://dagentbase.com/api/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer dm_live_YOUR_KEY" }
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# 2. Then ask your agent, in plain language:
#    "Preview 'GitHub — Top 1,000 Repositories by Stars (Language, Licence, Topics, Forks, Issues)' and, if it fits, claim it and download the files."
#    Tools it will use: search_listings -> preview_listing -> purchase_listing -> get_download_urls

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