This week, we’d like to announce the release of the JavaScript Rising Stars 2020, our annual round-up of the JavaScript landscape.
Check out the projects that got the most stars on GitHub in 2020.
This year we have 2 new “guest writers”:
- Lee Robinson for the React Ecosystem category
- Sebastien Lorber for the Build Tools category
Not only Next.js leads two different categories but the Rising Stars project itself is now built on top of Next.js (instead of Gatsby the previous years).
And guess who is the overall winner? Hint: it’s a dinosaur… and it wears a mask of course!
Growing Fast This Week
By % of GitHub stars added (relative growth) this week
1 |  | Twind The smallest, fastest, most feature complete Tailwind-in-JS solution in existence. | GitHub | +27.2% |
2 |  | dnd kit A modern, lightweight, performant, accessible and extensible drag & drop toolkit for React. | Homepage | +25.2% |
3 |  | Compiled The CSS in JS authoring experience we love without the runtime cost | Homepage | +7.7% |
4 |  | Valtio Proxy-state simple for React and Vanilla | GitHub | +6.7% |
5 |  | CCXT A JavaScript / Python / PHP cryptocurrency trading API with support for more than 120 bitcoin/altcoin exchanges | GitHub | +5.4% |
6 |  | QuickJS A small and embeddable JavaScript engine | Homepage | +4.2% |
7 |  | Vite Next generation frontend tooling. It's fast! | Homepage | +3.9% |
8 |  | React Hook Form React Hooks for forms validation (Web + React Native) | Homepage | +2.8% |
9 |  | Altair ️ A beautiful feature-rich GraphQL Client for all platforms. | Homepage | +2.7% |
10 |  | Redwood Bringing full-stack to the Jamstack. | Homepage | +2.7% |
New Faces on Best of JS
Projects recently added on Best of JS
 | Size Limit Calculate the real cost to run your JS app or lib to keep good performance. Show error in pull request if the cost exceeds the limit. | GitHub | 4.0 k★ |
 | Tailwind Starter Kit Tailwind Starter Kit a beautiful extension for TailwindCSS, Free and Open Source | Homepage | 3.1 k★ |
 | Yarn 2 Fast, reliable, and secure dependency management | Homepage | 2.8 k★ |
 | MandarineTS A typescript, decorator-driven framework that allows you to create server-side applications | Homepage | 132 ★ |
Trending This Week
By number of GitHub stars added this week
1 | | CCXT A JavaScript / Python / PHP cryptocurrency trading API with support for more than 120 bitcoin/altcoin exchanges | GitHub | +857 ★ |
2 |  | Svelte Cybernetically enhanced web apps | Homepage | +829 ★ |
3 |  | Tailwind CSS A utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development. | Homepage | +616 ★ |
4 | | Vite Next generation frontend tooling. It's fast! | Homepage | +580 ★ |
5 |  | JS Algorithms & Data Structures Algorithms and data structures implemented in JavaScript with explanations and links to further readings | GitHub | +570 ★ |
6 | | React Hook Form React Hooks for forms validation (Web + React Native) | Homepage | +469 ★ |
7 |  | esbuild An extremely fast JavaScript bundler and minifier | Homepage | +423 ★ |
8 |  | Next.js The React Framework | Homepage | +380 ★ |
9 |  | Snowpack WASM-powered frontend build tool. Fast, lightweight, unbundled ESM. | Homepage | +379 ★ |
10 |  | Vue.js A progressive, incrementally-adoptable framework for building UI on the web | Homepage | +328 ★ |
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