Issue #136

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”:

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
Twind
The smallest, fastest, most feature complete Tailwind-in-JS solution in existence.
GitHub
+27.2%
2
dnd kit
dnd kit
A modern, lightweight, performant, accessible and extensible drag & drop toolkit for React.
Homepage
+25.2%
3
Compiled
Compiled
The CSS in JS authoring experience we love without the runtime cost
Homepage
+7.7%
4
Valtio
Valtio
Proxy-state simple for React and Vanilla
GitHub
+6.7%
5
CCXT
CCXT
A JavaScript / Python / PHP cryptocurrency trading API with support for more than 120 bitcoin/altcoin exchanges
GitHub
+5.4%
6
QuickJS
QuickJS
A small and embeddable JavaScript engine
Homepage
+4.2%
7
Vite
Vite
Next generation frontend tooling. It's fast!
Homepage
+3.9%
8
React Hook Form
React Hook Form
React Hooks for forms validation (Web + React Native)
Homepage
+2.8%
9
Altair
Altair
️ A beautiful feature-rich GraphQL Client for all platforms.
Homepage
+2.7%
10
Redwood
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
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.
GitHub4.0 k
Tailwind Starter Kit
Tailwind Starter Kit
Tailwind Starter Kit a beautiful extension for TailwindCSS, Free and Open Source
Homepage3.1 k
Yarn 2
Yarn 2
Fast, reliable, and secure dependency management
Homepage2.8 k
MandarineTS
MandarineTS
A typescript, decorator-driven framework that allows you to create server-side applications
Homepage132

Trending This Week

By number of GitHub stars added this week
1
CCXT
CCXT
A JavaScript / Python / PHP cryptocurrency trading API with support for more than 120 bitcoin/altcoin exchanges
GitHub
+857
2
Svelte
Svelte
Cybernetically enhanced web apps
Homepage
+829
3
Tailwind CSS
Tailwind CSS
A utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development.
Homepage
+616
4
Vite
Vite
Next generation frontend tooling. It's fast!
Homepage
+580
5
JS Algorithms & Data Structures
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 Hook Form
React Hooks for forms validation (Web + React Native)
Homepage
+469
7
esbuild
esbuild
An extremely fast JavaScript bundler and minifier
Homepage
+423
8
Next.js
Next.js
The React Framework
Homepage
+380
9
Snowpack
Snowpack
WASM-powered frontend build tool. Fast, lightweight, unbundled ESM.
Homepage
+379
10
Vue.js
Vue.js
A progressive, incrementally-adoptable framework for building UI on the web
Homepage
+328

Any question or feedback? Reach us on GitHub.

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