Issue #85

As promised last week, we’d like to introduce the 2019 JavaScript Rising Stars.

For the 4th consecutive year, we compiled data about the trendiest projects on GitHub over the last 12 months. And for the 4th year the overall winner is the same: Vue.js.

We wanted to provide a complete overview of the JavaScript landscape in 2019. Rankings are organized using the tags from Best of JavaScript:

It’s available in Chinese and Spanish, anyone can contribute if you want to add comments for a given section. Thank you for your feedback!

Growing Fast This Week

By % of GitHub stars added (relative growth) this week
1
Alpine.js
Alpine.js
A rugged, minimal framework for composing JavaScript behavior
GitHub
+44.7%
2
L7
L7
Large-scale WebGL-powered Geospatial Data Visualization analysis framework
Homepage
+32.6%
3
Scully
Scully
The Static Site Generator for Angular apps
GitHub
+13.3%
4
Snowpack
Snowpack
Run npm packages directly in the browser.
Homepage
+12.7%
5
jExcel
jExcel
Lightweight vanilla JavaScript plugin to create web-based spreadsheets
Homepage
+6.6%
6
Theme UI
Theme UI
Build consistent, themeable React apps based on constraint-based design
Homepage
+6.3%
7
Chakra UI
Chakra UI
️Simple, Modular & Accessible UI Components for your React Applications
Homepage
+5.2%
8
Keystone
Keystone
A scalable platform and CMS to build Node.js applications
Homepage
+5.0%
9
Flowy
Flowy
The minimal javascript library to create flowcharts
GitHub
+4.9%
10
react-three-fiber
react-three-fiber
React renderer for Threejs (web and react-native)
Homepage
+4.8%

Trending This Week

By number of GitHub stars added this week
1
JS Algorithms & Data Structures
JS Algorithms & Data Structures
Algorithms and data structures implemented in JavaScript
GitHub
+649
2
Snowpack
Snowpack
Run npm packages directly in the browser.
Homepage
+613
3
Tech Interview Handbook
Tech Interview Handbook
Materials to help you rock your next coding interview
Homepage
+577
4
Alpine.js
Alpine.js
A rugged, minimal framework for composing JavaScript behavior
GitHub
+506
5
Clean Code
Clean Code
Clean Code concepts adapted for JavaScript
GitHub
+410
6
You Don't Know JS
You Don't Know JS
A book series on JavaScript
GitHub
+374
7
Vue.js
Vue.js
A progressive, incrementally-adoptable framework for building UI on the web
Homepage
+370
8
Docusaurus
Docusaurus
Easy to maintain open source documentation websites.
Homepage
+360
9
Vue Element Admin
Vue Element Admin
A magical vue admin
GitHub
+351
10
Svelte
Svelte
Cybernetically enhanced web apps
Homepage
+344

Any question or feedback? Reach us on GitHub.

Best of JavaScript is a project created by Michael Rambeau, made in Osaka, Japan.