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Community-driven projects on GitHub
Open projects built and maintained by volunteer communities.
As of , the most-starred Community-driven projects on GitHub are Python (225.3K stars), ohmyzsh (190K stars) and og-aws (36.5K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 25 Community-driven repositories with 805.4K stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 16 was awesome-zhuiju-free, with +126 stars in a day.
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Most stars gained in a day · Oct 16
awesome-zhuiju-free
laoma528/awesome-zhuiju-free · ★ 12.5KA free, ad-free, hand-picked guide to streaming resources: online movie and TV sites, apps, cloud-drive search, magnet/BT, subtitles, TVBox configs, IPTV live sources and related open-source projects, with every link checked daily.
+59Game-Cheats-Manager
dyang886/Game-Cheats-Manager · ★ 15.4KGame Cheats Manager (GCM) is an open-source Windows app that lets you search, download, and organize single-player game trainers from multiple trusted sources in one dashboard.
Python
TheAlgorithms/Python · ★ 225.3KA large collection of classic algorithms and data structures implemented in Python, built as an educational reference for learning and practicing algorithms.
+21ohmyzsh
ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh · ★ 190KOh My Zsh is an open source, community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration, with 300+ optional plugins and 150+ bundled themes for your terminal.
The all-time top
25 projects · by stars
- 225.3K
#1 · TheAlgorithms/Python
Python
A large collection of classic algorithms and data structures implemented in Python, built as an educational reference for learning and practicing algorithms.
- 190K
#2 · ohmyzsh/ohmyzshohmyzsh
Oh My Zsh is an open source, community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration, with 300+ optional plugins and 150+ bundled themes for your terminal.
- 36.5K
#3 · open-guides/og-awsog-aws
A free, community-maintained practical guide to Amazon Web Services — a living reference that consolidates links, tips, gotchas, and best practices, written by engineers who use AWS.
- 4

955.WLB
36.4Kformulahendry/955.WLBA community-maintained whitelist of companies offering around 955 working hours - a stand against China's notorious 996 culture, echoing the 996.ICU project to help people escape overtime.
- 5

libpku
34.1Klib-pku/libpku · TeXA community-curated collection of course materials for Peking University: past exams, slides, notes and course advice, organized by course and free to download. The title literally means 'an unofficial collection of course materials for your school'.
- 6

OI-wiki
26.9KOI-wiki/OI-wiki · TypeScriptA free, open and continuously updated wiki of competitive programming (OI/ICPC) knowledge: fundamentals, common problem types, solution strategies and tools, collected so beginners can learn systematically instead of digging through scattered articles.
- 7

gfwlist
25.7Kgfwlist/gfwlistIt is the official GFWList: a community-maintained list of websites blocked by China's Great Firewall, which circumvention tools load to decide which traffic needs to go through a proxy.
- 8

spacemacs
24.5Ksyl20bnr/spacemacs · Emacs LispA community-driven Emacs distribution: a polished, batteries-included Emacs setup focused on ergonomics, mnemonics and consistency. It is still in beta and welcomes contributions.
- 9
C
22.5KTheAlgorithms/C · CA community-maintained, open-source collection of algorithm implementations in C, covering computer science, mathematics, statistics, data science, machine learning and engineering.
- 10

Dism-Multi-language
20.6KChuyu-Team/Dism-Multi-language · HTMLThe localization hub for Dism++, a Windows system cleanup and optimization tool: it hosts the UI translation files, the cleanup rules file, a crash-stats backend and the official website source.
- 11

SummaryOfLoanSuspension
20.3KWeNeedHome/SummaryOfLoanSuspension · HTMLA community-run summary of mortgage-suspension notices from buyers of unfinished apartment projects across China — about 351 projects by 135 developers, organized by province, city and developer.
- 12

Go
18.2KTheAlgorithms/Go · GoAn open-source collection of classic algorithms and data structures implemented in Go for education, with over 18k stars and an MIT license.
- 13

New-Grad-Positions
18.2KSimplifyJobs/New-Grad-PositionsA curated list of full-time job openings for new college graduates, covering software engineering, quant, and product management roles at companies that are hiring.
- 14

ml-visuals
17.4Kdair-ai/ml-visualsML Visuals is a free, community-built collection of 100+ professional figures and templates for machine learning, meant to improve science communication in presentations and blog posts.
- 15

Game-Cheats-Manager
15.4Kdyang886/Game-Cheats-Manager · C++Game Cheats Manager (GCM) is an open-source Windows app that lets you search, download, and organize single-player game trainers from multiple trusted sources in one dashboard.
- 16

Cataclysm-DDA
13.4KCleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA · C++Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a turn-based survival game set in a procedurally generated post-apocalyptic world, where you scavenge supplies and fight zombies, giant insects, killer robots, and other survivors.
- 17
awesome-zhuiju-free
12.5Klaoma528/awesome-zhuiju-free · JavaScriptA free, ad-free, hand-picked guide to streaming resources: online movie and TV sites, apps, cloud-drive search, magnet/BT, subtitles, TVBox configs, IPTV live sources and related open-source projects, with every link checked daily.
- 18

github-do-not-ban-us
11.7K1995parham/github-do-not-ban-us · JavaScriptAn open letter and protest campaign against GitHub restricting Iranian developers' accounts, which also showcases open-source projects made by Iranian developers.
- 19

petals
10.6Kbigscience-workshop/petals · PythonPetals lets you run big open LLMs at home, BitTorrent-style: you join a public swarm that serves models like Llama 3.1 (405B), Mixtral (8x22B), Falcon (40B+) and BLOOM (176B) for inference and fine-tuning right from your desktop or Google Colab, up to 10x faster than offloading.
- 20

lutris
10.3Klutris/lutris · PythonLutris is a free, open-source desktop client that helps you install and play video games from all eras and most gaming systems, all from one central interface.
- 21
support.996.ICU
10KMSWorkers/support.996.ICUAn open letter signed by Microsoft and GitHub employees declaring support for the 996.ICU movement - a protest by Chinese tech workers against illegal 9am-9pm, 6-day-a-week overtime schedules.
- 22
TOTK-Mods-collection
3.1Khoverbike1/TOTK-Mods-collection · ShellA community repository of mods for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (TOTK), put together for playing the game on a real Switch or in Switch emulators.
- 23

awesome-jev
975heyjunpenn/awesome-jev · AstroA verified, community-maintained catalog of open-source projects built with Jev — TypeSafe AI's System One model for typed decisions inside software. The README snapshot covers 832 unique public GitHub repositories.
- 24

integer-mult-bounds
282CrocSwap/integer-mult-bounds · PythonThis is a community research project that tracks and audits incremental improvements to the theoretical time bound for integer multiplication, expressed as a shrinking exponent kappa, conditional on an external OpenAI framework.
- 25

zombies-declassified
197Logo-2K/zombies-declassified · C#A work-in-progress PC port of Black Ops 2's unreleased DLC 5: the cut Zombies maps, ported, polished and bug-fixed to feel as close to an official Treyarch release as possible.
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