HOW TO READ
The ten-board field guide: reading GitHub trends as signals
Official Trending only answers who is hot right now. The Hot Board splits that into ten lenses: all-time giants for the foundation, weekly and monthly boards for momentum, annual newcomers and the 90-day slope for how fast the new kids climb, dark horses and overlooked gems for what slipped through, the controversy index for drama, fork champions for ecosystem reach, and a live milestone board watching the 1k / 10k / 50k / 100k crossings.
Read boards against each other: a repo rising on both the weekly and the potential board is likely real growth; appearing only on the controversy board while absent from newcomers is more likely noise. Every repo has an archive page — the 30-day rank curve separates steady climbs from one-night spikes.
TEN BOARDS
Pick a lens, open a board
FAQ
How is this different from official GitHub Trending?
Trending shows the moment. The Hot Board adds rank history, a controversy index, per-day slopes and a board for actively-maintained-but-overlooked repos — ten lenses that confirm or contradict each other, so you can see whether the hype has bones.
Where does the data come from?
Public data only: the GitHub Search API and the official Trending pages. Every board states its rules on the page; when a rule breaks, the page says so instead of quietly switching numbers.
How often does it update?
The pipeline ingests every 30 minutes, the site polls every 60 seconds, and the live milestone board reacts the moment a repo crosses a threshold.
Sixteen interface languages; row descriptions follow each repo's own localized README when available. Every entry links to its archive page.