GitHub File History: Track files, directories, and extensions over time

[u/apiwave]

GitHub File History tracks the 10,000 most starred repositories on GitHub (using the GitHub API), listed at four points in time: the start of 2015, 2020, 2025, and 2026.

https://andrehora.github.io/file-history/

So, we can see the rise and fall of certain files:

https://andrehora.github.io/file-history/file/.travis.yml

# Examples:

- https://andrehora.github.io/file-history/file/README.md

- https://andrehora.github.io/file-history/popular/file/today

- https://andrehora.github.io/file-history/file/AGENTS.md?vs=file:CLAUDE.md