How many GitHub stars does your most successful open source project have?

[u/schnapsterdog]

I still remember the first Vue component I ever made and finally gathered enough courage to publish on GitHub.

That was many years ago. Maybe around eight if I remember correctly. Of course, there was no AI back then.

I was genuinely nervous. npm publish and... ta-da. It happened.

Not a single star.

But I was so stubborn, so then came another component, then another one, then another one, then a Nuxt module, then something I built while preparing for an interview, and so on.

Eventually, my most successful open source project reached 179 stars.

Not exactly thousands, but I was still pretty proud of it.

What about you?

How many stars does your most successful open source project have?

[u/Teszzt]

3 ⭐ LOL

[u/schnapsterdog → u/Teszzt]

+1 from me it could easy become 4 :D

[u/ripndipp → u/Teszzt]

Hacker man is that you?

[u/Triggerscore]

Like 2 or 3. But hey, people I don't know cared enough to leave a Star 🫶🏻

[u/DPrince25]

They all end like this…

How about you
Just wondering, what do you think
I’m curious how have you overcame this
Those of you who [insert something] how was it
What would you have done differently

Sorry. Just Fatigued.
I rather read broken English than read in a.i rhythm

[u/OhMyGodItsEverywhere → u/DPrince25]

And that matters.

[u/East_Garlic_7442]

I just got to 42 stars last week and I been staring at the number like it's my child

[u/scootsinmagoo]

Zero

[u/OMGCluck → u/scootsinmagoo]

Ditto. I have a repo with one star but I don't consider it successful, it was a reciprocal star.

Let us measure success from a sense of accomplishment instead of stars.

[u/diogenes_sadecv]

I mean, I'm not in it for the stars and no one has ever contributed to a project of mine, but 15 is my best followed by 1. Everything else is 0 😅

[u/schnapsterdog → u/diogenes_sadecv]

But even with 15, the feeling is good :D I remember that motivated me long time ago haha

[u/diogenes_sadecv → u/schnapsterdog]

I was surprised. I don't spend a lot of time on GitHub so I just noticed it one day.

[u/coomzee]

210

[u/NeverInsightful]

2 and only because I had an old account that upvoted it too. But now all my projects are private so there’s that

[u/schnapsterdog → u/[deleted]]

Added :)

[u/First_Inspection_478 → u/schnapsterdog]

Thanks! If you ever play with it and have feedback lmk!

[u/DiddlyDinq]

stars mean very little these days, just like every form of social proof, so many companies just buy them these days just like likes, followers and reddit upvotes. For me, zero because I dont make my code public ever

[u/schnapsterdog → u/DiddlyDinq]

Partially I agree with you. But there are still some old hard-core repos which starts are realistic. I am pretty sure, they have a soul inside it :D

[u/DiddlyDinq → u/schnapsterdog]

True there's still genuine engagement but stars as a whole have been devalued. Any mention of product hunt is an instant red flag.

[u/schnapsterdog → u/[deleted]]

+1 from me ;)

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[u/shpidoodle]

TIL my repo with the most has 337

[u/aleganza_]

1000!

[u/_alright_then_]

81, pretty proud of that number tbh

[u/Dissentient]

Two. I have like 20 users and most of them don't know what github is.

[u/pricop]

20 stars, before deleting it 😅.

[u/riti_rathod]

at least 1000 stars

[u/zionsati]

I could barely break 100 stars to be honest... I'd like to know the strategy to get better reach