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Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Aug 20 – Oct 19, 2026

Stars +1,456 in 61 days

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Forks +45 in 61 days

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Merged PRs 141 in 61 days

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Trendshift Trendingwhere the repository ranked each day it made the top 25

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Top 25 in C++

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    • GitHub trending history

    Where the repository ranked on GitHub Trending, one dot for each day it was on a list

    C++

    Aug 31 – Sep 1, 2026#1 on 1 day

    #1#5#10#15#20#25
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    Mentions and achievements

    Where people are talking about zackb/tether, and every badge it has earned
    1. Sep 21 post

      • I didn't expect Linux to get this before Apple. Tether gives your iPhone Continuity-style features on Wayland. Instead of feeling disconnected from your phone, you get: • Copy on iPhone → Paste on…

        Read full on X, posted by @Techjunkie_Aman

        @Techjunkie_Aman · x.com

    2. Aug 313 posts

      • 3/ Tailcat. Netcat over Tailscale's data plane, without its control plane. One side listens and gets a token, the other passes it in, WireGuard tunnel between them. No account, no root, no routing…

        Read full on X, posted by @prodimpossible

        @prodimpossible · x.com

      • Tether 是 C++ 实现的 iPhone 与 Linux 桥接套件，由 tetherd 守护进程、tether CLI、tether-gtk 图形界面、iOS App 与浏览器/邮件扩展五部分组成，iOS 端已上架 App Store。

        Read full on X, posted by @RwatitFahsa

        @RwatitFahsa · x.com

      • Tether 是 C++ 实现的 iPhone 与 Linux 桥接套件，由 tetherd 守护进程、tether CLI、tether-gtk 图形界面、iOS App 与浏览器/邮件扩展五部分组成，iOS 端已上架 App Store。

        Read full on X, posted by @QingQ77

        @QingQ77 · x.com

    3. Aug 301 post

      • iMessage is no longer locked to macOS! Tether: a new oss project by @zackzbz that brings iMessage to Linux. Amazing!

        Read full on X, posted by @ron_joshi

        @ron_joshi · x.com

    4. Aug 291 post

      • You can now use iMessage, SMS, Notifications, Contact sync on Linux with Tether.

        Read full on Reddit

        r/selfhosted

    5. 9 days earlier
    6. Aug 201 post

      • Show HN: Linux and iPhone Continuity (iMessage / SMS)

        Read full on Hacker News

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