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github-linguist/linguist

Language Savant. If your repository's language is being reported incorrectly, send us a pull request!

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How fast github-linguist/linguist is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

Activity and trending

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

Sep 15 – Nov 14, 2026

Stars +106 in 61 days

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Forks +161 in 61 days

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Merged PRs 30 in 61 days

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

Top 25 in Ruby

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Stars, forks, merged pull requests and Trendshift Trending rank, by day
DayStars gainedForks gainedMerged PRsRuby
Tue, Sep 15, 2026+1+31Not trending
Wed, Sep 16, 2026+0+30Not trending
Thu, Sep 17, 2026+0+40Not trending
Fri, Sep 18, 2026+4+80#11
Sat, Sep 19, 2026+1+30Not trending
Sun, Sep 20, 2026+1+71Not trending
Mon, Sep 21, 2026+0+72Not trending
Tue, Sep 22, 2026+4+21#15
Wed, Sep 23, 2026+2+00Not trending
Thu, Sep 24, 2026+1+30Not trending
Fri, Sep 25, 2026+2+11Not trending
Sat, Sep 26, 2026+5+30#8
Sun, Sep 27, 2026+0+31Not trending
Mon, Sep 28, 2026+0+10Not trending
Tue, Sep 29, 2026+3+12Not trending
Wed, Sep 30, 2026+0+10Not trending
Thu, Oct 1, 2026+2+30Not trending
Fri, Oct 2, 2026+2+20Not trending
Sat, Oct 3, 2026+7+40#3
Sun, Oct 4, 2026+2+40Not trending
Mon, Oct 5, 2026+3+10Not trending
Tue, Oct 6, 2026+0+30Not trending
Wed, Oct 7, 2026+1+50Not trending
Thu, Oct 8, 2026+0+40Not trending
Fri, Oct 9, 2026+1+60Not trending
Sat, Oct 10, 2026+1+20Not trending
Sun, Oct 11, 2026+0+40Not trending
Mon, Oct 12, 2026+1+20Not trending
Tue, Oct 13, 2026+3+51#17
Wed, Oct 14, 2026+2+42Not trending
Thu, Oct 15, 2026+0+20Not trending
Fri, Oct 16, 2026+1+10Not trending
Sat, Oct 17, 2026+3+60#15
Sun, Oct 18, 2026+0+20Not trending
Mon, Oct 19, 2026+0+50Not trending
Tue, Oct 20, 2026+1+10Not trending
Wed, Oct 21, 2026+2+10Not trending
Thu, Oct 22, 2026+3+40#16
Fri, Oct 23, 2026+3+40#20
Sat, Oct 24, 2026+2+10Not trending
Sun, Oct 25, 2026+4+20#17
Mon, Oct 26, 2026+0+10Not trending
Tue, Oct 27, 2026+1+00Not trending
Wed, Oct 28, 2026+0+20Not trending
Thu, Oct 29, 2026+2+40Not trending
Fri, Oct 30, 2026+4+00#24
Sat, Oct 31, 2026+1+10Not trending
Sun, Nov 1, 2026+0+20Not trending
Mon, Nov 2, 2026+1+10Not trending
Tue, Nov 3, 2026+0+00Not trending
Wed, Nov 4, 2026+3+318#13
Thu, Nov 5, 2026+2+20Not trending
Fri, Nov 6, 2026+0+10Not trending
Sat, Nov 7, 2026+3+20#18
Sun, Nov 8, 2026+4+30#13
Mon, Nov 9, 2026+4+20#24
Tue, Nov 10, 2026+6+40#14
Wed, Nov 11, 2026+2+20Not trending
Thu, Nov 12, 2026+4+10Not trending
Fri, Nov 13, 2026+0+20Not trending
Sat, Nov 14, 2026+1+00Not trending
Total+106+16130
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    • GitHub trending history

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

    Oct 2, 2024Best #13

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

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    1. Nov 51 post

      • Sigilante Sticks Up For The Little Guy: MetaPost and METAFONT support in GitHub syntax highlighting has been merged today.

        Read full on X, posted by @sigilante

        @sigilante · x.com

    2. 2 months earlier
    3. Sep 151 post

      • MiniScript is a recognized language on GitHub!

        Read full on Reddit

        r/MiniScript

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