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ValveSoftware/GameNetworkingSockets

Reliable & unreliable messages over UDP. Robust message fragmentation & reassembly. P2P networking / NAT traversal. Encryption.

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How fast ValveSoftware/GameNetworkingSockets 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 7 – Nov 6, 2026

Stars +144 in 61 days

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Forks +34 in 61 days

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Merged PRs 3 in 61 days

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

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Stars, forks, merged pull requests and Trendshift Trending rank, by day
DayStars gainedForks gainedMerged PRs
Mon, Sep 7, 2026+3+00
Tue, Sep 8, 2026+1+10
Wed, Sep 9, 2026+1+10
Thu, Sep 10, 2026+3+00
Fri, Sep 11, 2026+1+10
Sat, Sep 12, 2026+4+10
Sun, Sep 13, 2026+0+00
Mon, Sep 14, 2026+3+00
Tue, Sep 15, 2026+3+00
Wed, Sep 16, 2026+1+00
Thu, Sep 17, 2026+4+00
Fri, Sep 18, 2026+0+00
Sat, Sep 19, 2026+2+00
Sun, Sep 20, 2026+3+00
Mon, Sep 21, 2026+4+00
Tue, Sep 22, 2026+4+00
Wed, Sep 23, 2026+1+00
Thu, Sep 24, 2026+4+10
Fri, Sep 25, 2026+1+10
Sat, Sep 26, 2026+2+00
Sun, Sep 27, 2026+0+00
Mon, Sep 28, 2026+4+00
Tue, Sep 29, 2026+1+00
Wed, Sep 30, 2026+3+00
Thu, Oct 1, 2026+4+12
Fri, Oct 2, 2026+5+01
Sat, Oct 3, 2026+5+00
Sun, Oct 4, 2026+4+00
Mon, Oct 5, 2026+4+00
Tue, Oct 6, 2026+1+10
Wed, Oct 7, 2026+1+00
Thu, Oct 8, 2026+2+10
Fri, Oct 9, 2026+1+10
Sat, Oct 10, 2026+2+10
Sun, Oct 11, 2026+1+10
Mon, Oct 12, 2026+0+00
Tue, Oct 13, 2026+2+00
Wed, Oct 14, 2026+1+10
Thu, Oct 15, 2026+6+10
Fri, Oct 16, 2026+2+00
Sat, Oct 17, 2026+2+00
Sun, Oct 18, 2026+2+30
Mon, Oct 19, 2026+2+10
Tue, Oct 20, 2026+3+10
Wed, Oct 21, 2026+2+20
Thu, Oct 22, 2026+2+20
Fri, Oct 23, 2026+2+10
Sat, Oct 24, 2026+2+10
Sun, Oct 25, 2026+3+00
Mon, Oct 26, 2026+4+00
Tue, Oct 27, 2026+2+30
Wed, Oct 28, 2026+4+00
Thu, Oct 29, 2026+1+10
Fri, Oct 30, 2026+4+00
Sat, Oct 31, 2026+2+10
Sun, Nov 1, 2026+2+00
Mon, Nov 2, 2026+1+10
Tue, Nov 3, 2026+6+20
Wed, Nov 4, 2026+3+10
Thu, Nov 5, 2026+1+00
Fri, Nov 6, 2026+0+00
Total+144+343
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    • GitHub trending history

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

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    Apr 19 – May 1, 2026Best #3

    #1#5#10#15#20#25
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    1. Jul 184 posts

      • [Mod] xrRazom: Anomaly Co-op / Аномалі кооператив

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      • xrRazom: кооперативний мод на С.Т.А.Л.К.Е.Р. Аномалі

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    2. Jul 171 post

      • xrRazom: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly Co-op / Аномалі кооператив

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    4. Jun 75 posts

      • HN top 7 right now \u2014 1/7 Valve P2P networking broken for more than 2 months (GameNetworkingSockets issue):

        Read full on X, posted by @LankinenXYZ

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      • Valve P2P networking broken for more than 2 months #HackerNews

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      • Major P2P issues in Israel and possibly other Middle East countries

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