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protocolbuffers/protobuf

Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format

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How fast protocolbuffers/protobuf 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 6 – Nov 5, 2026

Stars +179 in 61 days

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Forks +172 in 61 days

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Merged PRs 522 in 61 days

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Stars, forks, merged pull requests and Trendshift Trending rank, by day
DayStars gainedForks gainedMerged PRs
Sun, Sep 6, 2026+1+30
Mon, Sep 7, 2026+3+31
Tue, Sep 8, 2026+5+13
Wed, Sep 9, 2026+4+67
Thu, Sep 10, 2026+7+312
Fri, Sep 11, 2026+11+53
Sat, Sep 12, 2026+3+11
Sun, Sep 13, 2026+2+70
Mon, Sep 14, 2026+1+27
Tue, Sep 15, 2026+0+212
Wed, Sep 16, 2026+1+25
Thu, Sep 17, 2026+6+18
Fri, Sep 18, 2026+0+17
Sat, Sep 19, 2026+4+31
Sun, Sep 20, 2026+9+11
Mon, Sep 21, 2026+4+114
Tue, Sep 22, 2026+0+27
Wed, Sep 23, 2026+6+114
Thu, Sep 24, 2026+2+216
Fri, Sep 25, 2026+2+111
Sat, Sep 26, 2026+2+31
Sun, Sep 27, 2026+5+20
Mon, Sep 28, 2026+4+420
Tue, Sep 29, 2026+1+19
Wed, Sep 30, 2026+0+621
Thu, Oct 1, 2026+3+430
Fri, Oct 2, 2026+7+19
Sat, Oct 3, 2026+6+17
Sun, Oct 4, 2026+4+01
Mon, Oct 5, 2026+0+14
Tue, Oct 6, 2026+0+39
Wed, Oct 7, 2026+3+46
Thu, Oct 8, 2026+3+214
Fri, Oct 9, 2026+1+112
Sat, Oct 10, 2026+3+38
Sun, Oct 11, 2026+0+22
Mon, Oct 12, 2026+11+211
Tue, Oct 13, 2026+0+115
Wed, Oct 14, 2026+3+312
Thu, Oct 15, 2026+0+214
Fri, Oct 16, 2026+3+016
Sat, Oct 17, 2026+1+33
Sun, Oct 18, 2026+0+20
Mon, Oct 19, 2026+10+815
Tue, Oct 20, 2026+4+29
Wed, Oct 21, 2026+0+414
Thu, Oct 22, 2026+5+113
Fri, Oct 23, 2026+2+612
Sat, Oct 24, 2026+0+31
Sun, Oct 25, 2026+0+10
Mon, Oct 26, 2026+2+46
Tue, Oct 27, 2026+5+333
Wed, Oct 28, 2026+4+610
Thu, Oct 29, 2026+0+98
Fri, Oct 30, 2026+0+610
Sat, Oct 31, 2026+0+32
Sun, Nov 1, 2026+7+60
Mon, Nov 2, 2026+5+313
Tue, Nov 3, 2026+0+614
Wed, Nov 4, 2026+0+26
Thu, Nov 5, 2026+4+02
Total+179+172522
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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 12, 2023 – Sep 2, 2026#1 on 3 days

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    1. Sep 111 post

      • • Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format • Written in C++ • Topics: marshalling, protobuf, protobuf-runtime

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