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alexdobin/STAR

RNA-seq aligner

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How fast alexdobin/STAR 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

Oct 26 – Nov 6, 2026

Stars +8 in 12 days

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3

Forks +4 in 12 days

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1

Merged PRs 0 in 12 days

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Stars, forks, merged pull requests and Trendshift Trending rank, by day
DayStars gainedForks gainedMerged PRs
Mon, Oct 26, 2026+0+10
Tue, Oct 27, 2026+0+00
Wed, Oct 28, 2026+0+00
Thu, Oct 29, 2026+1+10
Fri, Oct 30, 2026+0+10
Sat, Oct 31, 2026+0+00
Sun, Nov 1, 2026+2+00
Mon, Nov 2, 2026+0+00
Tue, Nov 3, 2026+2+10
Wed, Nov 4, 2026+0+00
Thu, Nov 5, 2026+3+00
Fri, Nov 6, 2026+0+00
Total+8+40
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  • 7Rank that day
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