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PaperMC/Paper

The most widely used, high performance Minecraft server that aims to fix gameplay and mechanics inconsistencies

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How fast PaperMC/Paper 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 13 – Nov 12, 2026

Stars +189 in 61 days

051015
11

Forks +106 in 61 days

0246
5

Merged PRs 131 in 61 days

0510
9

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

Not in the Trendshift top 25 in this period

Sep 13Sep 21Sep 29Oct 7Oct 15Oct 23Oct 31Nov 8
The left and right arrow keys step from day to day; Home and End go to the first and the last

Stars, forks, merged pull requests and Trendshift Trending rank, by day
DayStars gainedForks gainedMerged PRs
Sun, Sep 13, 2026+3+40
Mon, Sep 14, 2026+2+20
Tue, Sep 15, 2026+11+41
Wed, Sep 16, 2026+5+41
Thu, Sep 17, 2026+3+30
Fri, Sep 18, 2026+6+01
Sat, Sep 19, 2026+5+41
Sun, Sep 20, 2026+9+32
Mon, Sep 21, 2026+2+21
Tue, Sep 22, 2026+5+03
Wed, Sep 23, 2026+2+12
Thu, Sep 24, 2026+2+12
Fri, Sep 25, 2026+5+00
Sat, Sep 26, 2026+3+23
Sun, Sep 27, 2026+2+21
Mon, Sep 28, 2026+0+10
Tue, Sep 29, 2026+0+05
Wed, Sep 30, 2026+1+20
Thu, Oct 1, 2026+3+02
Fri, Oct 2, 2026+0+11
Sat, Oct 3, 2026+0+04
Sun, Oct 4, 2026+7+33
Mon, Oct 5, 2026+1+26
Tue, Oct 6, 2026+5+02
Wed, Oct 7, 2026+7+10
Thu, Oct 8, 2026+3+26
Fri, Oct 9, 2026+4+24
Sat, Oct 10, 2026+5+21
Sun, Oct 11, 2026+2+22
Mon, Oct 12, 2026+1+13
Tue, Oct 13, 2026+6+13
Wed, Oct 14, 2026+2+19
Thu, Oct 15, 2026+1+44
Fri, Oct 16, 2026+1+06
Sat, Oct 17, 2026+4+34
Sun, Oct 18, 2026+1+00
Mon, Oct 19, 2026+5+31
Tue, Oct 20, 2026+4+04
Wed, Oct 21, 2026+5+12
Thu, Oct 22, 2026+2+03
Fri, Oct 23, 2026+6+14
Sat, Oct 24, 2026+3+25
Sun, Oct 25, 2026+4+21
Mon, Oct 26, 2026+3+13
Tue, Oct 27, 2026+5+42
Wed, Oct 28, 2026+1+50
Thu, Oct 29, 2026+2+13
Fri, Oct 30, 2026+0+32
Sat, Oct 31, 2026+2+04
Sun, Nov 1, 2026+3+32
Mon, Nov 2, 2026+4+31
Tue, Nov 3, 2026+1+21
Wed, Nov 4, 2026+3+52
Thu, Nov 5, 2026+2+12
Fri, Nov 6, 2026+0+11
Sat, Nov 7, 2026+5+00
Sun, Nov 8, 2026+1+00
Mon, Nov 9, 2026+4+32
Tue, Nov 10, 2026+4+32
Wed, Nov 11, 2026+1+21
Thu, Nov 12, 2026+0+00
Total+189+106131
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    • GitHub trending history

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

    Sep 12, 2023 – Dec 16, 2024Best #7

    #1#5#10#15#20#25
    Top 10
    Oct 2023AprOctAprOctAprOct
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    Achievements

    Trendshift snapshots GitHub's daily Trending list and runs its own trending list

    GitHub Trending

    PaperMC/Paper has been featured on GitHub Trending, first reaching #1 on Jan 21, 2024

    PaperMC/Paper

    Trendshift Trending

    PaperMC/Paper has trended on Trendshift's daily, weekly and monthly list

    Daily

    First achieved on 16th, Jun 2024 for Java

    #1 Java Repository Of The Day

    First achieved on 17th, Jun 2024 across all languages

    #24 Repository Of The Day

    Weekly

    First achieved in Week 11, 2024 for Java

    #5 Java Repository Of The Week

    Monthly

    First achieved in June 2024 for Java

    #6 Java Repository Of The Month

    First achieved on 16th, Jun 2024 for Java

    #1 Java Repository Of The Day

    First achieved on 17th, Jun 2024 across all languages

    #24 Repository Of The Day

    First achieved in Week 11, 2024 for Java

    #5 Java Repository Of The Week

    First achieved in June 2024 for Java

    #6 Java Repository Of The Month

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