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videolan/vlc

VLC media player - plays everything, runs anywhere. Code here: https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc

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How fast videolan/vlc 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 +796 in 61 days

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Forks +260 in 61 days

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Merged PRs 0 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
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Sun, Sep 6, 2026+13+40Not trending
Mon, Sep 7, 2026+10+10Not trending
Tue, Sep 8, 2026+13+30Not trending
Wed, Sep 9, 2026+7+20Not trending
Thu, Sep 10, 2026+8+20Not trending
Fri, Sep 11, 2026+13+30Not trending
Sat, Sep 12, 2026+17+40Not trending
Sun, Sep 13, 2026+14+70Not trending
Mon, Sep 14, 2026+10+20Not trending
Tue, Sep 15, 2026+12+30Not trending
Wed, Sep 16, 2026+11+10Not trending
Thu, Sep 17, 2026+12+00Not trending
Fri, Sep 18, 2026+4+10Not trending
Sat, Sep 19, 2026+18+10Not trending
Sun, Sep 20, 2026+18+20Not trending
Mon, Sep 21, 2026+11+10Not trending
Tue, Sep 22, 2026+9+20Not trending
Wed, Sep 23, 2026+11+30Not trending
Thu, Sep 24, 2026+14+20Not trending
Fri, Sep 25, 2026+12+20Not trending
Sat, Sep 26, 2026+5+10Not trending
Sun, Sep 27, 2026+8+10Not trending
Mon, Sep 28, 2026+16+20Not trending
Tue, Sep 29, 2026+11+30Not trending
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Thu, Oct 1, 2026+10+40Not trending
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Sat, Oct 3, 2026+13+10Not trending
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Mon, Oct 5, 2026+7+60Not trending
Tue, Oct 6, 2026+19+00Not trending
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Thu, Oct 8, 2026+4+40Not trending
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Sat, Oct 10, 2026+12+40Not trending
Sun, Oct 11, 2026+6+20Not trending
Mon, Oct 12, 2026+35+270#14
Tue, Oct 13, 2026+41+300#16
Wed, Oct 14, 2026+33+160#23
Thu, Oct 15, 2026+13+80Not trending
Fri, Oct 16, 2026+20+80Not trending
Sat, Oct 17, 2026+16+110Not trending
Sun, Oct 18, 2026+22+70Not trending
Mon, Oct 19, 2026+24+40Not trending
Tue, Oct 20, 2026+11+40Not trending
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Mon, Oct 26, 2026+13+80Not trending
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Wed, Oct 28, 2026+11+40Not trending
Thu, Oct 29, 2026+4+20Not trending
Fri, Oct 30, 2026+5+50Not trending
Sat, Oct 31, 2026+11+20Not trending
Sun, Nov 1, 2026+12+20Not trending
Mon, Nov 2, 2026+16+60Not trending
Tue, Nov 3, 2026+3+00Not trending
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Thu, Nov 5, 2026+3+00Not trending
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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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    Sep 12 – Dec 24, 2023Best #7

    #1#5#10#15#20#25
    Top 10
    Oct 2023NovDec
    The left and right arrow keys step from day to day; Home and End go to the first and the last

    Mentions and achievements

    Where people are talking about videolan/vlc, and every badge it has earned
    1. Nov 11 post

      • 挖到宝了。20 个 GitHub 开源神器，全免费，个个能顶掉一个收费软件。 20 个装机必备的开源工具，打工人和创作者都用得上。 文件。办公。影音。AI。系统。 01 LocalSend → 隔空投送平替，手机电脑互传文件。 02 Syncthing → 多设备文件自动同步，不经过任何云盘。 03 Stirling-PDF → PDF 全能工具箱，合并拆分转换编辑全包。 04 Umi-OCR…

        Read full on X, posted by @Jack1472004

        @Jack1472004 · x.com

    2. Oct 281 post

      • 才知道，一个播放器能把我十年的老片全放出来！VLC 两万星，格式通吃、坏文件能修复播放，可当本地流媒体服务器，无广告。

        Read full on X, posted by @laogeai

        @laogeai · x.com

    3. 5 months earlier
    4. May 261 post

      • 🚨 não instale o VLC media player. depois que você instala, não existe mais volta. você nunca mais paga por codec. nunca mais procura “qual programa abre isso”. nunca mais vê “formato não suportado”.…

        Read full on X, posted by @FelpsCrypto

        @FelpsCrypto · x.com

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