Github Forks

Due to the high range of values this graph uses a logarithmic scale

This metric shows how often the source code repository has been forked on GitHub.

A fork is a copy of a repository. Forking a repository allows you to freely experiment with changes without affecting the original project.

Most commonly, forks are used to either propose changes to someone else's project or to use someone else's project as a starting point for your own idea.

Source: GitHub Documentation

A high number of forks can indicate an active development community around a library.

However if a library becomes unmaintained users of a library might have continued maintaining their own patched variants of a library via forks. This can lead to community-owned forks or, in worse cases, a fragmented development landscape and a library fading away.

A high number of forks in combination with a lot of unanswered pull requests often means that a library is not actively maintained at the moment.

Most forks

57,089
21,433
57,089
21,433
57,089
21,433
57,089
21,433
57,089
21,433
57,089
21,433
57,089
21,433
57,089
21,433
57,089
21,433
57,089
21,433
57,089
21,433
57,089
21,433
57,089
21,433
107,022
16,106
68,514
15,520
43,306
10,677
43,306
10,677
50,317
9,911
40,345
5,786
29,495
5,666
24,212
5,443
24,212
5,442
29,758
5,361
22,753
5,049
22,753
5,049
22,753
5,049
22,753
5,049
14,734
4,965
14,734
4,965
14,734
4,965
14,734
4,965
14,734
4,965
14,734
4,965
14,734
4,965
26,768
4,357
41,506
4,320
12,870
4,188
12,870
4,187
22,551
4,144
46,779
3,980
1,847
3,618
3,671
3,571
8,366
3,567
14,562
3,465
14,562
3,465
12,557
3,437
5,951
3,320
11,303
3,281
9,604
3,167
11,380
3,119
17,249
3,067
17,249
3,067
17,249
3,067
12,755
3,035
4,008
2,705
14,724
2,611
14,724
2,611
8,074
2,575
8,074
2,575
7,880
2,455
7,880
2,455
7,880
2,455
7,880
2,455
13,332
2,408
8,000
2,350
6,525
2,267
4,576
2,231
15,811
2,215
7,937
2,161
7,937
2,161
8,987
2,146
22,909
2,144
7,637
2,135
12,087
2,020