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

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62,120
14,834
39,531
9,974
39,531
9,974
47,574
9,542
28,646
5,677
38,043
5,444
29,541
5,433
23,504
5,423
23,504
5,423
21,002
4,792
21,002
4,792
21,002
4,792
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4,792
12,468
4,736
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12,468
4,736
12,468
4,736
25,491
4,255
22,428
4,148
1,806
3,675
11,417
3,579
11,418
3,579
12,633
3,477
39,872
3,447
13,752
3,379
13,752
3,379
11,365
3,355
5,708
3,351
6,540
3,316
3,135
3,312
9,409
3,115
10,960
3,075
16,522
3,016
16,522
3,016
16,522
3,016
12,403
2,960
3,934
2,752
7,848
2,594
7,848
2,594
14,326
2,526
14,326
2,526
7,362
2,434
7,362
2,434
7,362
2,434
7,362
2,434
25,819
2,364
12,757
2,303
6,381
2,285
4,486
2,218
15,654
2,206
9,053
2,161
7,810
2,140
7,810
2,140
22,573
2,120
7,147
2,113
5,961
2,061
11,740
2,024