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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20,860
54,703
20,860
54,703
20,860
54,703
20,860
54,703
20,860
54,703
20,860
54,703
20,860
54,703
20,860
54,703
20,860
54,703
20,860
54,703
20,860
54,703
20,860
54,703
20,860
63,195
14,955
40,446
10,140
40,446
10,140
48,070
9,632
28,868
5,672
38,492
5,498
23,666
5,437
23,666
5,437
29,602
5,426
21,418
4,859
21,418
4,859
21,418
4,859
21,418
4,859
21,418
4,859
21,418
4,859
12,591
4,746
12,591
4,746
12,591
4,746
12,591
4,746
12,591
4,746
12,591
4,746
12,591
4,746
12,591
4,746
25,751
4,291
22,428
4,151
11,696
3,691
11,692
3,688
1,813
3,662
40,801
3,522
12,619
3,470
13,956
3,402
13,956
3,402
6,894
3,374
3,237
3,366
5,764
3,345
11,359
3,343
9,424
3,121
11,030
3,093
16,656
3,021
16,656
3,021
16,656
3,021
12,470
2,982
3,941
2,746
28,867
2,704
7,864
2,591
7,864
2,591
14,397
2,553
14,397
2,553
7,426
2,433
7,426
2,433
7,426
2,433
7,426
2,433
12,902
2,320
6,420
2,279
17,633
2,242
4,498
2,216
15,698
2,205
9,031
2,165
7,844
2,147
7,844
2,147
22,666
2,133
6,437
2,128
7,234
2,115