I used an AI-powered querying tool to check the most popular front-end repos on GitHub in 2022.
The result is as follows:
This tool uses "Stars" to measure a repo's popularity.
But it seems that many developers don't agree. Some people think that a better measurement can be pull requests, number of incoming vs outgoing contributors, dependents (i.e. how many projects consider this project important) and so on.
I asked ChatGPT which metric best measures the popularity of a GitHub repo. It replied that:
The most popular metric for measuring the popularity of a GitHub repo is "Stars," which represents the level of attention and endorsement from users. Additionally, "Forks" and "Watchers" are also commonly used metrics for evaluating the popularity of a repo.
OSS Insight used to rank repos only by stars. But in September, 2022, they updated their ranking algorithm:
What do you think? Which metric best measures the popularity of a GitHub repo?
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