risingstars.js.org2019 JavaScript Rising Stars

English 中文 日本語 Español English 中文 日本語 Español 2016 2017 2018 2019 Welcome to the 4th edition of JavaScript Rising Stars! Let's see by the numbers the projects that got traction on GitHub in 2019. Facebook Twitter E-Mail The following graphs compare the number of stars added on Github over the last 12 months. We analyzed projects coming from Best of JavaScript , a curated list of the best projects related to the web platform. Note that you can click on a project to get more info. Table of Contents Most Popular Projects Overall Front-end Frameworks Node.js Frameworks React Ecosystem Vue Ecosystem Angular Ecosystem Testing Mobile Compilers Build Tools CSS in JavaScript GraphQL Learning Resource Conclusion Most Popular Projects Overall 1 Vue.js A progressive, incrementally-adoptable framework for building UI on the web + 31.4k In 2019, Vue.js added 31.4k stars, making it the #1 most popular JavaScript project on GitHub – Tweet 3.1k 2.3k 4.5k 3.3k 2.7k 2.4k 2.4k 2.1k 1.7k 2.2k 1.8k 1.7k J F M A M J J A S O N D Created 7/2013 GitHub BestOfJS Homepage 2 VS Code Visual Studio Code + 23.0k In 2019, VS Code added 23.0k stars, making it the #2 most popular JavaScript project on GitHub – Tweet 1.7k 1.7k 2.5k 2.0k 2.6k 1.7k 1.5k 1.6k 1.6k 1.5k 2.3k 1.8k J F M A M J J A S O N D Created 9/2015 GitHub BestOfJS Homepage 3 React A declarative, efficient, and flexible JavaScript library for building user interfaces. + 22.9k In 2019, React added 22.9k stars, making it the #3 most popular JavaScript project on GitHub – Tweet 2.4k 2.1k 2.4k 2.0k 2.0k 1.6k 1.7k 1.7k 1.6k 1.7k 1.5k 1.4k J F M A M J J A S O N D Created 5/2013 GitHub BestOfJS Homepage 4 Vue Element Admin A magical vue admin + 22.7k In 2019, Vue Element Admin added 22.7k stars, making it the #4 most popular JavaScript project on GitHub – Tweet 2.1k 1.0k 1.9k 2.2k 2.0k 1.7k 1.9k 1.8k 2.2k 1.9k 1.7k 1.6k J F M A M J J A S O N D Created 4/2017 GitHub BestOfJS Homepage 5 Svelte Cybernetically enhanced web apps + 20.0k In 2019, Svelte added 20.0k stars, making it the #5 most popular JavaScript project on GitHub – Tweet 207 293 238 3.3k 4.6k 2.0k 1.9k 1.1k 1.1k 1.6k 1.3k 1.7k J F M A M J J A S O N D Created 11/2016 GitHub BestOfJS Homepage 6 Axios Promise based HTTP client for the browser and node.js + 15.1k In 2019, Axios added 15.1k stars, making it the #6 most popular JavaScript project on GitHub – Tweet 1.3k 1.2k 1.5k 1.4k 1.4k 1.2k 1.3k 1.2k 1.0k 1.0k 1.0k 1.0k J F M A M J J A S O N D Created 8/2014 GitHub BestOfJS Homepage 7 Ant Design A UI Design Language and React UI library + 14.6k In 2019, Ant Design added 14.6k stars, making it the #7 most popular JavaScript project on GitHub – Tweet 1.6k 1.0k 1.4k 1.3k 1.3k 1.1k 1.4k 1.2k 982 1.0k 922 939 J F M A M J J A S O N D Created 4/2015 GitHub BestOfJS Homepage 8 TypeScript A superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output. + 13.9k In 2019, TypeScript added 13.9k stars, making it the #8 most popular JavaScript project on GitHub – Tweet 1.4k 1.1k 1.4k 1.2k 1.3k 1.1k 1.2k 1.0k 1.0k 1.0k 827 779 J F M A M J J A S O N D Created 6/2014 GitHub BestOfJS Homepage 9 Puppeteer Headless Chrome Node.js API + 13.9k In 2019, Puppeteer added 13.9k stars, making it the #9 most popular JavaScript project on GitHub – Tweet 1.5k 1.1k 1.4k 1.1k 1.2k 1.0k 1.4k 1.0k 1.1k 920 938 812 J F M A M J J A S O N D Created 5/2017 GitHub BestOfJS Homepage 10 Create React App Set up a modern web app by running one command. + 13.5k In 2019, Create React App added 13.5k stars, making it the #10 most popular JavaScript project on GitHub – Tweet 1.5k 1.3k 1.4k 1.3k 1.1k 953 1.0k 980 903 896 777 983 J F M A M J J A S O N D Created 7/2016 GitHub BestOfJS Homepage SHOW MORE For the 4th consecutive year, Vue.js is the overall winner of our contest, with more then 30,000 stars added on GitHub in 2019. No surprises at the following spots: React and the code editor VS Code follow in the same order as last year. The biggest jump in the rankings is Vue Element Admin , a solution to build nice dashboards using Vue.js components, number 4 this year. Svelte has been around for a few year but it really took off in 2019 and it holds the position number 5. TypeScript enters the TOP 10, its success has been one of the main changes in JavaScript landscape over the last years. Deno , the JavaScript run-time built by the creator of Node.js was one of the newcomers in 2018. It's still trendy, at the 13th position. Front-end Frameworks 1 Vue.js A progressive, incrementally-adoptable framework for building UI on the web + 31.4k In 2019, Vue.js added 31.4k stars, making it the #1 most popular front-end framework on GitHub – Tweet 3.1k 2.3k 4.5k 3.3k 2.7k 2.4k 2.4k 2.1k 1.7k 2.2k 1.8k 1.7k J F M A M J J A S O N D Created 7/2013 GitHub BestOfJS Homepage 2 React A declarative, efficient, and flexible JavaScript library for building user interfaces. + 22.9k In 2019, React added 22.9k stars, making it the #2 most popular front-end framework on GitHub – Tweet 2.4k 2.1k 2.4k 2.0k 2.0k 1.6k 1.7k 1.7k 1.6k 1.7k 1.5k 1.4k J F M A M J J A S O N D Created 5/2013 GitHub BestOfJS Homepage 3 Svelte Cybernetically enhanced web apps + 20.0k In 2019, Svelte added 20.0k stars, making it the #3 most popular front-end framework on GitHub – Tweet 207 293 238 3.3k 4.6k 2.0k 1.9k 1.1k 1.1k 1.6k 1.3k 1.7k J F M A M J J A S O N D Created 11/2016 GitHub BestOfJS Homepage 4 Angular One framework. Mobile & desktop. + 12.0k In 2019, Angular added 12.0k stars, making it the #4 most popular front-end framework on GitHub – Tweet 913 808 896 941 1.0k 630 612 869 1.3k 1.2k 1.3k 1.1k J F M A M J J A S O N D Created 9/2014 GitHub BestOfJS Homepage 5 Omi Next Front End Framework + 3.8k In 2019, Omi added 3.8k stars, making it the #5 most popular front-end framework on GitHub – Tweet 328 118 908 446 323 181 230 210 153 147 327 176 J F M A M J J A S O N D Created 5/2015 GitHub BestOfJS Homepage SHOW MORE In 2019, Svelte disrupted the category of the UI frameworks, taking the 3rd position behind Vue.js and React but before Angular . Does it mean that we have now a BIG-4 instead of a BIG-3? Svelte is very different that the other frameworks because it's not really a framework but a compiler that runs its magic at building time, not at run time. Like React or Vue, it lets developers build applications by creating components that update when data changes but the big difference is that the framework does not run in the browser, it runs at the building time. The compiler is able to generate imperative code that manipulates the DOM directly from the components written by the developer. Therefore the code shipped to the browser is both small and very fast to run (making Svelte applications suitable for embedded devices for example). Besides its top notch performance, it’s easy to create complex transitions that run in CSS. The version 3 improves the concept of reactivity: updating a variable is all you need to trigger a change in the UI. It's too early to state that Svelte will be as successful as the 3 other frameworks but it's worth following in 2020. Node.js Frameworks 1 Nest A progressive Node.js framework for building efficient, scalable, and enterprise-grade server-side applications on top of TypeScript & JavaScript (ES6, ES7, ES8) + 11.5k In 2019, Nest added 11.5k stars, making it the #1 most popular Node project on GitHub – Tweet 808 833 987 1.1k 993 936 960 822 925 879 928 944 J F M A M J J A S O N D Created 2/2017 GitHub BestOfJS Homepage 2 Next.js The React Framework + 10.6k In 2019, Next.js added 10.6k stars, making it the #2 most popular Node project on GitHub – Tweet 1.1k 1.0k 886 775 850 649 1.1k 890 750 800 759 716 J F M A M J J A S O N D Created 10/2016 GitHub BestOfJS Homepage 3 Strapi Open source Node.js Headless CMS to easily build customisable APIs + 10.2k In 2019, Strapi added 10.2k stars, making it the #3 most popular Node project on GitHub – Tweet 767 666 1.2k 790 724 803 844 607 753 1.1k 883 804 J F M A M J J A S O N D ...