Today we are reviewing Java and Rust repositories on GitHub with the highest number of starts acquired in June month. All information below was collected from GitHub trending page.
If you are interested in last month article follow this link.
Java
Iris
| Total stars: 776 | Last month stars: 319 | Growth: 41% |
https://github.com/IrisShaders/Iris
About the project: A new shaders mod for Minecraft intended to be compatible with existing ShadersMod/Optifine shaders.
Sodium (for Fabric)
| Total stars: 1854 | Last month stars: 460 | Growth: 25% |
https://github.com/CaffeineMC/sodium-fabric
About the project: Sodium is a free and open-source optimization mod for the Minecraft client that improves frame rates, reduces micro-stutter, and fixes graphical issues in Minecraft.
Paper
| Total stars: 4237 | Last month stars: 921 | Growth: 22% |
https://github.com/PaperMC/Paper
About the project: High performance Spigot fork that aims to fix gameplay and mechanics inconsistencies.
QuestDB
| Total stars: 4005 | Last month stars: 633 | Growth: 16% |
https://github.com/questdb/questdb
About the project: QuestDB is a high-performance, open-source SQL database for applications in financial services, IoT, machine learning, DevOps and observability. It includes endpoints for PostgreSQL wire protocol, high-throughput schema-agnostic ingestion using InfluxDB Line Protocol, and a REST API for queries, bulk imports, and exports.
SmartTubeNext
| Total stars: 1790 | Last month stars: 268 | Growth: 15% |
https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTubeNext
About the project: Better YouTube experience on Android TV, SmartTubeNext is an unofficial YouTube client for Android TV.
MockLocationDetector
| Total stars: 371 | Last month stars: 42 | Growth: 11% |
https://github.com/smarques84/MockLocationDetector
About the project: An android library to help detect mock locations.
Rust
RustDesk | Your Remote Desktop Software
| Total stars: 8841 | Last month stars: 4732 | Growth: 54% |
https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk
About the project: open-source remote desktop client software, written in Rust. Works out of the box, no configuration required.
Helix
| Total stars: 2993 | Last month stars: 1523 | Growth: 51% |
https://github.com/helix-editor/helix
About the project: A kakoune / neovim inspired editor, written in Rust.
Nushell
| Total stars: 14401 | Last month stars: 3234 | Growth: 22% |
https://github.com/nushell/nushell
About the project: A new type of shell, Nu comes with a set of built-in commands (listed below). If a command is unknown, the command will shell-out and execute it (using cmd on Windows or bash on Linux and macOS), correctly passing through stdin, stdout, and stderr, so things like your daily git workflows and even vim will work just fine.
Solana
| Total stars: 2683 | Last month stars: 499 | Growth: 19% |
https://github.com/solana-labs/solana
About the project: Solana is a fast, secure, and censorship resistant blockchain providing the open infrastructure required for global adoption.
Bottom
| Total stars: 2392 | Last month stars: 348 | Growth: 15% |
https://github.com/ClementTsang/bottom
About the project: A cross-platform graphical process/system monitor with a customizable interface and a multitude of features. Supports Linux, macOS, and Windows. Inspired by gtop, gotop, and htop.
GitUI
| Total stars: 5089 | Last month stars: 674 | Growth: 13% |
https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui
About the project: Blazing fast terminal-ui for git written in Rust.
The Algorithms – Rust
| Total stars: 3051 | Last month stars: 346 | Growth: 11% |
https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Rust
About the project: All algorithms implemented in Rust (for educational purposes).
Obversvations
- June was a Minecraft month in Java, there are multiple repositories related to Minecraft in the report.
- RustDesk showing really impressive performance and popularity growth, it is already the third time in a row in this report.
- RustDesk is not the single application you should check out from the Rest repositories, take a look on Nushell, Helix, Bottom and GitUI as well. The number of starss of Nushell repository is quite impressive.
- Blockchain is still trendy in Rust repositories, especially for Salana.
- If you want to see how to implement algorithms in Rust, but weren’t sure where to start there is a repository in the list just for you. Enjoy!
Feel free to share your observations, ideas, and thoughts in the comments section below, I will be happy to read all of them.
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