BurntSushi/ripgrep star history
Rustripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore
Why it’s trending
BurntSushi/ripgrep is drawing steady momentum at +29.0 stars/day (87th percentile in the tracked cohort), for a momentum score of 45.4/100. Forks are climbing too, at +82.4/day.
Star acceleration -1.7/day (26th pctl)Star velocity +29.0/day (87th pctl)Fork velocity +82.4/day (99th pctl)
Figures drawn only from Breakwave data
Breakout forecast14-day horizon
23%breakout probability
Confidence100%
Low breakout odds over the next 14 days, led by star velocity (87th pctl) and fork velocity (99th pctl). Confidence is high given the available history.
Momentum45Momentum Score (0–100): how fast this repo is accelerating compared with every other tracked repo — not how big it is.
Why it ranks here
Star acceleration26pctl
Star velocity87pctl
Fork velocity99pctl
Contributor growth36pctl
Push recency17pctl
Stars
68.6k
Forks
3.5k
Watchers
317
Open issues
125
★ / day
+29.0
trailing 7d
Acceleration
-1.7
▲ velocity
Star growth over time
Reconstructed from 327 snapshots — the time-series GitHub’s API doesn’t expose.
Latest events
- Fork activity spikeSep 24, 2026
~196 forks/day, 5.8× the trailing baseline.
- Fork activity spikeSep 23, 2026
~126 forks/day, 10.9× the trailing baseline.
- Fork activity spikeSep 23, 2026
~31 forks/day, 4.5× the trailing baseline.
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