projectdiscovery/nuclei star history
GoNuclei is a fast, customizable vulnerability scanner powered by the global security community and built on a simple YAML-based DSL, enabling collaboration to tackle trending vulnerabilities on the internet. It helps you find vulnerabilities in your applications, APIs, networks, DNS, and cloud configurations.
Why it’s trending
projectdiscovery/nuclei is accelerating — star growth is speeding up by +4.1/day (91st percentile in the tracked cohort), on top of +25.1 stars/day. Forks are climbing too, at +2.3/day.
Star acceleration +4.1/day (91th pctl)Star velocity +25.1/day (86th pctl)Fork velocity +2.3/day (78th pctl)
Figures drawn only from Breakwave data
Breakout forecast14-day horizon
89%breakout probability
Confidence100%
Elevated breakout odds over the next 14 days, led by star acceleration (91th pctl) and star velocity (86th pctl). Confidence is high given the available history.
Momentum87Momentum 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 acceleration91pctl
Star velocity86pctl
Fork velocity78pctl
Contributor growth79pctl
Push recency84pctl
Stars
31.7k
Forks
3.9k
Watchers
288
Open issues
65
★ / day
+25.1
trailing 7d
Acceleration
+4.1
▲ velocity
Star growth over time
Reconstructed from 311 snapshots — the time-series GitHub’s API doesn’t expose.
Latest events
- Fork activity spikeSep 22, 2026
~18 forks/day, 12.8× the trailing baseline.
- Fork activity spikeSep 15, 2026
~11 forks/day, 3.4× the trailing baseline.
- Fork activity spikeSep 9, 2026
~14 forks/day, 4.7× the trailing baseline.
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