How are trending GitHub repositories ranked on GitHubRepo?

Repositories are ranked using an algorithmic velocity score combining 24-hour and 7-day star growth snapshots, fork acceleration, open issue resolution, and developer engagement telemetry.

How frequently are trending open source repositories updated?

Telemetry snapshots and rankings are recalculated continuously, with new daily leaderboards and video spotlight reels published on a strict 4-hour cycle.

How can developers promote their open source project?

Maintainers can claim their repository growth kit, embed live SVG star history badges in their README, or apply for spotlight video reels across YouTube, Instagram, Threads, and X.

Home / Topics / good-first-issues

Topic Catalog

Top GOOD-FIRST-ISSUES GitHub Repositories & Tools (2026)

Discover the most starred and trending open source tools tagged with #good-first-issues.

SPONSORED BY

Kishan Kanani

Design & product building

Interviewly

Job search tools for developers

+ Advertise here

Your product in front of developers

+ Promote project

Get a video reel for your repo

1 matching projects · updated Oct 2, 2026 How we rank ↗

#1 TRENDING hiero-ledger/hiero-sdk-js JavaScript 2019

A JavaScript/TypeScript SDK for Hiero: A Javascript toolkit for creating, updating, and interacting with on-ledger assets and smart contracts on Hedera and other Hiero networks

◇ blockchain ◇ distributed-ledger-technology ◇ good-first-issue ◇ good-first-issues

256 ↑ +1 today

330

From our network

Top GOOD-FIRST-ISSUES GitHub Repositories & Tools (2026)

Built something? Put it in front of millions of developers.