Top 33 JavaScript Projects on GitHub (November 2021)

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3 min readNov 13, 2021

2021 is coming to its end, and we may do another snapshot of 33 most starred open-sourced JavaScript repositories on GitHub as of November 13th, 2021.

Previous snapshots: 2018, 2020, 2021.
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#1 freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp

freeCodeCamp.org’s open-source codebase and curriculum. Learn to code for free.
★ 335k (+18k)

#2 vuejs/vue

Vue.js is a progressive, incrementally-adoptable JavaScript framework for building UI on the web.
★ 190k (+14k)

#3 facebook/react

A declarative, efficient, and flexible JavaScript library for building user interfaces.
★ 177k (+17k)

#4 twbs/bootstrap

The most popular HTML, CSS, and JavaScript framework for developing responsive, mobile first projects on the web.
★ 154k (+8k)

#5 trekhleb/javascript-algorithms

Algorithms and data structures implemented in JavaScript with explanations and links to further readings
★ 126k (+37k)

#6 airbnb/javascript

JavaScript Style Guide
★ 116k (+13k)

#7 facebook/react-native

A framework for building native applications using React
★ 99k (+7k)

#8 d3/d3

Bring data to life with SVG, Canvas and HTML.
★ 99k (+4k)

#9 facebook/create-react-app

Set up a modern web app by running one command.
★ 91k (+7k)

#10 axios/axios

Promise based HTTP client for the browser and node.js
★ 89k (+9k)

#11 30-seconds/30-seconds-of-code

Short JavaScript code snippets for all your development needs
★ 88k (+22k)

#12 nodejs/node

Node.js JavaScript runtime
★ 83k (+7k)

#13 vercel/next.js

The React Framework
★ 76k (+18k)

#14 mrdoob/three.js

JavaScript 3D Library.
★ 75k (+10k)

#15 mui-org/material-ui

MUI (formerly Material-UI) is the React UI library you always wanted. Follow your own design system, or start with Material Design.
★ 72k (+9k)

#16 goldbergyoni/nodebestpractices

The Node.js best practices list (October 2021)
★ 72k (+15k)

#17 awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted

A list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers
★ 67k (+16k)

#18 FortAwesome/Font-Awesome

The iconic SVG, font, and CSS toolkit
★ 66k (+1k)

#19 yangshun/tech-interview-handbook

Curated interview preparation materials for busy engineers
★ 60k (+60k)

#20 ryanmcdermott/clean-code-javascript

Clean Code concepts adapted for JavaScript
★ 59k (+59k)

#21 webpack/webpack

A bundler for javascript and friends. Packs many modules into a few bundled assets. Code Splitting allows for loading parts of the application on demand. Through “loaders”, modules can be CommonJs, AMD, ES6 modules, CSS, Images, JSON, Coffeescript, LESS, … and your custom stuff.
★ 59k (+3k)