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Ben Newman

@benjamn

  • Apollo Graph, Inc (formerly: Meteor, Facebook/Instagram, Quora, Mozilla)
  • New York City
  • 8,229
    Total stars
  • 2,925
    Followers
  • 53
    Public repos
  • 2,961
    Contributions

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  • Contributions: 2,961. Past 12 months.
  • Followers: 2,925. People who follow you.
  • Total stars: 8,229. Across all repos.
  • Following: 235. People you follow.
  • Public repos: 53. Owned, non-fork.

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Every leaf is a headline number from Ben Newman’s public GitHub. The canopy fills out as the work grows - sway and all.

  • 2,961 Contributions Past 12 months
  • 2,925 Followers People who follow you
  • 8,229 Total stars Across all repos
  • 235 Following People you follow
  • 53 Public repos Owned, non-fork

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2,961
Contributions
Past 12 months
0
Current streak
No active streak
18
Longest streak
Mar 18, 2026 – Apr 4, 2026
Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Mon Wed Fri
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Language distribution for benjamn JavaScript 60.9%, TypeScript 13.7%, CSS 12.6%, Emacs Lisp 6.8%, HTML 2.3%, C 1.9%, Other 1.7%
  • JavaScript 60.9%
  • TypeScript 13.7%
  • CSS 12.6%
  • Emacs Lisp 6.8%
  • HTML 2.3%
  • C 1.9%
  • Other 1.7%

Frontend Backend Mobile DevOps Data AI Security Embedded Game Dev
  • Frontend 100
  • DevOps 24
  • Backend 15
  • Data 15
  • Embedded 9
  • Mobile 0
  • AI 0
  • Security 0
  • Game Dev 0

Longest streak
18d
Mar 2026
Favourite coding day
Monday
256 contributions
Most active year
2021
1,547 contributions
Signature language
JavaScript
61% of tracked code
Flagship repository
recast
5,252 stars
On GitHub since
2008
18 years and counting

Ben Newman is a developer on GitHub whose public work is written mostly in JavaScript, which accounts for roughly 61% of their committed code, alongside TypeScript and CSS. Their account holds 53 public repositories, collecting 8,229 stars in total, led by recast at 5,252. In the trailing year the account logged 2,961 contributions, including a longest run of 18 consecutive active days. Ben Newman has been on GitHub since 2008 and is followed by 2,925 developers.

This overview is generated from Ben Newman’s public GitHub activity at the time of the last refresh. Figures cover public repositories and the trailing twelve months of contributions.

JavaScript syntax tree transformer, nondestructive pretty-printer, and automatic source map generator

TypeScript 5,252 ★ 363 forks 168 issues 6d ago

Esprima-compatible implementation of the Mozilla JS Parser API

TypeScript 1,172 ★ 195 forks 100 issues 7d ago

Enable ECMAScript 2015 modules in Node today. No caveats. Full stop.

JavaScript 741 ★ 29 forks 27 issues 5mo ago

Efficient encoder and decoder for arbitrary objects

JavaScript 198 ★ 6 forks 2 issues 11mo ago

Composable reactive caching with efficient invalidation.

TypeScript 119 ★ 18 forks 1 issues 8mo ago

A collection of packages that are probably a little too clever. Use at your own wrisk.

TypeScript 91 ★ 16 forks 12 issues 2mo ago

Utility for associating truly private state with any JavaScript object

JavaScript 56 ★ 6 forks 3 issues 10mo ago

recast

JavaScript syntax tree transformer, nondestructive pretty-printer, and automatic source map generator

TypeScript 5,252 ★ 363 forks
reify

Enable ECMAScript 2015 modules in Node today. No caveats. Full stop.

JavaScript 741 ★ 29 forks
optimism

Composable reactive caching with efficient invalidation.

TypeScript 119 ★ 18 forks
ast-types

Esprima-compatible implementation of the Mozilla JS Parser API

TypeScript 1,172 ★ 195 forks
arson

Efficient encoder and decoder for arbitrary objects

JavaScript 198 ★ 6 forks
wryware

A collection of packages that are probably a little too clever. Use at your own wrisk.

TypeScript 91 ★ 16 forks

  • recast 5,252 ★

    JavaScript syntax tree transformer, nondestructive pretty-printer, and automatic source map generator

  • ast-types 1,172 ★

    Esprima-compatible implementation of the Mozilla JS Parser API

  • reify 741 ★

    Enable ECMAScript 2015 modules in Node today. No caveats. Full stop.

  • A standalone version of Google's new rich text editor, Kix

  • arson 198 ★

    Efficient encoder and decoder for arbitrary objects

  • optimism 119 ★

    Composable reactive caching with efficient invalidation.

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Technology breakdown

Derived from repository languages and topics - horizontal bars, never a pie.

Languages

  • JavaScript 61%
  • TypeScript 14%
  • CSS 13%
  • Emacs Lisp 7%
  • HTML 2%
  • C 2%

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53
Public repos
Owned, non-fork
8,229
Total stars
Across all repos
2,961
Contributions
Past 12 months
72
Pull requests
Opened this year
68
Public gists
Snippets shared
18 y
Account age
Since 2008
80 %
Profile score
Completeness

Repository explorer

Name Language Stars Forks Size Updated

Coding statistics

Largest repository
15.2 MB
empirenode-2015
Smallest repository
4 KB
babel-plugin-jscript
Oldest repository
Sep 15, 2008
voodoodown
Newest repository
Jan 6, 2023
garden
Most starred
5,252 ★
recast
Most forked
363 forks
recast
Most watched
43 watchers
recast
Longest description
125 characters
cls
Most open issues
168 open
recast

Contribution patterns

By year

  • 2026
    1,157
  • 2025
    653
  • 2024
    437
  • 2023
    434
  • 2022
    759
  • 2021
    1,547

By day of week

  • Sun
    248
  • Mon
    256
  • Tue
    190
  • Wed
    249
  • Thu
    240
  • Fri
    185
  • Sat
    175

Best coding day: Mon

By month (last 12)

  • Sep
    72
  • Oct
    39
  • Nov
    54
  • Dec
    167
  • Jan
    88
  • Feb
    121
  • Mar
    412
  • Apr
    148
  • May
    152
  • Jun
    118
  • Jul
    77
  • Aug
    41

GitHub journey

  1. April 2008

    Joined GitHub

    Created the @benjamn account.

  2. September 2008

    Created first repository

    Published voodoodown, the oldest repository still on the account.

  3. September 2008

    First starred repository

    voodoodown is the earliest-created repository to have earned stars.

  4. September 2012

    Reached 10 repositories

    recast was the 10th public repository created.

  5. June 2021

    Most productive year: 2021

    1,547 contributions recorded in 2021, more than any other year on record.

  6. January 2023

    Latest repository

    garden is the most recently created repository.

Developer evolution

Your GitHub career, year by year.

2008

Started with JavaScript.

JavaScript
Repos this year
2
Total repos
2
Stars, as of today
5
patches
2009

Shifted from JavaScript to Emacs Lisp.

Emacs Lisp Python
Repos this year
3
Total repos
5
Stars, as of today
14
project-euler
2010

Shifted from Emacs Lisp to JavaScript.

JavaScript Python
Repos this year
4
Total repos
9
Stars, as of today
334
kix-standalone
2012

Went deeper into JavaScript.

JavaScript TypeScript
Repos this year
2
Total repos
11
Stars, as of today
5.6k
recast
2013

Went deeper into JavaScript.

JavaScript TypeScript
Repos this year
8
Total repos
19
Stars, as of today
6.9k
ast-types
2014

Went deeper into JavaScript.

C C++ JavaScript
Repos this year
8
Total repos
27
Stars, as of today
7.0k
es7-async-await
2015

Went deeper into JavaScript.

JavaScript
Repos this year
5
Total repos
32
Stars, as of today
7.0k
jsnext-skeleton
2016

Went deeper into JavaScript.

JavaScript TypeScript
Repos this year
3
Total repos
35
Stars, as of today
8.1k
reify
2018

Went deeper into JavaScript.

JavaScript
Repos this year
1
Total repos
36
Stars, as of today
8.1k
immutable-tuple
2019

Shifted from JavaScript to C.

C TypeScript
Repos this year
2
Total repos
38
Stars, as of today
8.2k
wryware
2021

Shifted from C to TypeScript.

TypeScript
Repos this year
1
Total repos
39
Stars, as of today
8.2k
Contributions
1,547
deno_modules
2023

Shifted from TypeScript to SCSS.

SCSS
Repos this year
1
Total repos
40
Stars, as of today
8.2k
Contributions
434
garden

Built from benjamn’s public, non-fork repositories. Star totals reflect current counts, not historical snapshots.

Achievements

6 / 9 unlocked

Explorer
Created repositories in 8 or more languages
Builder
More than 50 public repositories
Open Source Enthusiast
100+ stars received across all repositories
Consistent
A 100-day-or-longer contribution streak
Documentation Hero
5 or more repositories with a detailed description
Popular
500 or more followers
Prolific Committer
1,000 or more commits in the past 12 months
Long Timer
5 or more years on GitHub
Star Collector
Starred 100 or more repositories

Open source activity

8,229
Stars received
222
Repositories starred
741
Forks received
72
Pull requests opened
Past 12 months
41
Reviews given
Past 12 months
68
Public gists

Language evolution

The primary languages of repositories created each year.

2008
  • JavaScript
2009
  • Emacs Lisp
  • Python
2010
  • JavaScript
  • Python
2012
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
2013
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
2014
  • C
  • C++
  • JavaScript
2015
  • JavaScript
2016
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
2018
  • JavaScript
2019
  • C
  • TypeScript
2021
  • TypeScript
2023
  • SCSS

Repository growth

Repositories created per year, and the running total.

2 repositories created in 2008 3 repositories created in 2009 4 repositories created in 2010 2 repositories created in 2012 8 repositories created in 2013 8 repositories created in 2014 5 repositories created in 2015 3 repositories created in 2016 1 repositories created in 2018 2 repositories created in 2019 1 repositories created in 2021 1 repositories created in 2023 2 total repositories by end of 2008 5 total repositories by end of 2009 9 total repositories by end of 2010 11 total repositories by end of 2012 19 total repositories by end of 2013 27 total repositories by end of 2014 32 total repositories by end of 2015 35 total repositories by end of 2016 36 total repositories by end of 2018 38 total repositories by end of 2019 39 total repositories by end of 2021 40 total repositories by end of 2023 2008 2009 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2023 40 0
Created that year Cumulative total

Language tree

Built automatically from repository languages and topics.

Programming Languages
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • CSS
  • Emacs Lisp
  • HTML
  • C