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Mathias Buus

@mafintosh

Rød grød med fløde

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  • Switzerland
  • 31K
    Total stars
  • 6,378
    Followers
  • 668
    Public repos
  • 2,265
    Contributions

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  • Contributions: 2,265. Past 12 months.
  • Followers: 6,378. People who follow you.
  • Total stars: 31,445. Across all repos.
  • Following: 301. People you follow.
  • Public repos: 668. Owned, non-fork.

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

  • 2,265 Contributions Past 12 months
  • 6,378 Followers People who follow you
  • 31K Total stars Across all repos
  • 301 Following People you follow
  • 668 Public repos Owned, non-fork

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2,265
Contributions
Past 12 months
7
Current streak
Aug 3, 2026 – Aug 9, 2026
19
Longest streak
Jan 26, 2026 – Feb 13, 2026
Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Mon Wed Fri
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Language distribution for mafintosh JavaScript 92.5%, C++ 3.8%, TypeScript 1.2%, C 1.1%, CSS 0.8%, HTML 0.3%, Other 0.3%
  • JavaScript 92.5%
  • C++ 3.8%
  • TypeScript 1.2%
  • C 1.1%
  • CSS 0.8%
  • HTML 0.3%
  • Other 0.3%

Frontend Backend Mobile DevOps Data AI Security Embedded Game Dev
  • Frontend 100
  • Backend 5
  • Data 5
  • Embedded 5
  • Mobile 0
  • DevOps 0
  • AI 0
  • Security 0
  • Game Dev 0

Longest streak
19d
Jan 2026
Favourite coding day
Wednesday
420 contributions
Most active year
2025
2,390 contributions
Signature language
JavaScript
93% of tracked code
Flagship repository
peerflix
6,278 stars
On GitHub since
2010
15 years and counting

Across their public repositories, Mathias Buus works mainly in JavaScript, which accounts for roughly 93% of their committed code, alongside C++ and TypeScript. They have 668 public repositories, which together have earned 31,445 stars, led by peerflix at 6,278. Their activity over the last twelve months totals 2,265 contributions, including a longest run of 19 consecutive active days. Mathias Buus has been on GitHub since 2010 and is followed by 6,378 developers.

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

Streaming torrent client for node.js

JavaScript 6,278 ★ 668 forks 119 issues yesterday

The low level streaming torrent engine that peerflix uses

JavaScript 1,974 ★ 228 forks 78 issues 9d ago

Node is running but you don't know why? why-is-node-running is here to help you.

JavaScript 1,948 ★ 52 forks 11 issues 21d ago

Streaming csv parser inspired by binary-csv that aims to be faster than everyone else

JavaScript 1,500 ★ 142 forks 39 issues 12d ago

Query your local network for Chromecasts and have them play media

JavaScript 1,450 ★ 69 forks 10 issues 12d ago

Mount a torrent (or magnet link) as a filesystem in real time using torrent-stream and fuse. AKA MAD SCIENCE!

JavaScript 1,415 ★ 64 forks 10 issues yesterday

A JSONSchema validator that uses code generation to be extremely fast

JavaScript 964 ★ 115 forks 40 issues 12d ago

Blazing fast low level http server

JavaScript 993 ★ 46 forks 12 issues 12d ago

  • peerflix 6,278 ★

    Streaming torrent client for node.js

  • playback 2,004 ★

    Video player built using electron and node.js

  • The low level streaming torrent engine that peerflix uses

  • Node is running but you don't know why? why-is-node-running is here to help you.

  • csv-parser 1,500 ★

    Streaming csv parser inspired by binary-csv that aims to be faster than everyone else

  • chromecasts 1,450 ★

    Query your local network for Chromecasts and have them play media

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Technology breakdown

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

Languages

  • JavaScript 93%
  • C++ 4%
  • TypeScript 1%
  • C 1%
  • CSS 1%
  • HTML 0%

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668
Public repos
Owned, non-fork
31K
Total stars
Across all repos
2,265
Contributions
Past 12 months
238
Pull requests
Opened this year
430
Public gists
Snippets shared
15 y
Account age
Since 2010
70 %
Profile score
Completeness

Repository explorer

Name Language Stars Forks Size Updated

Coding statistics

Largest repository
4.1 MB
benny-hill
Smallest repository
2 KB
awesome-p2p
Oldest repository
Mar 27, 2012
polo
Newest repository
Dec 13, 2020
hyperphone
Most starred
6,278 ★
peerflix
Most forked
668 forks
peerflix
Most watched
150 watchers
peerflix
Longest description
138 characters
webcat
Most open issues
119 open
peerflix

Contribution patterns

By year

  • 2026
    1,422
  • 2025
    2,390
  • 2024
    2,381
  • 2023
    2,066
  • 2022
    1,596
  • 2021
    1,398

By day of week

  • Sun
    147
  • Mon
    377
  • Tue
    367
  • Wed
    420
  • Thu
    385
  • Fri
    320
  • Sat
    216

Best coding day: Wed

By month (last 12)

  • Sep
    175
  • Oct
    187
  • Nov
    190
  • Dec
    110
  • Jan
    134
  • Feb
    154
  • Mar
    381
  • Apr
    117
  • May
    348
  • Jun
    110
  • Jul
    127
  • Aug
    51

GitHub journey

  1. August 2010

    Joined GitHub

    Created the @mafintosh account.

  2. March 2012

    Created first repository

    Published polo, the oldest repository still on the account.

  3. March 2012

    First starred repository

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

  4. May 2014

    Reached 10 repositories

    protocol-buffers was the 10th public repository created.

  5. December 2020

    Latest repository

    hyperphone is the most recently created repository.

  6. June 2025

    Most productive year: 2025

    2,390 contributions recorded in 2025, more than any other year on record.

Developer evolution

Your GitHub career, year by year.

2012

Started with JavaScript.

JavaScript
Repos this year
1
Total repos
1
Stars, as of today
246
polo
2013

Went deeper into JavaScript.

JavaScript
Repos this year
6
Total repos
7
Stars, as of today
8.7k
peerflix
2014

Went deeper into JavaScript.

JavaScript
Repos this year
10
Total repos
17
Stars, as of today
17k
torrent-stream
2015

Went deeper into JavaScript.

C++ JavaScript
Repos this year
12
Total repos
29
Stars, as of today
25k
playback
2016

Went deeper into JavaScript.

JavaScript
Repos this year
6
Total repos
35
Stars, as of today
29k
why-is-node-running
2017

Went deeper into JavaScript.

JavaScript
Repos this year
1
Total repos
36
Stars, as of today
29k
turbo-net
2018

Went deeper into JavaScript.

JavaScript
Repos this year
2
Total repos
38
Stars, as of today
31k
turbo-http
2019

Went deeper into JavaScript.

JavaScript
Repos this year
1
Total repos
39
Stars, as of today
31k
streamx
2020

Went deeper into JavaScript.

JavaScript
Repos this year
1
Total repos
40
Stars, as of today
31k
hyperphone

Built from mafintosh’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

31,445
Stars received
1,392
Repositories starred
2,953
Forks received
2
Issues opened
Past 12 months
238
Pull requests opened
Past 12 months
309
Reviews given
Past 12 months
430
Public gists

Language evolution

The primary languages of repositories created each year.

2012
  • JavaScript
2013
  • JavaScript
2014
  • JavaScript
2015
  • C++
  • JavaScript
2016
  • JavaScript
2017
  • JavaScript
2018
  • JavaScript
2019
  • JavaScript
2020
  • JavaScript

Repository growth

Repositories created per year, and the running total.

1 repositories created in 2012 6 repositories created in 2013 10 repositories created in 2014 12 repositories created in 2015 6 repositories created in 2016 1 repositories created in 2017 2 repositories created in 2018 1 repositories created in 2019 1 repositories created in 2020 1 total repositories by end of 2012 7 total repositories by end of 2013 17 total repositories by end of 2014 29 total repositories by end of 2015 35 total repositories by end of 2016 36 total repositories by end of 2017 38 total repositories by end of 2018 39 total repositories by end of 2019 40 total repositories by end of 2020 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 40 0
Created that year Cumulative total

Language tree

Built automatically from repository languages and topics.

Programming Languages
  • JavaScript
  • C++
  • TypeScript
  • C
  • CSS
  • HTML