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Sindre Sorhus

@sindresorhus

Full-Time Open-Sourcerer. Focused on Swift & JavaScript. Makes macOS apps, CLI tools, npm packages.

  • 845K
    Total stars
  • 81K
    Followers
  • 1,129
    Public repos
  • 4,625
    Contributions

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  • Contributions: 4,625. Past 12 months.
  • Followers: 80,945. People who follow you.
  • Total stars: 844,631. Across all repos.
  • Following: 30. People you follow.
  • Public repos: 1,129. Owned, non-fork.

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  • 4,625 Contributions Past 12 months
  • 81K Followers People who follow you
  • 845K Total stars Across all repos
  • 30 Following People you follow
  • 1,129 Public repos Owned, non-fork

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4,625
Contributions
Past 12 months
4
Current streak
Aug 6, 2026 – Aug 9, 2026
82
Longest streak
Aug 26, 2025 – Nov 15, 2025
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Language distribution for sindresorhus JavaScript 63.5%, TypeScript 26.4%, Swift 5.4%, CSS 1.6%, Rust 1.3%, Shell 1.0%, Other 0.8%
  • JavaScript 63.5%
  • TypeScript 26.4%
  • Swift 5.4%
  • CSS 1.6%
  • Rust 1.3%
  • Shell 1.0%
  • Other 0.8%

Frontend Backend Mobile DevOps Data AI Security Embedded Game Dev
  • Frontend 100
  • Backend 57
  • Mobile 18
  • DevOps 11
  • AI 4
  • Embedded 4
  • Data 0
  • Security 0
  • Game Dev 0

Longest streak
82d
Aug 2025
Favourite coding day
Thursday
755 contributions
Most active year
2021
3,771 contributions
Signature language
JavaScript
64% of tracked code
Flagship repository
awesome
493,779 stars
On GitHub since
2009
16 years and counting

Sindre Sorhus maintains a public GitHub presence built primarily around JavaScript, which accounts for roughly 64% of their committed code, alongside TypeScript and Swift. The profile lists 1,129 public repositories that have attracted 844,631 stars, led by awesome at 493,779. Over the past year they recorded 4,625 contributions, including a longest run of 82 consecutive active days. Sindre Sorhus has been on GitHub since 2009 and is followed by 80,945 developers.

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

😎 Awesome lists about all kinds of interesting topics

  • awesome
  • awesome-list
  • unicorns
  • lists
493,779 ★ 36,333 forks 16 issues today
CC0-1.0 GitHub

:zap: Delightful Node.js packages and resources [BECAUSE OF TOO MUCH SPAM AND LOW-QUALITY SUBMISSIONS, SUBMISSIONS ARE PAUSED UNTIL JULY]

  • awesome
  • awesome-list
  • nodejs
  • javascript
66,469 ★ 6,227 forks 3 issues yesterday

Useful resources for creating apps with Electron [SUBMISSIONS ARE TEMPORARILY PAUSED BECAUSE I'M TIRED OF REVIEWING LOW-QUALITY STUFF]

  • awesome
  • awesome-list
  • electron
  • list
27,248 ★ 2,064 forks yesterday
CC0-1.0 GitHub

A collection of essential TypeScript types

  • typescript-definitions
  • typescript
  • types
  • utilities
TypeScript 17,346 ★ 724 forks 172 issues yesterday
CC0-1.0 GitHub

🌳 Tiny & elegant JavaScript HTTP client based on the Fetch API

  • fetch
  • whatwg-fetch
  • http-client
  • http-request
TypeScript 17,017 ★ 485 forks yesterday

🌐 Human-friendly and powerful HTTP request library for Node.js

  • http-client
  • http-request
  • http
  • https
TypeScript 14,932 ★ 994 forks yesterday

Pretty, minimal and fast ZSH prompt

  • shell
  • zsh
  • prompt
  • shell-prompt
Shell 14,383 ★ 1,008 forks yesterday

type-fest

A collection of essential TypeScript types

TypeScript 17,346 ★ 724 forks
ky

🌳 Tiny & elegant JavaScript HTTP client based on the Fetch API

TypeScript 17,017 ★ 485 forks
awesome

😎 Awesome lists about all kinds of interesting topics

493,779 ★ 36,333 forks
awesome-chatgpt

🤖 Awesome list for ChatGPT — an artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI

6,368 ★ 459 forks
KeyboardShortcuts

⌨️ Add user-customizable global keyboard shortcuts (hotkeys) to your macOS app in minutes

Swift 2,689 ★ 248 forks
Defaults

💾 Swifty and modern UserDefaults

Swift 2,486 ★ 164 forks

  • awesome 493,779 ★

    😎 Awesome lists about all kinds of interesting topics

  • awesome-nodejs 66,469 ★

    :zap: Delightful Node.js packages and resources [BECAUSE OF TOO MUCH SPAM AND LOW-QUALITY SUBMISSIONS, SUBMISSIONS ARE PAUSED UNTIL JULY]

  • Useful resources for creating apps with Electron [SUBMISSIONS ARE TEMPORARILY PAUSED BECAUSE I'M TIRED OF REVIEWING LOW-QUALITY STUFF]

  • List of useful Quick Look plugins for developers

  • type-fest 17,346 ★

    A collection of essential TypeScript types

  • ky 17,017 ★

    🌳 Tiny & elegant JavaScript HTTP client based on the Fetch API

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Technology breakdown

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

Languages

  • JavaScript 64%
  • TypeScript 26%
  • Swift 5%
  • CSS 2%
  • Rust 1%
  • Shell 1%

Frameworks

  • Electron 100%

Tools

  • Cli 80%
  • Eslint 20%

Package managers

  • Npm 50%
  • Yarn 50%

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1,129
Public repos
Owned, non-fork
845K
Total stars
Across all repos
4,625
Contributions
Past 12 months
736
Pull requests
Opened this year
99
Public gists
Snippets shared
16 y
Account age
Since 2009
80 %
Profile score
Completeness

Repository explorer

Name Language Stars Forks Size Updated

Coding statistics

Largest repository
90.4 MB
file-type
Smallest repository
4 KB
css-in-readme-like-wat
Oldest repository
Feb 5, 2012
screenfull
Newest repository
May 2, 2023
awesome-chatgpt
Most starred
493,779 ★
awesome
Most forked
36,333 forks
awesome
Most watched
8,339 watchers
awesome
Longest description
137 characters
awesome-nodejs
Most open issues
287 open
caprine

Contribution patterns

By year

  • 2026
    2,714
  • 2025
    2,664
  • 2024
    1,810
  • 2023
    1,938
  • 2022
    1,960
  • 2021
    3,771

By day of week

  • Sun
    572
  • Mon
    657
  • Tue
    616
  • Wed
    684
  • Thu
    755
  • Fri
    681
  • Sat
    646

Best coding day: Thu

By month (last 12)

  • Sep
    933
  • Oct
    410
  • Nov
    248
  • Dec
    55
  • Jan
    248
  • Feb
    539
  • Mar
    215
  • Apr
    171
  • May
    107
  • Jun
    892
  • Jul
    511
  • Aug
    31

GitHub journey

  1. December 2009

    Joined GitHub

    Created the @sindresorhus account.

  2. February 2012

    Created first repository

    Published screenfull, the oldest repository still on the account.

  3. February 2012

    First starred repository

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

  4. July 2014

    Reached 10 repositories

    awesome-nodejs was the 10th public repository created.

  5. June 2021

    Most productive year: 2021

    3,771 contributions recorded in 2021, more than any other year on record.

  6. May 2023

    Latest repository

    awesome-chatgpt is the most recently created repository.

Developer evolution

Your GitHub career, year by year.

2012

Started with HTML.

HTML Shell
Repos this year
2
Total repos
2
Stars, as of today
22k
pure
2013

Shifted from HTML to JavaScript.

JavaScript
Repos this year
2
Total repos
4
Stars, as of today
47k
quick-look-plugins
2014

Went deeper into JavaScript.

CSS JavaScript TypeScript
Repos this year
8
Total repos
12
Stars, as of today
653k
awesome
2015

Went deeper into JavaScript.

JavaScript TypeScript
Repos this year
7
Total repos
19
Stars, as of today
718k
awesome-electron
2016

Went deeper into JavaScript.

JavaScript TypeScript
Repos this year
9
Total repos
28
Stars, as of today
761k
ora
2017

Went deeper into JavaScript.

JavaScript TypeScript
Repos this year
2
Total repos
30
Stars, as of today
770k
create-dmg
2018

Shifted from JavaScript to TypeScript.

JavaScript Swift TypeScript
Repos this year
4
Total repos
34
Stars, as of today
806k
ky
2019

Went deeper into TypeScript.

TypeScript
Repos this year
1
Total repos
35
Stars, as of today
823k
type-fest
2020

Shifted from TypeScript to Swift.

Swift
Repos this year
3
Total repos
38
Stars, as of today
835k
css-in-readme-like-wat
2021

Shipped 1 repository.

Repos this year
1
Total repos
39
Stars, as of today
838k
Contributions
3,771
Actions
2023

Shipped 1 repository.

Repos this year
1
Total repos
40
Stars, as of today
845k
Contributions
1,938
awesome-chatgpt

Built from sindresorhus’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

844,631
Stars received
2,936
Repositories starred
60,865
Forks received
35
Issues opened
Past 12 months
736
Pull requests opened
Past 12 months
130
Reviews given
Past 12 months
99
Public gists

Language evolution

The primary languages of repositories created each year.

2012
  • HTML
  • Shell
2013
  • JavaScript
2014
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
2015
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
2016
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
2017
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
2018
  • JavaScript
  • Swift
  • TypeScript
2019
  • TypeScript
2020
  • Swift

Repository growth

Repositories created per year, and the running total.

2 repositories created in 2012 2 repositories created in 2013 8 repositories created in 2014 7 repositories created in 2015 9 repositories created in 2016 2 repositories created in 2017 4 repositories created in 2018 1 repositories created in 2019 3 repositories created in 2020 1 repositories created in 2021 1 repositories created in 2023 2 total repositories by end of 2012 4 total repositories by end of 2013 12 total repositories by end of 2014 19 total repositories by end of 2015 28 total repositories by end of 2016 30 total repositories by end of 2017 34 total repositories by end of 2018 35 total repositories by end of 2019 38 total repositories by end of 2020 39 total repositories by end of 2021 40 total repositories by end of 2023 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2023 40 0
Created that year Cumulative total

Language tree

Built automatically from repository languages and topics.

Programming Languages
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Swift
  • CSS
  • Rust
  • Shell
Frontend & Backend
  • Electron 3
Tooling
  • Cli 4
  • Npm 2
  • Yarn 2
  • Eslint 1