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Stars gained Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026 (7 days)

Trending Open Source Desktop Apps

The desktop apps that gained the most GitHub stars between Oct 21, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026 are Orca, Filee and Magpie. Ranked by GitHub stars gained between appsgit's star snapshots of Oct 21, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026 (7 days), scaled to a 7-day rate so repositories with different snapshot gaps compare fairly. A repository is held for review and left out of the ranking (it stays listed) when its gain scaled to 7 days is over 50,000 stars, when more than half of its stars arrived inside the window (repositories with 5,000 stars or more), or when it leads with at least 1,000 stars and more than 10 times the next repository's gain. A human releases a held repository after review.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026 · star snapshots of Oct 21, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026

Trending Open Source Desktop Apps

Ranking excludes 1 repository under review (see how the list is ranked, below).

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First listed in the 7 days to Oct 28, 2026, from repositories at least 14 days old, by GitHub stars.

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How is the trending desktop app list calculated?

Ranked by GitHub stars gained between appsgit's star snapshots of Oct 21, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026 (7 days), scaled to a 7-day rate so repositories with different snapshot gaps compare fairly. A repository is held for review and left out of the ranking (it stays listed) when its gain scaled to 7 days is over 50,000 stars, when more than half of its stars arrived inside the window (repositories with 5,000 stars or more), or when it leads with at least 1,000 stars and more than 10 times the next repository's gain. A human releases a held repository after review.

Which desktop apps gained the most GitHub stars recently?

Between Oct 21, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026, the fastest-growing desktop apps on appsgit were Orca (+8,197 stars in the last 7 days), Filee (+3,438 stars in the last 3 days) and Magpie (+3,118 stars in the last 3 days).

Why is a fast-growing repository missing from this list?

A repository is held for review and left out of the ranking (it stays listed) when its gain scaled to 7 days is over 50,000 stars, when more than half of its stars arrived inside the window (repositories with 5,000 stars or more), or when it leads with at least 1,000 stars and more than 10 times the next repository's gain. A human releases a held repository after review. 1 repository is held in this list's current data.