expressjs/express
- Total stars
- 69,672
- Today
- +0since 00:10 UTC
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About the project
Minimalist web framework for Node.js with routing, HTTP helpers and template engine support. Suits websites, SPAs and public HTTP APIs without forcing an ORM or template engine.
Useful for
- Spin up an HTTP server with routes for a Node.js REST API
- Generate an app skeleton with express-generator and run it
- Render HTML through one of 14+ supported template engines
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How to get started
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Star growth looks organic. Data as of November 14, 2026, 10:41 UTC.
The star-growth assessment does not verify whether the project is safe to run.
Stars per day
Bars show stars per UTC day; the line is a moving average of available history. Gaps mean missing data, not zero growth. Today's bar is incomplete. Red marks spike days.
Why it’s trending
- Star-counter measurements on 2026-11-14 (UTC), 00:10–10:38: 69673 → 69672 stars (-1). This is the change over that interval.
- Estimated end-of-day forecast: about +2 stars, using observed gains and the previous day.
- About 12 forks a day — people are taking the code.
Measured growth: the last 7 completed days
New stars over 7 days: 119. +341% versus the preceding 7 days.
Daily measurements · UTC
- November 7, 2026
- 3
- November 8, 2026
- 1
- November 9, 2026
- 3
- November 10, 2026
- 29
- November 11, 2026
- 73
- November 12, 2026
- 5
- November 13, 2026
- 5
Largest measured day in the last 30 days: 73 · November 11, 2026. Days with data: 30.
Completed days come from GitHub star history; today and forecasts are excluded from this comparison. History checked: November 14, 2026, 10:41 UTC. Sources and measurement limits →
Three GitHub discoveries in each edition
What they do, why they are gaining interest, and what to check before using them.
Editions at 10:00, 16:00, 22:00 MSK.
Numbers
- Total stars
- 69,672
- Today
- +0 stars measured 2026-11-14, 00:10–10:38 UTC, ≈ 2 by evening
- Forks
- 25,442
- Issues and pull requests
- 6,833
- Watchers
- 1,750
- Language
- JavaScript
- License
- MIT
- Latest release
- v5.3.0 · October 9, 2026
- Created
- June 26, 2009
- Last push
- November 2, 2026
Star trust
Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.
These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.
Spotted in
- November 13, 2026GitHub Trending JavaScript today: #9, +37 stars
- November 12, 2026GitHub Trending JavaScript today: #9, +51 stars
- November 7, 2026GitHub Trending JavaScript today: #14, +2 stars
- November 6, 2026GitHub Trending JavaScript today: #13, +6 stars
- October 8, 2026GitHub Trending JavaScript today: #14, +29 stars
- October 7, 2026GitHub Trending JavaScript today: #14, +60 stars
- September 28, 2026GitHub Trending JavaScript today: #12, +9 stars
- September 27, 2026GitHub Trending JavaScript today: #12, +7 stars
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