# google/benchmark

> Google's C++ microbenchmark library: measures the performance of code snippets much like unit tests. Aimed at developers optimizing performance-critical code.

- Magnitude: 0.9 out of 10 — Quiet
- Stars: 10,442 total · +0 stars today, ≈ 1 by evening
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: Developer tools · Language: C++ · License: Apache-2.0 · Created: 2013-12-12 · Last push: 2026-09-29
- GitHub: https://github.com/google/benchmark · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/google/benchmark

## Useful for

- Measure a function's runtime before and after optimization
- Compare performance of several algorithm implementations
- Integrate benchmarks into CI to catch regressions

## Why it’s here

- GitHub Trending C++ today: #6, +4 stars.

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 1,806
- Issues and pull requests: 2,273
- Watchers: 203
- Average over the last week: 3 per day
- Usual pace: 3 per day
- Stars in the last hour (measured): 0
- Latest release: v1.9.5 (2026-01-21)

## Stars per day, last 30 days (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-09-01 … 2026-09-30: 4, 1, 0, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 1, 5, 1, 3, 3, 3, 4, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 6, 3, 5, 0

## Spotted in now

- GitHub Trending C++ today: #6, +4 stars

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