google/googletest
- Total stars
- 39,677
- Today
- +1since 00:11 UTC
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About the project
GoogleTest is a C++ testing and mocking framework based on the xUnit architecture. It automatically discovers and runs tests, offers a rich set of assertions, and supports parameterized and death tests.
Useful for
- Write unit tests for a C++ library with automatic test discovery
- Create mocks for dependencies using GoogleMock
- Run parameterized tests with different input values
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Star growth looks organic. Data as of October 29, 2026, 03:04 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 2026-10-29 (UTC), 00:11–03:00: 39676 → 39677 stars (+1). This is the change over that interval.
- Estimated end-of-day forecast: about +8 stars, using observed gains and the previous day.
- GitHub Trending C++ today: #9, +5 stars.
Measured growth: the last 7 completed days
New stars over 7 days: 35. +6% versus the preceding 7 days.
Daily measurements · UTC
- October 22, 2026
- 9
- October 23, 2026
- 4
- October 24, 2026
- 6
- October 25, 2026
- 1
- October 26, 2026
- 3
- October 27, 2026
- 4
- October 28, 2026
- 8
Largest measured day in the last 30 days: 12 · October 5, 2026. Days with data: 30.
Completed days come from GitHub star history; today and forecasts are excluded from this comparison. History checked: October 29, 2026, 03:04 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
- 39,677
- Today
- +1 star measured 2026-10-29, 00:11–03:00 UTC, ≈ 8 by evening
- Forks
- 10,927
- Issues and pull requests
- 4,696
- Watchers
- 1,267
- Language
- C++
- License
- BSD-3-Clause
- Latest release
- v1.18.0 · August 10, 2026
- Created
- July 28, 2015
- Last push
- October 21, 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
- October 29, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #9, +5 stars
- October 28, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #9, +7 stars
- October 25, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #11, +6 stars
- October 24, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #11, +5 stars
- October 23, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #12, +9 stars
- October 18, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #3, +7 stars
- October 17, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #3, +7 stars
- October 16, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #6, +4 stars
- October 15, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #6, +5 stars
- October 7, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #8, +9 stars
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