rui314/mold
- Total stars
- 17,673
- Today
- +2since 00:04 UTC
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About the project
A high-performance drop-in replacement for Unix linkers that speeds up C/C++/Rust builds by linking object files faster.
Useful for
- Replace lld or GNU ld in a build to cut link time for large projects
- Speed up the debug-edit-rebuild cycle when developing in C++ or Rust
- Build projects for ARM64, RISC-V, PowerPC and other supported architectures
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Star growth looks organic. Data as of October 22, 2026, 11:38 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 2026-10-22 (UTC), 00:04–11:36: 17671 → 17673 stars (+2). This is the change over that interval.
- Estimated end-of-day forecast: about +4 stars, using observed gains and the previous day.
- Hacker News: “Mold Linker Version 3.0.0 Release – Rewritten in Rust” — 247 points, 17 days ago.
Measured growth: the last 7 completed days
The full 7-day window is unavailable; no weekly total or comparison is calculated.
Daily measurements · UTC
- October 22, 2026
- 2
- October 23, 2026
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- October 24, 2026
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- October 26, 2026
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- October 28, 2026
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Largest measured day in the last 30 days: 171 · October 5, 2026. Days with data: 24.
Completed days come from GitHub star history; today and forecasts are excluded from this comparison. History checked: October 22, 2026, 11:37 UTC. Sources and measurement limits →
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What they do, why they are gaining interest, and what to check before using them.
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Numbers
- Total stars
- 17,673
- Today
- +2 stars measured 2026-10-22, 00:04–11:36 UTC, ≈ 4 by evening
- Forks
- 578
- Issues and pull requests
- 1,682
- Watchers
- 112
- Language
- Rust
- License
- MIT
- Latest release
- v3.0.0 · October 5, 2026
- Created
- September 29, 2020
- Last push
- October 22, 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.
Hacker News discussions
- Mold Linker Version 3.0.0 Release – Rewritten in Rust247 points, October 5, 2026
Spotted in
- October 12, 2026Spotted on Hacker News
- October 11, 2026Spotted on Hacker News
- October 10, 2026Spotted on Hacker News
- October 9, 2026Spotted on Hacker News
- October 8, 2026Spotted on Hacker News
- October 7, 2026GitHub Trending Rust today: #3, +168 stars; Spotted on Hacker News
- October 6, 2026GitHub Trending Rust today: #3, +121 stars; Spotted on Hacker News
- October 5, 2026Spotted on Hacker News
- September 21, 2026GitHub Trending Rust today: #5, +43 stars
- September 20, 2026GitHub Trending Rust today: #4, +44 stars
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