Three signals combined into one view: GitHub star growth, active job listings and monthly download trends. See which tools are gaining ground before everyone else does.
DuckDB
In-process analytical SQL database with no external dependencies
4-wk star growth
+2.5%Stars
40.5k
dlt
Open-source data load tool for building portable pipelines
4-wk star growth
+2.4%Stars
5.8k
LangChain
Framework for developing applications powered by LLMs
4-wk star growth
+1.9%Stars
144.7k
| # | Tool | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LangChain | 144.7k |
| 2 | Hugging Face Transformers | 164.3k |
| 3 | PyTorch | 102.5k |
| 4 | Apache Airflow | 46.6k |
| 5 | Grafana | 76.3k |
| 6 | scikit-learn | 67.0k |
| 7 | Apache Kafka | 33.6k |
| 8 | Apache Spark | 43.8k |
| 9 | dbt | 13.7k |
| 10 | MLflow | 27.6k |
| 11 | DuckDB | 40.5k |
| 12 | Metabase | 48.9k |
| 13 | Pandas | 49.5k |
| 14 | Apache Superset | 74.3k |
| 15 | Prefect | 23.6k |
| 16 | Ray | 43.6k |
| 17 | Dagster | 16.0k |
| 18 | Polars | 39.4k |
| 19 | Airbyte | 21.9k |
| 20 | Apache Flink | 26.3k |
| 21 | dlt | 5.8k |
| 22 | Great Expectations | 11.7k |
| 23 | Feast | 7.2k |
| 24 | Redash | 28.8k |
| 25 | Soda Core | 2.4k |
| 26 | Mage | 8.8k |
Momentum Score = percentile composite of GitHub stars, job listings and PyPI downloads. Updated weekly.
GitHub signals (30%)
Total stars as a popularity baseline. Tools with more stars have proven staying power.
Job demand (35%)
Active job listings requiring this tool — the strongest signal that companies are actually using it.
Downloads (20%) + Growth (15%)
PyPI monthly downloads show ecosystem adoption. 4-week star growth catches tools rising faster than their peers.
Data from GitHub REST API and pypistats.org · Job data from active listings · Updated every Sunday