⌨️ Categorising programming languages by trending GitHub projects

Github Top Prog Langs with Most Popular Repos

JavaScript [Web Frontend / Web Backend / Utilities]

Categories	Stars
Tutorials
freeCodeCamp	294k
airbnb js style guide	75.7k
Single Page Application
Vue.js	113k
React.js	111k
Redux.js	43.7k
React-router	32.3k
Angular.js	59k
Data Visualisation
d3	78.5k
Chart.js	39.2k
Asset
Font-Awesome	57.4k
html5-boilerplate	41.3k
material-ui	40.1k
bootstrap	127k
animate.css	54k
material-design-icons	35.9k
normalize.css	32.3k
material-design-lite	30.6k
bulma	29.7k
foundation-sites	27.6k
Light-weight web framework
Express.js	39.6k
Koa	22.5k
Hapi	9.8k
Fastify	7.7k
Heavy-weight web framework
Meteor	40.1k
Sails.js	19.4k
Nest.js	7.7k
RESTful framework
Loopback	11.5k
Feathers	9.5k
Restify	8.5k
CMF
Keysone.js	13.1k
Strapi	6.7k
WebSockets
socket.io	43.1k
Libraries
jQuery	49.9k
Utilities
Webpack	43.8k
Gulp	30.2k
Babel	29.5k
Prettier	27.2k
Serverless
serverless	25k

Python [Utilities / Data Science / Web Backend]

Categories	Stars
Utilities
youtube-dl	41.3k
httpie	37.2k
thefuck	37k
certbot	23.1k
you-get	20.1k
Web Crawling
requests	34.5k
scrapy	29k
pyspider	11.9k
Machine Learning
keras	33.2k
scikit-learn	30.4k
face_recognition	16.6k
pandas	15.9k
numpy	8k
scipy	4.9k
Web Frameworks
Flask	38.3k
Django	35.9k
Django-Restful	16.4k
uWSGI	2.2k
gunicorn	5.1k
Non-blocking Web Frameworks
Tornado	16.4k
Libraries
gevent	4.3k
Werkzeug WSGI toolkit	4.2k
Eventlet	0.7k

Java [Web Backend / Android / Distributed Computing]

Categories	Stars
Tutorials
java-design-patterns	36.8k
interviews	30.9k
Web Frameworks
spring-boot	32.3k
spring-framework	27.2k
grails-core	2.1k
Non-blocking Web Frameworks
netty	19.7k
Libraries
RxJava	29.3k
guava	28.5k
okhttp	27.9k
retrofit	26.3k
dubbo	26.2k
zxing	18.9k
fastjson	15.9k
gson	14.6k
Utilities
jadx	17.7k
bazel	11k
gradle	10.1k
Android
glide	20.5k
AndroidUtilCode	19.6k
butterknife	18.6k
EventBus	16.1k
fresco	12.4k
Testing / Automation
selenium	13.5k
jenkins	11.7k
Distributed Computing
elasticsearch	32.1k
Hystrix	15.9k
kafka	12.7k
flink	10.1k

C / C++ [System Programming / Machine Learning / Desktop / Database / Utilities]

Categories	Stars
OS
Linux	62.7k
Machine Learning
tensorflow	109k
opencv	27.4k
xgboost	13.4k
Desktop
electron	64.2k
nw.js	34.3k
Cache
redis	31.2k
memcached	8.1k
Database
rethinkdb	21.8k
leveldb	14.8k
mongoldb	14.5k
Coin
bitcoin	34.5k
Media
FFmpeg	12.1k
Utilities
git	23.9k
vim	13.9k
tux	11.2k
curl	9.4k
openssl	8.1k
Libraries
libuv	10.3k