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From 2,500 requests to 24: Rebuilding star history without the stargazers

GitHub rebuilt its repo star history API to eliminate unbounded database queries. The new endpoint provides trend data using only twenty-four requests instead of twenty-five hundred, dropping individual user identities to protect privacy. This redesign significantly improves performance and scalability for developers tracking repository growth metrics.

GitHub Blog·Oct 14, 2026

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