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I made 1200+ ⭐️ stars on a Github repo! Here are some simple tips that helped me!

Fredy Andrei on November 09, 2022

Hello guys, it's been a while since my last post on dev.to, and I am happy to share with you again some tips & strategies that helped me to mak...
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Jean-Michel 🕵🏻‍♂️ Fayard

I have to ask: what's the end goal here?
Will GitHub stars pay your rent or something?

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Julia 👩🏻‍💻 GDE

I think it is nice to know that people like what you have created by starring it, no matter if there if money involved or not. 😉

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Jean-Michel 🕵🏻‍♂️ Fayard

I fully get this. But then it's not the goal, it's merely a side effect. It's important to distinguish if you don't want to be lost in vanity metrics.

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Lars Kamp

We all know that GitHub stars are a vanity metric. But they're still a good proxy for awareness about the project, and excitement by the community.

If you're a venture-funded start-up, it's also a metric investors will pay attention to. Even though they may tell you otherwise, they all care about GitHub stars.

Even public, mature companies like HashiCorp still measure their GitHub stars, and use a growing star count as part of their investor narrative.

The next step though is to show how you can turn these stars into usage of your software, via bottom-up adoption. And then if you have a commercial offering, show how and why users upgrade. I guess the fancy term for that is "PLG - product-led growth".

Anyhow, great little summary!

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Jon Randy 🎖️

It doesn't necessarily mean they like it. I've starred repos to use them as examples of bad code for students/junior devs

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Julia 👩🏻‍💻 GDE

Sure, or simply that :)

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Michael

@jonrandy I feel personally attacked 😰😂

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Fyodor • Edited

Wanted to ask the same tbh. I mean, it’s an achievement which cannot be underrated but the effort should have some goal I suppose. Future monetization? ah, sorry, I have found now that it’s a paid product so it makes sense 👍

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Jean-Michel 🕵🏻‍♂️ Fayard

Ah thanks a lot.
Then indeed it totally makes sense and good job Fredy

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Fredy Andrei

Thanks a lot, Fyodor, for clarifying the situation! Hope these tips help you guys! 🚀

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revoltez • Edited

yes, the more stars you have the more impressed people are with your work the more likely you get hired the more money you make, causality bro

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Efe Ertugrul

🤣🤣🤣

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Elio Struyf

Thank you for sharing and congrats on your stars gathering!

I will try a couple of these tips for Front Matter CMS - frontmatter.codes. Hoping to reach 1000 ⭐️'s by the end of the year. 🙏

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Fredy Andrei

My pleasure! Congrats on your amazing product! I just starred it now! 😍

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Elio Struyf

w00t - thanks 🤩

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Rafael Acioly

Amazing UI Fredy, I really love it.

But $59 is a little too high for a UI that doesn't come with some essential features like authentication etc.

Do you have plans to offer at a low price? I would love to buy it, but my currency nowadays is not on my favor. (I have to multiply it by 5)

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Fredy Andrei

Hello, Rafael!

Thanks for your feedback! I think that the price is already quite low for what Horizon offers, it's a product that comes with more than 42+ premium UI pages and multiple features.

You have around 10 pages made especially for auth steps. Here is one example of them: horizon-ui.com/chakra-pro/#/auth/s... .

You can access all pages from the sidebar on left.

I hope this helps! Have a fantastic day! 😁

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jmau111 🦄

congrats @fredy, huge achievement \o/

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Fredy Andrei

Thanks mate! Looking forward to great results on your project! 😁

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jmau111 🦄

thanks, not the top priority for now, but it's very inspiring work.

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nice

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Fredy Andrei

Thank you! 🤩

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Ariful Alam

Nice. Great project. Also, can you please give me some suggestion to achieve more stars on my project?

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Fredy Andrei

Hello! Congrats on your project! You can try the tips mentioned in this article, I am sure that it will help you a lot! 😄

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Anas Dew

You did a good work. You deserve that stars.

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Fredy Andrei

Thank you so much! 😄

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WebsiteMarket

Great work. Thanks for sharing.

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Fredy Andrei

Thank you so much! 🚀

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The design is really great.

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Fredy Andrei

Happy to hear that! Hope it helps you! 😍

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Airbrake.io

You deserve those stars! Incredible project!

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Fredy Andrei

Thank you so much mate! Hope it helps you! 😃

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Rafał Goławski

Congratulations! 👏

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Fredy Andrei

Thanks a lot! Hope it helps! 😁

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Ana Radovici

Amazing! Congratulations! ⚡️

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Fredy Andrei

Thanks! 😁

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Morteza Sabihi

Thanks for sharing your tips :)

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Tito

Awesome! Yes this community is underrated.

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Yuki Kimoto - SPVM Author

Thanks for your information to increase stars.

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Imajin

Great post!

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Atena Dadkhah

Hello.
I think it's important to be able to get stars on your repos, because it shows the value of your project and you'll be proud of these good projects when you're sending in your resume.

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Nawam Sahasra Mandara Denawakage

I'm delighted to know about this stuff and congrats on your achievement

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Artenes Nogueira

Pretty dope man! In the end this is not a tutorial on how to get starts, but a how to market your repo so more people are aware of it. The goal is to spread the word!