The most active Java repositories on GitHub, August 2026

As of August 2026, the most active Java repository on GitHub is spring-projects/spring-boot (81.3k stars). The top 10 Java repositories tracked by StarHunt hold 448.8k combined stars, averaging 44.9k each, with 10 of 10 updated in the last week.

What are the most active Java repositories in August 2026?

We track the most active Java repositories on GitHub every month. Here is what the data shows for August 2026.

#	Repository	Stars	Last push
1	spring-projects/spring-boot Spring Boot helps you to create Spring-powered, production-grade applications and services with abso framework java	⭐ 81,299 (+24)	today
2	elastic/elasticsearch Free and Open Source, Distributed, RESTful Search Engine elasticsearch java	⭐ 77,817 (+17)	today
3	spring-projects/spring-framework Spring Framework framework spring	⭐ 60,187 (+17)	2 days ago
4	dbeaver/dbeaver Free universal database tool and SQL client ai database	⭐ 51,367	today
5	apache/kafka Apache Kafka - A distributed event streaming platform java kafka	⭐ 33,501 (+20)	yesterday

Which Java repositories grew the most this month?

This month brought some interesting movement in the Java open-source space:

• spring-projects/spring-boot: +24 stars
• apache/kafka: +20 stars
• elastic/elasticsearch: +17 stars
• spring-projects/spring-framework: +17 stars
• openjdk/jdk: +10 stars

The biggest mover this month was spring-projects/spring-boot, which gained 24 stars.

Which Java repositories are growing fastest?

Beyond the leaders, these Java projects are climbing quickest:

• openjdk/jdk +10 stars this month (23.2k total)
• quarkusio/quarkus +7 stars this month (15.8k total)
• jhipster/generator-jhipster +4 stars this month (22.4k total)

How active is the Java ecosystem this month?

Across the top 10 Java repositories tracked by StarHunt:

• Combined stars: 448,798
• Average stars per repository: 44,879
• Repositories with a commit in the last 7 days: 10 out of 10

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Who builds the top Java repositories?

StarHunt has indexed 187 contributors across these Java repositories. Among the 96 located in one of the six tracked countries (United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Canada), the split is:

• United States: 32% (31)
• Germany: 19% (18)
• United Kingdom: 19% (18)
• France: 12% (12)
• Canada: 12% (12)
• Spain: 5% (5)

25% have a public email on their GitHub profile.

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