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Quiet climberQuiet climberAt least 300 stars gained in 7 days and no Hacker News points. More on the methodology pagelike netcat, but over Tailscale's data plane, without Tailscale's control plane
Quiet climber: 390 stars gained in 7 days and no Hacker News points (the rule needs 300+ stars and none from Hacker News).
Gaining 390 stars this week, 0.6x its usual pace. Last push 7 days ago.
Verdicts publish once our backtest passes. This label is a measured fact, not a verdict.
Repository on GitHub Project homepage
- Stars StarsThe number of GitHub stars on the repository at our latest reading.
- 8,177
- Gain 24h Gain 24hStars gained since our latest reading from at least 24 hours ago.
- +38
- Gain 7d Gain 7dStars gained since our latest reading from at least 7 days ago.
- +390
- Velocity Velocity (Nx usual pace)This week's star gain divided by the project's usual weekly gain. The usual gain is the average weekly gain over the 4 weeks before (days 8 to 35 ago), counted as at least 10 stars. 2.0x means twice the usual pace. Without a reading from 35 days ago, the ranking assumes 2% of the stars the project had 7 days ago as its usual weekly gain. More on the methodology page
- 0.6x usual 672 a week
- Forks ForksThe number of GitHub forks of the repository at our latest reading.
- 354
- HN points HN pointsHacker News points added up across posts that mention the project, published in the last 7 days.
- 0 7 days
Open issues Open issuesThe number of open issues on the repository at our latest reading, as GitHub counts them. 29. Days since push Days since pushDays since the last push to the repository. 7 days. Archived ArchivedWhether the owner has archived the repository on GitHub. An archived repository is read-only. no. Hacker News posts in 7 days Hacker News postsThe number of Hacker News posts that mention the project, published in the last 7 days.: 0. Watchers WatchersThe number of GitHub users watching the repository for notifications, at our latest reading. 26.
5% of its stars arrived in the last 7 days. Gaining 0.6x its usual weekly pace. No Hacker News posts in the last 7 days.
Rank history
Peak day: +1,179 stars on 28 Aug 2026, 39 days ago.
Stars
Packages
- We checked npm, PyPI, Docker Hub, crates.io and Homebrew and found no package that links to this repository.
Hacker News
| Post | Points PointsThe points the post has on Hacker News. | Comments CommentsThe number of comments on the post on Hacker News. | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Hacker News posts mention it in the last 7 days. | |||
First tracked 6 Oct 2026 at 8,177 stars.
- GitHub data 100 min old
- Hacker News data 9 min old, no posts found
Figures by method 1.0