You can search, sort, and filter your starred repositories and topics on yourstars page.

About stars

Starring makes it easy to find a repository or topic again later. You can see all the repositories and topics you have starred by going to yourstars page.

You can star repositories and topics to discover similar projects on GitHub. For example, after you starGitHub's Green Software Directory, you will see other content related to green software on your personal dashboard.

Starring a repository also shows appreciation to the repository maintainer for their work. Many of GitHub's repository rankings depend on the number of stars a repository has. In addition,Explore GitHub shows popular repositories based on the number of stars they have.

Starring a repository

Starring a repository is a simple two-step process.

1. On GitHub, navigate to the main page of the repository.
2. In the top-right corner of the page, clickStar.
   
3. Optionally, to unstar a previously starred repository, clickStarred. This will remove the repository from your starred list.
   

Viewing who has starred a repository

You can view everyone who has starred a public repository or a private repository you have access to.

To view everyone who has starred a repository, add/stargazers to the end of the URL of a repository. For example, to view stargazers for the github/docs repository, visithttps://github.com/github/docs/stargazers.

Organizing starred repositories with lists

Curate repositories that you've starred with public lists. You can create public lists that appear on your stars page athttps://github.com/USERNAME?tab=stars.

If you add a private repository to a list, then the private repository will only appear in your list for people withread access to the repository.

You can add a repository to an existing or new list wherever you see a repository'sStar orStarred dropdown menu, whether on a repository page or in a list of starred repositories.

Creating a list

1. In the upper-right corner of any page, click your profile picture, then clickYour stars.

   

2. Next to "Lists", clickCreate list.

3. Enter a name and description for your list and clickCreate.

Adding a repository to a list

1. In the upper-right corner of any page, click your profile picture, then clickYour stars.

   

2. Find the repository you want to add to your list by typing it into the search bar.

3. Next to the repository you want to add, use theStarred dropdown menu and select your list.

   

Removing a repository from your list

1. In the upper-right corner of any page, click your profile picture, then clickYour stars.

   

2. Select your list.

3. Next to the repository you want to remove, use theStarred drop-down menu and deselect your list.

   

Editing a list name or description

1. In the upper-right corner of any page, click your profile picture, then clickYour stars.

   

2. Select the list you want to edit.

3. ClickEdit list.

4. Update the name or description and clickSave list.

Deleting a list

1. In the upper-right corner of any page, click your profile picture, then clickYour stars.

   

2. Select the list you want to delete.

3. ClickDelete list.

4. To confirm, clickDelete.

Searching starred repositories and topics

You can use the search bar on yourstars page to quickly find repositories and topics you've starred.

1. In the upper-right corner of any page, click your profile picture, then clickYour stars.

   

2. Use the search bar to find your starred repositories or topics by their name.

The search bar only searches based on the name of a repository or topic, and not on any other qualifiers (such as the size of the repository or when it was last updated).

Sorting and filtering stars on your stars page

You can use sorting or filtering to customize how you see starred repositories and topics on your stars page.

1. In the upper-right corner of any page, click your profile picture, then clickYour stars.

   

2. To sort stars, select theSort by: dropdown menu, then selectRecently starred,Recently active, orMost stars.

3. To filter your list of stars based on their language, click on the desired language under theLanguage dropdown menu.

4. To filter your list of stars based on repository type, click on the desired option under theType: dropdown menu.

Further reading

• Classifying your repository with topics