🚀10 Trending projects on GitHub for web developers - 21st May 2021
Tags: react, javascript, webdev, productivity
Published: 2021-05-21 13:50:17

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### 1. Docz

Docz makes it easy to write and publish beautiful interactive documentation for your code. Create MDX files showcasing your code and Docz turns them into a live-reloading, production-ready site.

{% github https://github.com/pedronauck/docz %}

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### 2. mo · js

The motion graphics toolbelt for the web. mo · js is a javascript motion graphics library that is a fast, retina ready, modular and open source.

{% github https://github.com/mojs/mojs %}

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### 3. Twitter API Client

A user-friendly Node.js / JavaScript client library for interacting with the Twitter API.

{% github https://github.com/FeedHive/twitter-api-client %}

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### 4. web3.js

The Ethereum JavaScript API which connects to the Generic JSON-RPC spec.

{% github https://github.com/ChainSafe/web3.js %}

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### 5. renature

A physics-based animation library for React focused on modeling natural world forces.

{% github https://github.com/FormidableLabs/renature %}

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### 6. use-gesture

use-gesture is a library that let you bind richer mouse and touch events to any component or view. With the data you receive, it becomes trivial to set up gestures, and often takes no more than a few lines of code.

{% github https://github.com/pmndrs/use-gesture %}

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### 7. cheerio

Fast, flexible, and lean implementation of core jQuery designed specifically for the server.

{% github https://github.com/cheeriojs/cheerio %}

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### 8. DocToc 

Generates table of contents for markdown files inside local git repository. Links are compatible with anchors generated by github or other sites.

{% github https://github.com/thlorenz/doctoc %}

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### 9. Styleguidist

Isolated React component development environment with a living style guide 

{% github https://github.com/styleguidist/react-styleguidist %}

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### 10. Pts

A library for visualization and creative-coding

{% github https://github.com/williamngan/pts %}

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### Stargazing 📈
#### Top risers over last 7 days

1. [Front-End Checklist](https://github.com/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist) +1,665 stars
2. [Best websites a programmer should visit](https://github.com/sdmg15/Best-websites-a-programmer-should-visit) +1,445 stars
3. [eDEX-UI](https://github.com/GitSquared/edex-ui) +1,350 stars
4. [Slidev](https://github.com/slidevjs/slidev) +1,235 stars
5. [umami](https://github.com/mikecao/umami) +844 stars

#### Top growth(%) over last 7 days

1. [htmr](https://github.com/pveyes/htmr) +27%
2. [useStateMachine](https://github.com/cassiozen/useStateMachine) +24%
3. [Observable Plot](https://github.com/observablehq/plot) +15%
4. [Elder.js](https://github.com/Elderjs/elderjs) +15%
5. [Slidev](https://github.com/slidevjs/slidev) +15%

#### Top risers over last 30 days

1. [Public APIs](https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis) +6,543 stars
2. [Coding Interview University](https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university) +5,535 stars
3. [Web Developer Roadmap](https://github.com/kamranahmedse/developer-roadmap)  +5,200 stars
4. [Free Programming Books](https://github.com/EbookFoundation/free-programming-books) +4,960 stars
5. [Build your own X](https://github.com/danistefanovic/build-your-own-x) +4,350 stars

#### Top growth(%) over last 30 days

1. [github-elements](https://github.com/github/github-elements) +132%
2. [superplate](https://github.com/pankod/superplate) +73%
3. [party.js](https://github.com/yiliansource/party-js) +72%
4. [Fig](https://github.com/withfig/autocomplete) +72%
5. [Supabase](https://github.com/supabase/supabase) +43%

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