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The star-count trap: GitHub stars don't equal how good or active a tool is · OSSDrop

The star-count trap: GitHub stars don't equal how good or active a tool is

riponcm· 1mo ago·

A tool can have 50k stars and be abandoned, or 800 stars and be someone's daily driver. On OSSDrop, stars are only a tiebreaker — ranking is real upvotes + comments. Do you think stars are overrated as a signal of quality?

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