When the weekly list is the better one
The daily list reacts to whatever was shared in the last few hours. The weekly list counts the stars of the last seven days, so a project has to hold attention for more than an afternoon to stay on it. If you check trending once or twice a week, this is the list that will not make you miss what happened on the days you were away.
The green figure on the right is the number of stars GitHub attributes to the week. The percentage under it is that gain relative to the stars the repository had seven days ago: a project showing +150% more than doubled in a week.
Reading it next to the daily list
A repository that is high here and absent from today’s list had its peak earlier in the week. One that is high in both is still accelerating. One that appears today but not here has only just started. Sorting this page by Relative growth brings the small projects that grew the most to the top, whatever their position.
For a longer view, the monthly list uses a thirty-day window. Past daily lists are kept in the archive.