I tried to do the opposite once: to rank GitHub repos by effectiveness of contributions, where effectiveness is measured as stars divided by the number of contributions. Sort of, best things done quickly. With all cons and pros of this metric, I've got these projects in top 5:
3. impress.js: It's a presentation framework based on the power of CSS3 transforms and transitions in modern browsers, https://github.com/impress/impress.js
Resume gives me a weird feeling because of their "star to use" system. On one hand it prevents abuse, which is fair. On the other it makes you star the project just to try it out, broadcasting to my followers that I used the system, creating an undeserved network effect.
yeah. really sad to see that type of- can i call it dark pattern?- on GitHub. obviously not an apples to apples comparison- but markdown-resume is where it's at anyway.
1. ievms: Automated installation of the Microsoft IE App Compat virtual machines, https://github.com/xdissent/ievms
2. resume: Resumes generated using the GitHub informations, https://github.com/resume/resume.github.com
3. impress.js: It's a presentation framework based on the power of CSS3 transforms and transitions in modern browsers, https://github.com/impress/impress.js
4. deepdream: Neural Network art, https://github.com/google/deepdream
5. favicon-cheat-sheet: cheat sheet to favicon sizes/types, https://github.com/audreyr/favicon-cheat-sheet