real-stars
Exposes fake stars on GitHub repositories using statistical anomaly detection.
As of June 2026, real-stars has 10 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 1 reviews in the Developer Tools category.
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Version
0.2.5
Manifest V3
90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension 1 version update, changed permissions.
History
4 snapshotsTracking since May 12, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2026 | — | — | — | 0.2.1 |
| May 17, 2026 | — | — | — | 0.2.1 |
| May 24, 2026 | 5 | 5.00 | 1 | 0.2.5 |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 6 | 5.00 | 1 | 0.2.5 |
| Now | 10 | 5.00 | 1 | 0.2.5 |
Changelog
- May 17, 2026host_permissions
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Permissions & access
- Permissions
- storageidentity
- Host access
- https://github.com/*, https://api.github.com/*, https://real-stars-oauth.serenatan.workers.dev/*
Screenshots
About
real-stars analyzes the star history of any GitHub repo you visit and shows how many of those stars look real, right next to GitHub's official star count. How it works — two independent fake-star detection signals: • Burst detection: a sliding-window MAD (median absolute deviation) algorithm spots statistically anomalous spikes in the star timeline — the fingerprint of "bought a batch in one day". • Per-user account analysis: samples 200 stargazers and scores account age, follower count, public repo count, and avatar to spot throwaway / farm accounts — catches "drip-fed bought stars from a pool of 6,000 empty profiles" that burst detection misses. • Cross-validation: real spikes leave evidence in fork activity and traffic referrers (HN, Reddit, Twitter); bought stars don't. Sign-in: one-click GitHub OAuth, no PAT setup needed. Calibration: Validated against StarScout's published ground truth (ICSE 2026 paper, https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.13459). Live algorithm matches StarScout's snapshot numbers within ±3% on the test set: - LupusLeaks/EasyFN: 86.5% fake (StarScout: 83.5%) - microsoft/vscode: 1.5% fake (StarScout: 1.27%) - torvalds/linux: 1.5% fake (StarScout: 0.88%) Repos under 1,000 stars get a "needs more data" badge instead of a verdict — we'd rather under-detect than libel a real project. Source: https://github.com/serenakeyitan/real-stars Privacy: real-stars only reads public repo metadata via the GitHub API using your own OAuth token. Nothing is sent to any third-party server except a small Cloudflare Worker that exchanges the OAuth code for a token (the token never leaves your browser after that).
Technical
- Version
- 0.2.5
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 35.98KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- No
Metadata
- ID
- dhedokmgjhemapgdkekkmkfnnmggdkca
- Developer ID
- u2a356dae90e50e8f1f2f16b3ed985399
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- May 11, 2026
- Last Updated (Store)
- May 14, 2026
- Last Scraped
- Jun 6, 2026
- Website
- —
- Support URL
- https://github.com/serenakeyitan/real-stars
- Privacy Policy
- https://github.com/serenakeyitan/real-stars
Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified Jun 6, 2026.