lukeed / polka
A micro web server so fast, it'll make you dance! :dancers:
- Stars
- 5,596 stars
- Forks
- 176 forks
- Language
- JavaScript
- License
- MIT
- Created
- Dec 22, 2017
- Last push
- Apr 9, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 11, 2026
Why these Tags: an agent read the README and quoted it
- Web framework from the readme:
Essentially, Polka is just a native HTTP server with added support for routing, middleware, and sub-applications.
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Admitted to the Repository Index on Nov 10, 2026: 5,588 stars on 2026-11-10.
Star History
186 days recorded, May 10, 2026 – Nov 11, 2026 (UTC). Net change +34 stars.
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It gained stars on 24 of the 186 days recorded since May 10, 2026.
Its largest 7 days were Nov 5, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026: 11 stars.
In the 30 days to Nov 11, 2026 it got 15 stars, 400% more than in the 30 days before.
It had 5,562 stars before May 10, 2026 and has 5,596 stars now: 4,404 fewer than 10,000.
- Created on the Repository Host
- 10 pre-releases from Aug 13, 2021 to Sep 19, 2024; the latest is v1.0.0-next.28
- Latest push
- +2 stars in one day
- Entered the Repository Index: 5,588 stars on 2026-11-10
- +3 stars in one day
- Largest star day recorded: +8 stars
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Forks and pushes
From 2 Observations, Nov 11, 2026 – Nov 12, 2026. Forks 0. AwesomeRepos saw a new push on 0 of 1 days.
- Nov 12, 2026: no new push
A filled day: the last push time changed since the Observation before it.
Health facts
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Improve the Health Facts of the GitHub repository lukeed/polka. AwesomeRepos measures facts about how a repository is maintained, released, secured, and documented. Its page for this repository is https://awesomerepos.com/lukeed/polka. A change to the repository can improve each of the item below. Each item gives the measured fact or score, and a task. 1. A release in the last 365 days Fact: Newest release v1.0.0-next.28 on 2024-09-19, 784 days ago. 0 releases in the last 365 days. Rule: The newest published GitHub release (a pre-release counts; a draft does not) is 365 days old or less. A repository that publishes only tags, or only to a package registry, has no GitHub release. The release refresh reads the 10 newest releases after each push to the repository, and at least each 30 days. The index refresh reads the date of the last push each day. Task: Prepare a release, but do not publish it. Find the changes since the newest release, propose the next semantic version and the release notes, and ask me to publish the GitHub release. If nothing changed since the newest release, skip this item. If the project publishes only to a package registry, add a CI step that also makes a GitHub release for each version tag. Rules for this work: - Each file must be true for this project. Do not copy text that does not apply to it. - Do not choose a licence, a contact, or a release version for me. Ask me. - Do not publish a release, change a repository setting, or push to the default branch. Make the changes on a new branch. - Keep each change small, and run the checks of this repository before you finish. - At the end, list each item as DONE, SKIPPED (with the reason), or NEEDS A DECISION (with the question). AwesomeRepos reads these facts again in its next scan. The definitions of the checks: https://awesomerepos.com/health-facts
Maintenance
1 of 4 checks (2 without data)-
Yes: Not archived
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No: A push in the last 90 days
Last push on 2025-04-09, 582 days ago. Source
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No data: Commits in the last 13 weeks
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No data: Commits in 26 or more of the last 52 weeks
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Releases
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No: A release in the last 365 days
Newest release v1.0.0-next.28 on 2024-09-19, 784 days ago. 0 releases in the last 365 days. Source
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Yes: The newest release tag is a semantic version
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Community files
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Dependencies in the index
This section shows the packages that connect this repository to other repositories in the index.
The GitHub dependency graph of this repository names 84 direct packages (scanned on Nov 12, 2026). Packages from 28 other repositories in the index are among them.
20 scanned repositories name a package from this repository.
Uses (in the index) · 28
- react/react 253K
npm: react, react-dom
- vercel/next.js 143K
npm: next
- axios/axios 109K
npm: axios
- sveltejs/svelte 89K
npm: svelte
- webpack/webpack 66K
npm: webpack
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npm: socket.io
- nuxt/nuxt 61K
npm: nuxt
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npm: react-router-dom
- babel/babel 44K
npm: babel-plugin-transform-class-properties, babel-plugin-transform-react-constant-elements, babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx
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npm: parcel-bundler
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- preactjs/preact 39K
npm: preact
- lerna/lerna 36K
npm: lerna
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npm: graphql
- nfl/react-helmet 17K
npm: react-helmet
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npm: apollo-server-express
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npm: razzle
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npm: node-fetch
- expressjs/morgan 8.2K
npm: morgan
- sveltejs/sapper 6.9K
npm: sapper
- kentcdodds/cross-env 6.5K
npm: cross-env
- expressjs/cors 6.2K
npm: cors
- tape-testing/tape 5.8K
npm: tape
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npm: body-parser
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npm: graphql-tools
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npm: preact-router
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npm: tap-spec
Used by (in the index) · 20
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npm: @polka/compression, @polka/parse, polka
- sveltejs/svelte 89K
npm: polka
- vitejs/vite 84K
npm: @polka/compression
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npm: polka
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npm: polka
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npm: @polka/compression, polka
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npm: polka
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npm: @polka/parse, polka
- Ripple-TS/ripple 7.4K
npm: polka
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npm: polka
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npm: @polka/compression
- 501351981/vue-office 5.8K
npm: @polka/url
- farm-fe/farm 5.6K
npm: @polka/compression
- zouhir/jarvis 5.5K
npm: polka
- lokalise/i18n-ally 4.9K
npm: polka
- preactjs/preact-cli 4.7K
npm: polka
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npm: polka
- ipfs/helia 1.4K
npm: polka
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npm: polka
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npm: @polka/url
Sources: the GitHub dependency graph of each repository, and deps.dev for the source repository of each package (checked on Nov 4, 2026). A dependency graph also names development packages. deps.dev takes most source repositories from package metadata. How the dependency graph is made
Observations
Latest Observation, Nov 12, 2026: 5,596 stars, 176 forks, last push Apr 9, 2025, not archived. One of 2 Observations since Nov 11, 2026.