Millions of users of GitHub, the premier online platform for sharing open-source software, rely on stars to establish their software product's credibility. But new research from Carnegie Mellon ...

GitHub has a problem with inauthentic "stars" used to artificially inflate the popularity of scam and malware distribution repositories, helping them reach more unsuspecting users. Stars are similar ...

In May of this year, our open-source software startup Elementl closed a successful Series B round. In the run-up to the fundraising, I spent a fair amount of time preoccupied with GitHub stars. If you ...