4 title = "Reaching 10k GitHub Stars & A look at first sharing BookStack"
5 date = 2022-09-15T12:15:00Z
7 image = "/images/blog-cover-images/unsplash/space-stars-shot-by-cerqueira.jpg"
8 slug = "10k-stars-and-a-look-back-at-first-sharing"
13 Today, after over 7 years of continuous active development, we've now reached 10,000 stars on GitHub! 🥳 🥳 🥳
15 Previously when hitting star milestones I've written about the the project growth relative to this metric but,
16 since I've already [published such as post](/blog/9000-stars-and-the-effects-of-hacker-news/) this year,
17 I thought we'd do something different via video.
19 The below video quickly reviews our star growth before taking a nostalgic look back at the reception upon
20 [first sharing BookStack](https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/3z06rb/bookstack_a_free_wikilike_information_store/)
21 on the /r/selfhosted subreddit:
27 <span style="font-size: 0.8em;opacity:0.9;">Header Image Credits: <span>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@shotbycerqueira?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Shot by Cerqueira</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/stars?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></span></span>