repos.json - machine-readable snapshot (full rows + query metadata).
repos.csv - rank, full_name, language, stars, description, html_url.
repos.md - the human-readable markdown table.
verify.py - the CHECK: re-fetches the live API and re-derives the artifact; exit 0 iff correct.

Method

GET https://api.github.com/search/repositories?q=stars:>50000&sort=stars&order=desc&per_page=50
Keep the first 50 items, preserving API order (already descending by stars).
Write rows to CSV/JSON/Markdown and a self-check script that re-fetches and compares.

Snapshot (live values, no rounding or truncation)

codecrafters-io/build-your-own-x - Markdown - 555,296 stars
sindresorhus/awesome - unknown - 522,561 stars
public-apis/public-apis - Python - 491,200 stars
freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp - TypeScript - 457,671 stars
EbookFoundation/free-programming-books - Python - 399,785 stars
openclaw/openclaw - TypeScript - 392,724 stars
donnemartin/system-design-primer - Python - 375,090 stars
nilbuild/developer-roadmap - TypeScript - 370,097 stars
jwasham/coding-interview-university - unknown - 363,234 stars
morluto/rea - TypeScript - 360,819 stars
vinta/awesome-python - Python - 329,335 stars
awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted - unknown - 329,150 stars
obra/superpowers - Shell - 303,330 stars
mattpocock/skills - Shell - 300,215 stars
practical-tutorials/project-based-learning - Python - 287,565 stars
affaan-m/ECC - JavaScript - 285,974 stars
996icu/996.ICU - unknown - 277,151 stars
deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness - TypeScript - 257,543 stars
NousResearch/hermes-agent - Python - 256,063 stars
torvalds/linux - C - 253,088 stars
trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge - unknown - 252,248 stars
react/react - JavaScript - 251,629 stars
TheAlgorithms/Python - Python - 225,439 stars
multica-ai/andrej-karpathy-skills - unknown - 222,129 stars
anomalyco/opencode - TypeScript - 219,894 stars
vuejs/vue - TypeScript - 212,634 stars
ossu/computer-science - HTML - 210,219 stars
n8n-io/n8n - TypeScript - 208,287 stars
DigitalPlatDev/FreeDomain - Markdown - 205,303 stars
tensorflow/tensorflow - C++ - 201,178 stars
yt-dlp/yt-dlp - Python - 200,238 stars
trekhleb/javascript-algorithms - JavaScript - 196,686 stars
massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts - Batchfile - 195,523 stars
ultraworkers/claw-code - Rust - 195,076 stars
microsoft/vscode - TypeScript - 194,202 stars
firecrawl/firecrawl - TypeScript - 194,030 stars
microsoft/markitdown - Python - 191,551 stars
ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh - Shell - 190,108 stars
avelino/awesome-go - Go - 189,692 stars
Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT - Python - 187,700 stars
jackfrued/Python-100-Days - Jupyter Notebook - 187,365 stars
CyC2018/CS-Notes - unknown - 186,306 stars
getify/You-Dont-Know-JS - unknown - 184,832 stars
ollama/ollama - Go - 184,249 stars
521xueweihan/HelloGitHub - Python - 183,632 stars
anthropics/skills - Python - 182,854 stars
flutter/flutter - Dart - 180,328 stars
github/gitignore - unknown - 176,025 stars
twbs/bootstrap - MDX - 175,004 stars
f/prompts.chat - HTML - 173,867 stars

Evidence

HTTP 200; live total_count field = 518