--- title: "The rising stars of JS in 2021" publication: "JavaScript Weekly" issue: 571 published_at: "2022-01-07" canonical_url: "https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/571" --- Plus an ES2022 book, Jasmine 4, AVA 4, Ember.js 4.1, and more. | #​571 — January 7, 2022 [Unsubscribe](https://javascriptweekly.com/leave/*|UID|*)|[Read on the Web](https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/571) JavaScript Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/okp6c8oqh1hp0wwnsggz.jpg)](https://risingstars.js.org/2021/en) [2021's JavaScript _Rising Stars_](https://risingstars.js.org/2021/en) — Back for the 6th year running is this popular look at JavaScript projects that have continued to be popular on GitHub. Stars aren’t the only way to determine what projects are good, but it’s _one way_, and we tend to find it surfaces some worthwhile projects and libraries to check out. 2021 was a strong year for JavaScript and particularly for projects like Next.js, Vite, and zx! 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