diff --git a/augur/datasources/augur_db/augur_db.py b/augur/datasources/augur_db/augur_db.py
index e96ea6244f..a99b4c3f46 100644
--- a/augur/datasources/augur_db/augur_db.py
+++ b/augur/datasources/augur_db/augur_db.py
@@ -1405,6 +1405,50 @@ def issues_maintainer_response_duration(self, repo_group_id, repo_id=None, begin
 
         return results
 
+    #####################################
+    ###             VALUE             ###
+    #####################################
+
+    @annotate(tag='stars')
+    def stars(self, repo_group_id, repo_id=None):
+        """
+        Returns a time series of the stars count
+
+        :param repo_group_id: The repository's repo_group_id
+        :param repo_id: The repository's repo_id, defaults to None
+        :return: Time series of stars count
+        """
+        if not repo_id:
+            stars_SQL = s.sql.text("""
+                SELECT
+                    repo_info.repo_id,
+                    repo_name,
+                    repo_info.data_collection_date as date,
+                    stars_count AS stars
+                FROM repo_info JOIN repo ON repo_info.repo_id = repo.repo_id
+                WHERE repo_info.repo_id IN
+                    (SELECT repo_id FROM repo
+                     WHERE  repo_group_id = :repo_group_id)
+                ORDER BY repo_info.repo_id, date
+            """)
+
+            results = pd.read_sql(stars_SQL, self.db, params={'repo_group_id': repo_group_id})
+            return results
+
+        else:
+            stars_SQL = s.sql.text("""
+                SELECT
+                    repo_name,
+                    repo_info.data_collection_date as date,
+                    stars_count AS stars
+                FROM repo_info JOIN repo ON repo_info.repo_id = repo.repo_id
+                WHERE repo_info.repo_id = :repo_id
+                ORDER BY date
+            """)
+
+            results = pd.read_sql(stars_SQL, self.db, params={'repo_id': repo_id})
+            return results
+
     #####################################
     ###         EXPERIMENTAL          ###
     #####################################
diff --git a/augur/datasources/augur_db/routes.py b/augur/datasources/augur_db/routes.py
index 2c5cd430de..8e5c9b89d1 100644
--- a/augur/datasources/augur_db/routes.py
+++ b/augur/datasources/augur_db/routes.py
@@ -1573,6 +1573,69 @@ def get_repos_for_dosocs():
     """
     server.addRepoMetric(augur_db.license_declared, 'license-declared')
 
+    #####################################
+    ###             VALUE             ###
+    #####################################
+
+    """
+    @api {get} /repo-groups/:repo_group_id/stars Stars (Repo Group)
+    @apiName stars-repo-group
+    @apiGroup Value
+    @apiDescription A time series of stars count.
+    @apiParam {string} repo_group_id Repository Group ID
+    @apiSuccessExample {json} Success-Response:
+                    [
+                        {
+                            "repo_id": 21491,
+                            "repo_name": "commons-io",
+                            "date": "2019-07-03T23:23:36.000Z",
+                            "stars": 600
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "repo_id": 21491,
+                            "repo_name": "commons-io",
+                            "date": "2019-07-04T16:36:27.000Z",
+                            "stars": 601
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "repo_id": 21524,
+                            "repo_name": "maven",
+                            "date": "2019-07-03T23:21:14.000Z",
+                            "stars": 1730
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "repo_id": 21524,
+                            "repo_name": "maven",
+                            "date": "2019-07-04T16:34:04.000Z",
+                            "stars": 1733
+                        }
+                    ]
+    """
+    server.addRepoGroupMetric(augur_db.stars, 'stars')
+
+    """
+    @api {get} /repo-groups/:repo_group_id/repos/:repo_id/stars Stars (Repo)
+    @apiName stars-repo
+    @apiGroup Value
+    @apiDescription A time series of stars count.
+    @apiParam {string} repo_group_id Repository Group ID.
+    @apiParam {string} repo_id Repository ID.
+    @apiSuccessExample {json} Success-Response:
+                    [
+                        {
+                            "repo_name": "graphiql",
+                            "date": "2019-07-03T23:27:42.000Z",
+                            "stars": 8652
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "repo_name": "graphiql",
+                            "date": "2019-07-04T16:40:44.000Z",
+                            "stars": 8653
+                        }
+                    ]
+    """
+    server.addRepoMetric(augur_db.stars, 'stars')
+
     #####################################
     ###         EXPERIMENTAL          ###
     #####################################