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Frontend frameworks: star history compared

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253k

facebook/react

Frontend frameworks are the longest-running rivalry on GitHub. React's curve is the benchmark every newcomer gets measured against, Vue's climb through the late 2010s was the fastest the ecosystem had seen, and Svelte and Solid show what a post-virtual-DOM pitch does to a growth curve. The points where the lines cross tend to line up with real shifts in adoption.

Ranked by current GitHub stars · growth = stars gained in the trailing 90 days · data updated Nov 2026

Frontend frameworks — star history
253k STARS13 YR 6 MOfacebook/react253kvuejs/vue213kangular/angular101ksveltejs/svelte89kpreactjs/preact39ksolidjs/solid36k

facebook/react: 252,594 stars on November 13, 2026. vuejs/vue: 212,526 stars on November 14, 2026. angular/angular: 101,481 stars on November 13, 2026. sveltejs/svelte: 88,733 stars on November 14, 2026. preactjs/preact: 39,004 stars on November 12, 2026. solidjs/solid: 36,267 stars on November 13, 2026.

Star history for facebook/react
DateStars
May 29, 2013397
July 31, 20131505
October 5, 20131843
December 6, 20132302
February 6, 20143921
April 8, 20144703
June 9, 20146030
August 9, 20147071
October 10, 20148144
December 10, 201410129
February 22, 201514251
April 24, 201517942
June 25, 201520601
August 26, 201523123
October 26, 201526037
December 27, 201529088
February 26, 201632068
April 28, 201635817
June 28, 201638657
August 29, 201642041
October 29, 201646217
December 30, 201649831
March 1, 201753631
May 2, 201757888
July 2, 201761981
September 2, 201766387
November 2, 201771455
January 3, 201875845
March 5, 201880527
May 6, 201885577
July 19, 201896630
September 18, 2018101226
November 19, 2018105446
January 19, 2019109764
March 22, 2019114492
May 22, 2019118990
July 23, 2019122582
September 22, 2019125952
November 23, 2019129329
January 23, 2020132265
March 25, 2020135267
May 25, 2020138884
July 26, 2020142550
September 25, 2020146135
November 26, 2020149433
January 26, 2021152569
March 29, 2021155934
May 29, 2021158929
July 30, 2021162106
September 29, 2021165391
December 12, 2021169053
February 12, 2022172514
April 14, 2022176957
June 15, 2022180383
August 15, 2022184176
October 16, 2022187283
December 16, 2022190454
February 16, 2023193836
April 18, 2023197692
June 19, 2023201159
August 19, 2023204092
October 20, 2023206764
December 20, 2023209158
February 20, 2024211974
April 21, 2024215014
June 22, 2024218130
August 22, 2024220507
October 23, 2024222889
December 24, 2024225344
February 23, 2025227544
May 8, 2025230578
July 8, 2025232725
September 8, 2025234780
November 8, 2025236765
January 9, 2026238852
March 11, 2026241021
May 12, 2026243132
July 12, 2026245124
September 12, 2026249206
November 13, 2026252594
Star history for vuejs/vue
DateStars
October 13, 20131
March 20, 2014931
May 20, 20141320
July 18, 20141607
September 17, 20141953
November 14, 20142269
January 12, 20152779
March 11, 20153246
May 10, 20153685
July 7, 20154564
September 16, 20155881
November 13, 20158119
January 11, 201610629
March 9, 201612678
May 7, 201615718
July 4, 201618695
September 1, 201622331
October 29, 201627692
December 27, 201632822
February 23, 201738418
April 23, 201744504
June 20, 201749947
August 18, 201755843
October 15, 201761758
December 13, 201767561
February 10, 201873705
April 9, 201879883
June 7, 201886380
August 4, 201898506
October 2, 2018103964
December 11, 2018110124
February 7, 2019115404
April 7, 2019122591
June 5, 2019128202
August 2, 2019132812
September 30, 2019136649
November 27, 2019140610
January 25, 2020143871
March 23, 2020147737
May 21, 2020152261
July 18, 2020156090
September 15, 2020159948
November 12, 2020163111
January 10, 2021165976
March 9, 2021168682
May 7, 2021171417
July 4, 2021173803
September 1, 2021176305
October 30, 2021178661
December 27, 2021180840
March 7, 2022183410
May 5, 2022185481
July 2, 2022187682
August 30, 2022189699
October 27, 2022191361
December 25, 2022192771
February 22, 2023194187
April 21, 2023195459
June 19, 2023196697
August 16, 2023197718
October 14, 2023198762
December 11, 2023199675
February 8, 2024200556
April 6, 2024201374
June 4, 2024202115
August 1, 2024202724
September 29, 2024203308
November 26, 2024203902
January 24, 2025204427
March 23, 2025204956
June 2, 2025205670
July 30, 2025206232
September 27, 2025206735
November 24, 2025207147
January 22, 2026207582
March 21, 2026208012
May 19, 2026208475
July 16, 2026209088
September 15, 2026212064
November 14, 2026212526
Star history for angular/angular
DateStars
September 29, 20141
December 4, 2014317
January 29, 2015637
March 26, 20151607
May 20, 20152417
July 14, 20153231
September 8, 20154019
November 2, 20154846
December 27, 20156061
February 21, 20167281
April 27, 20168862
June 21, 201610524
August 16, 201612083
October 10, 201613957
December 4, 201615211
January 29, 201716588
March 25, 201718476
May 19, 201720161
July 14, 201721667
September 7, 201723190
November 1, 201724964
December 27, 201726733
February 20, 201828405
April 16, 201830160
June 11, 201831961
August 5, 201833965
September 29, 201835682
November 24, 201837343
January 18, 201938852
March 14, 201940414
May 20, 201942461
July 14, 201943765
September 7, 201945277
November 2, 201947443
December 27, 201949485
February 20, 202051524
April 16, 202053423
June 10, 202055386
August 4, 202057298
September 29, 202059625
November 23, 202061309
January 18, 202163100
March 14, 202164836
May 8, 202166197
July 3, 202167528
August 27, 202169236
October 21, 202170445
December 16, 202171640
February 9, 202272961
April 5, 202274216
June 11, 202275840
August 5, 202277100
September 29, 202278252
November 24, 202279445
January 18, 202380402
March 14, 202381555
May 9, 202382886
July 3, 202384073
August 27, 202385132
October 22, 202386302
December 16, 202388516
February 9, 202489399
April 5, 202490537
May 30, 202491369
July 24, 202492063
September 18, 202492693
November 12, 202493379
January 6, 202593955
March 3, 202594665
April 27, 202595336
July 2, 202596177
August 27, 202596689
October 21, 202597368
December 15, 202597900
February 9, 202698370
April 5, 202698962
May 30, 202699385
July 25, 2026100037
September 18, 2026100706
November 13, 2026101481
Star history for sveltejs/svelte
DateStars
November 20, 20169
January 6, 20173219
February 21, 20173655
April 7, 20173959
May 23, 20174215
July 8, 20174395
August 25, 20174552
October 11, 20174762
November 25, 20174893
January 10, 20185510
March 6, 20185784
April 20, 20186131
June 5, 20186351
July 20, 20186788
September 4, 20187148
October 21, 20187381
December 5, 20187764
January 20, 20198002
March 6, 20198427
April 21, 20198851
June 6, 201916436
July 21, 201919172
September 5, 201920866
October 20, 201922661
December 5, 201924671
January 20, 202026828
March 5, 202028235
April 20, 202029758
June 4, 202031271
July 20, 202032422
September 13, 202033763
October 28, 202035549
December 13, 202036871
January 28, 202139685
March 14, 202141459
April 29, 202142783
June 13, 202143857
July 29, 202145025
September 13, 202146360
October 28, 202147708
December 13, 202149594
January 27, 202251167
March 14, 202252574
April 29, 202253670
June 13, 202255312
July 29, 202256986
September 12, 202257983
October 28, 202258930
December 13, 202259831
January 27, 202361124
March 23, 202362517
May 8, 202363564
June 22, 202364765
August 7, 202367655
September 21, 202368701
November 6, 202369519
December 22, 202370807
February 5, 202471744
March 22, 202472678
May 6, 202473640
June 21, 202474378
August 6, 202475198
September 20, 202475978
November 5, 202477408
December 20, 202478323
February 4, 202579065
March 22, 202579903
May 6, 202580636
June 21, 202581384
August 5, 202582033
September 29, 202582823
November 14, 202583546
December 29, 202584164
February 13, 202684760
March 30, 202685300
May 15, 202685890
June 30, 202686791
August 14, 202687438
September 29, 202687977
November 14, 202688733
Star history for preactjs/preact
DateStars
September 16, 20151
January 29, 20161251
March 20, 20161997
May 8, 20162240
June 28, 20162776
August 19, 20163170
October 7, 20163669
November 26, 20164860
January 14, 20176256
March 5, 20177132
May 4, 20178230
June 22, 20179517
August 11, 201710628
September 29, 201714019
November 18, 201714799
January 7, 201815530
February 25, 201816283
April 16, 201816863
June 4, 201817410
July 24, 201817914
September 12, 201818472
October 31, 201818940
December 20, 201819507
February 7, 201919899
March 29, 201920516
May 18, 201921017
July 6, 201921512
August 25, 201921903
October 14, 201922547
December 2, 201923081
January 31, 202023694
March 20, 202024084
May 9, 202024600
June 28, 202024974
August 16, 202025335
October 5, 202025751
November 23, 202026074
January 12, 202126537
March 3, 202126934
April 21, 202127378
June 10, 202127734
July 29, 202128122
September 17, 202128496
November 6, 202128882
December 25, 202129211
February 13, 202229717
April 3, 202230081
May 24, 202230391
July 13, 202230916
August 31, 202231367
October 30, 202231893
December 18, 202232208
February 6, 202332523
March 28, 202332948
May 17, 202333236
July 6, 202333523
August 25, 202333830
October 13, 202334072
December 3, 202334467
January 22, 202434731
March 12, 202435014
May 1, 202435245
June 19, 202435490
August 11, 202435697
September 29, 202435909
November 18, 202436144
January 9, 202536391
February 28, 202536602
April 19, 202536831
June 8, 202537154
August 7, 202537392
September 26, 202537596
November 16, 202537780
January 8, 202637937
February 27, 202638125
April 19, 202638321
June 8, 202638498
July 30, 202638661
September 21, 202638813
November 12, 202639004
Star history for solidjs/solid
DateStars
May 26, 20182
March 23, 201963
May 5, 2019439
June 14, 2019506
July 24, 2019570
August 28, 2019917
October 5, 20191103
November 14, 20191194
December 23, 20191306
January 31, 20201483
March 20, 20201583
April 26, 20201712
June 3, 20202758
July 8, 20203197
August 13, 20203388
September 18, 20203734
October 23, 20203996
November 28, 20204167
January 2, 20214456
February 6, 20214787
March 13, 20215009
April 16, 20215255
May 21, 20215565
June 26, 20215751
July 30, 20219054
September 3, 202110035
October 8, 202110722
November 11, 202111201
December 16, 202112234
January 20, 202212925
March 2, 202214280
April 6, 202215539
May 11, 202216159
June 14, 202218244
July 19, 202219370
August 23, 202220427
September 26, 202221204
October 31, 202221947
December 5, 202222704
January 8, 202323397
February 12, 202324330
March 18, 202325324
April 22, 202326029
May 27, 202326533
June 30, 202326998
August 4, 202327406
September 8, 202327735
October 12, 202328039
November 16, 202328368
December 21, 202328687
January 31, 202429322
March 6, 202429647
April 10, 202429978
May 14, 202430280
June 18, 202430632
July 24, 202430866
August 27, 202431111
October 1, 202431349
November 5, 202431610
December 9, 202431810
January 13, 202532031
February 17, 202532277
March 23, 202532534
April 27, 202532796
June 1, 202533052
July 5, 202533253
August 9, 202533451
September 13, 202533651
October 17, 202533892
November 21, 202534111
January 2, 202634376
February 5, 202634619
March 12, 202634874
April 16, 202635064
May 21, 202635250
June 26, 202635423
August 1, 202635600
September 4, 202635823
October 9, 202636036
November 13, 202636267

How each series was read

  • facebook/react

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • vuejs/vue

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • angular/angular

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • sveltejs/svelte

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • preactjs/preact

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • solidjs/solid

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

Ranking

6 repositories

Frontend frameworks ranked by current total GitHub stars
#RepositoryStars+90dFirst starHealth
1facebook/react252,601~6.6k2013debt charts
2vuejs/vue212,526~3.2k2013debt charts
3angular/angular101,481~1.1k2014debt charts
4sveltejs/svelte88,733~1.3k2016debt charts
5preactjs/preact39,004~3082015debt charts
6solidjs/solid36,265~5982018debt charts

Repository health compared

Live analysis · unavailable data stays labelled

Popularity is only one axis. Compare technical scale, maintenance cadence, ownership resilience and change pressure against the same completed analysis that sits behind each report.

Reach

Popularity and real-world adoption

Signalfacebook/reactvuejs/vueangular/angularsveltejs/sveltepreactjs/preactsolidjs/solid
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 252,601212,526101,48188,73339,00436,265
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +6,648+3,191+1,096+1,295+308+598
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Largest package audienceLargest resolved registry total; sources are shown explicitly.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.13 years13 years12 years10.0 years11 years8.6 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalfacebook/reactvuejs/vueangular/angularsveltejs/sveltepreactjs/preactsolidjs/solid
Dominant languageLargest share of analyzed code lines at current HEAD.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Maintenance

Commit volume and recent operating cadence

Signalfacebook/reactvuejs/vueangular/angularsveltejs/sveltepreactjs/preactsolidjs/solid
Repository commitsFull repository commit total reported by the analysis.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Ownership

How broadly maintenance responsibility is distributed

Signalfacebook/reactvuejs/vueangular/angularsveltejs/sveltepreactjs/preactsolidjs/solid
Bus factorFewest analyzed contributors carrying at least half the commits.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Change signals

Debt markers and fix pressure in frequently changed files

Signalfacebook/reactvuejs/vueangular/angularsveltejs/sveltepreactjs/preactsolidjs/solid
Fix-labelled share · frequently changed filesFix-labelled commits divided by commits across the analyzed high-frequency file set.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Recent TODO/FIXME movementLatest cumulative marker count and its change over the trailing 90 days.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Head to head

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Frequently asked

Which of these frontend frameworks has the most GitHub stars?

facebook/react is the most-starred of the frontend frameworks gitdebt compares, with 252,601 GitHub stars as of Nov 2026. It earned its first star in 2013.

Which of these frontend frameworks is growing the fastest?

facebook/react added the most stars over the last 90 days of its cached history — about 6,648 new stars. 90-day figures are approximate for older repos, whose history is downsampled.

How is this comparison computed?

The table ranks public repository metadata by current total stars. Each curve is that repository's stored star series — read from GitHub's own star history, or from an older stargazer-list or historical-data read until gitdebt reads it again — drawn on shared axes, with trailing 90-day growth estimated from it. The legend under the chart names each series' own source and coverage date. Repo-health charts come independently from each repository's commit history.

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