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JavaScript runtimes: star history compared

Most starred

124k

nodejs/node

Node.js normalized JavaScript on the server and spent a decade unchallenged. Then Deno arrived with a security-first pitch from Node's own creator, and Bun's first months of stars rank among the fastest climbs GitHub has recorded for infrastructure software. The totals still favor the incumbent; the recent-velocity numbers are a much closer race.

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

JavaScript runtimes — star history
124k STARS12 YRnodejs/node124kdenoland/deno109koven-sh/bun97kquickjs-ng/quickjs4.1k

nodejs/node: 123,711 stars on November 14, 2026. denoland/deno: 108,875 stars on November 13, 2026. oven-sh/bun: 96,693 stars on November 14, 2026. quickjs-ng/quickjs: 4,148 stars on November 13, 2026.

Star history for nodejs/node
DateStars
November 26, 20146
January 19, 20157355
March 15, 20159428
May 9, 201510405
July 3, 201511022
August 26, 201511786
October 20, 201514165
December 14, 201515844
February 7, 201617375
April 1, 201618823
June 6, 201620805
July 31, 201622102
September 24, 201623697
November 18, 201625497
January 11, 201726987
March 7, 201728752
May 1, 201730554
June 25, 201732404
August 18, 201734059
October 12, 201736140
December 6, 201738607
January 30, 201840296
March 25, 201842022
May 19, 201844054
July 13, 201846203
September 6, 201847955
October 31, 201849774
December 24, 201851503
February 17, 201953064
April 13, 201954926
June 18, 201956961
August 11, 201958234
October 5, 201959473
November 29, 201960882
January 23, 202062133
March 18, 202063233
May 11, 202064744
July 5, 202066265
August 29, 202067584
October 23, 202069014
December 16, 202070368
February 9, 202171818
April 5, 202173139
May 30, 202174388
July 23, 202175650
September 16, 202176918
November 10, 202178131
January 4, 202279284
February 28, 202281159
April 23, 202282471
June 28, 202283966
August 22, 202285207
October 16, 202286561
December 9, 202287696
February 2, 202388848
March 29, 202390114
May 23, 202391509
July 17, 202392733
September 9, 202393806
November 3, 202395520
December 28, 202397453
February 21, 202498679
April 15, 2024100457
June 9, 2024101757
August 3, 2024103038
September 27, 2024104122
November 20, 2024105349
January 14, 2025106467
March 10, 2025107781
May 4, 2025108893
July 9, 2025110133
September 1, 2025111218
October 26, 2025112311
December 20, 2025113315
February 13, 2026114352
April 8, 2026115487
June 2, 2026116575
July 27, 2026117829
September 20, 2026121402
November 14, 2026123711
Star history for denoland/deno
DateStars
May 28, 201828
July 5, 201820015
August 13, 201821661
September 21, 201823164
October 29, 201824212
December 7, 201825189
January 15, 201926737
February 23, 201928512
April 2, 201929660
May 11, 201931357
June 27, 201932701
August 4, 201934200
September 12, 201935033
October 21, 201935788
November 29, 201936482
January 6, 202037424
February 14, 202040781
March 24, 202042259
May 1, 202043935
June 9, 202057608
July 18, 202060087
August 26, 202061366
October 3, 202062511
November 11, 202063634
December 20, 202065112
January 28, 202166502
March 7, 202167786
April 15, 202169199
May 24, 202170288
July 2, 202171039
August 17, 202171999
September 25, 202172738
November 2, 202173389
December 11, 202174048
January 19, 202274854
February 27, 202275630
April 6, 202276520
May 15, 202277562
June 23, 202278375
August 1, 202279585
September 8, 202280467
October 17, 202281206
November 25, 202281943
January 3, 202382542
February 10, 202383449
March 21, 202384191
April 29, 202384888
June 7, 202385569
July 15, 202386073
August 23, 202386603
October 8, 202387336
November 16, 202387832
December 25, 202388283
February 2, 202488826
March 11, 202489428
April 19, 202489923
May 28, 202490358
July 6, 202490748
August 13, 202491168
September 21, 202491650
October 30, 202494590
December 8, 202495861
January 15, 202598619
February 23, 202599502
April 3, 2025100183
May 11, 2025100763
June 19, 2025101326
July 28, 2025101804
September 5, 2025102290
October 13, 2025102944
November 29, 2025103617
January 7, 2026104123
February 14, 2026104648
March 25, 2026105086
May 3, 2026105608
June 11, 2026106223
July 19, 2026107029
August 27, 2026107765
October 5, 2026108174
November 13, 2026108875
Star history for oven-sh/bun
DateStars
September 7, 20211
October 29, 202186
November 22, 2021330
December 17, 2021412
January 15, 2022471
February 16, 2022537
March 12, 2022615
April 7, 2022685
May 4, 2022776
May 29, 2022862
June 28, 20221069
July 21, 202225224
August 13, 202228339
September 5, 202230484
September 28, 202231402
October 21, 202232285
November 13, 202232988
December 6, 202233490
December 29, 202234076
January 21, 202335133
February 13, 202335946
March 8, 202336862
March 31, 202337379
April 23, 202337856
May 16, 202338301
June 8, 202338978
July 1, 202339441
July 24, 202339923
August 16, 202340363
September 8, 202342344
October 5, 202359287
October 28, 202360480
November 20, 202361192
December 13, 202361840
January 5, 202462500
January 28, 202463626
February 20, 202464343
March 14, 202464988
April 6, 202466158
April 29, 202466985
May 22, 202467577
June 14, 202468059
July 7, 202468505
July 30, 202469074
August 22, 202469562
September 14, 202470073
October 7, 202470570
October 30, 202471109
November 22, 202471540
December 15, 202472019
January 11, 202572583
February 3, 202573328
February 26, 202573886
March 21, 202574434
April 13, 202574989
May 6, 202575461
May 29, 202575963
June 21, 202576397
July 14, 202576861
August 6, 202577334
August 29, 202577980
September 21, 202578410
October 14, 202579364
November 6, 202580002
November 29, 202580463
December 22, 202583496
January 14, 202684377
February 6, 202685227
March 1, 202685862
March 24, 202686547
April 21, 202687558
May 14, 202688872
June 6, 202691650
June 29, 202692366
July 22, 202694073
August 14, 202694663
September 6, 202695350
September 29, 202695702
October 22, 202696207
November 14, 202696693
Star history for quickjs-ng/quickjs
DateStars
November 1, 20232
November 24, 202356
December 6, 2023219
December 19, 2023293
January 1, 2024333
January 15, 2024376
January 29, 2024401
February 11, 2024427
February 25, 2024472
March 10, 2024491
March 27, 2024531
April 13, 2024554
May 1, 2024577
May 17, 2024601
June 11, 2024630
June 26, 2024655
July 11, 2024799
July 29, 2024826
August 15, 2024859
August 28, 2024885
September 13, 2024906
September 28, 2024933
October 17, 2024961
November 1, 2024995
November 15, 20241028
November 28, 20241108
December 17, 20241136
December 30, 20241176
January 12, 20251259
January 24, 20251295
February 11, 20251327
February 24, 20251361
March 9, 20251412
March 21, 20251471
April 5, 20251511
April 18, 20251551
May 1, 20251586
May 13, 20251624
May 25, 20251655
June 9, 20251695
June 21, 20251727
July 7, 20251765
July 19, 20251809
July 31, 20251877
August 13, 20251930
August 25, 20251996
September 8, 20252038
September 22, 20252063
October 8, 20252101
October 20, 20252139
November 6, 20252184
November 18, 20252253
December 1, 20252295
December 13, 20252337
December 28, 20252446
January 9, 20262521
January 21, 20262560
February 3, 20262609
February 16, 20262647
March 2, 20262693
March 14, 20262744
March 27, 20262787
April 9, 20262835
April 21, 20262881
May 4, 20262941
May 16, 20263035
May 29, 20263121
June 11, 20263179
June 23, 20263224
July 7, 20263289
July 23, 20263370
August 4, 20263479
August 17, 20263568
August 29, 20263652
September 10, 20263709
September 24, 20263777
October 6, 20263865
October 19, 20263966
October 31, 20264044
November 13, 20264148

How each series was read

  • nodejs/node

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • denoland/deno

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • oven-sh/bun

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • quickjs-ng/quickjs

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

Ranking

4 repositories

JavaScript runtimes ranked by current total GitHub stars
#RepositoryStars+90dFirst starHealth
1nodejs/node123,711~5.6k2014debt charts
2denoland/deno108,874~1.3k2018debt charts
3oven-sh/bun96,693~2k2021debt charts
4quickjs-ng/quickjs4,148~5922023debt 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

Signalnodejs/nodedenoland/denooven-sh/bunquickjs-ng/quickjs
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 123,711108,87496,6934,148
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +5,617+1,332+2,030+592
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Largest package audienceLargest resolved registry total; sources are shown explicitly.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.12 years8.5 years5.6 years3.0 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalnodejs/nodedenoland/denooven-sh/bunquickjs-ng/quickjs
Dominant languageLargest share of analyzed code lines at current HEAD.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Maintenance

Commit volume and recent operating cadence

Signalnodejs/nodedenoland/denooven-sh/bunquickjs-ng/quickjs
Repository commitsFull repository commit total reported by the analysis.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Ownership

How broadly maintenance responsibility is distributed

Signalnodejs/nodedenoland/denooven-sh/bunquickjs-ng/quickjs
Bus factorFewest analyzed contributors carrying at least half the commits.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Change signals

Debt markers and fix pressure in frequently changed files

Signalnodejs/nodedenoland/denooven-sh/bunquickjs-ng/quickjs
Fix-labelled share · frequently changed filesFix-labelled commits divided by commits across the analyzed high-frequency file set.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Recent TODO/FIXME movementLatest cumulative marker count and its change over the trailing 90 days.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Head to head

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Frequently asked

Which of these javascript runtimes has the most GitHub stars?

nodejs/node is the most-starred of the javascript runtimes gitdebt compares, with 123,711 GitHub stars as of Nov 2026. It earned its first star in 2014.

Which of these javascript runtimes is growing the fastest?

nodejs/node added the most stars over the last 90 days of its cached history — about 5,617 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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