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React meta-frameworks: star history compared

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vercel/next.js

Picking React is the easy part; picking how to ship it is where teams argue. Next.js has pulled far ahead on stars, but the shape of each curve matters more than the totals: Gatsby's plateau marks the end of the static-site-only era, React Router's steady line reflects a decade as the default routing layer, and Expo's climb tracks React Native going mainstream. Compare the trajectories before you commit a codebase to one.

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

React meta-frameworks — star history
144k STARS12 YR 6 MOvercel/next.js144kremix-run/react-router57kgatsbyjs/gatsby56kexpo/expo54kredwoodjs/redwood18k

vercel/next.js: 143,510 stars on November 14, 2026. remix-run/react-router: 56,635 stars on November 13, 2026. gatsbyjs/gatsby: 55,915 stars on November 13, 2026. expo/expo: 53,535 stars on November 13, 2026. redwoodjs/redwood: 17,590 stars on November 11, 2026.

Star history for vercel/next.js
DateStars
October 25, 20161712
December 10, 20166077
January 25, 20177308
March 12, 20178203
April 27, 201711020
June 12, 201712454
July 28, 201713915
September 12, 201715007
October 28, 201716384
December 13, 201717655
February 6, 201819774
March 24, 201821115
May 9, 201822438
June 24, 201823819
August 9, 201825073
September 24, 201826544
November 9, 201828157
December 25, 201829600
February 9, 201931030
March 27, 201932581
May 12, 201933776
June 27, 201934873
August 12, 201936274
September 27, 201937452
November 12, 201938553
December 28, 201939653
February 12, 202040991
March 29, 202042314
May 14, 202044105
June 29, 202045883
August 23, 202047935
October 8, 202049635
November 23, 202052791
January 8, 202154882
February 23, 202157884
April 10, 202160276
May 26, 202162487
July 11, 202165205
August 26, 202167308
October 11, 202169185
November 27, 202172000
January 12, 202274164
February 27, 202276702
April 14, 202279736
May 30, 202281858
July 15, 202284111
August 30, 202286273
October 15, 202288317
November 30, 202291470
January 15, 202393586
March 11, 202396645
April 26, 202399495
June 11, 2023101998
July 27, 2023104052
September 11, 2023105929
October 27, 2023108415
December 12, 2023110347
January 27, 2024112110
March 13, 2024114097
April 28, 2024115875
June 13, 2024117488
July 29, 2024118997
September 13, 2024120503
October 29, 2024122335
December 14, 2024123754
January 29, 2025125035
March 16, 2025126510
May 1, 2025128004
June 16, 2025129183
August 1, 2025130461
September 25, 2025131863
November 10, 2025133031
December 26, 2025134451
February 10, 2026135505
March 28, 2026136698
May 13, 2026137971
June 28, 2026139012
August 13, 2026140842
September 28, 2026142218
November 14, 2026143510
Star history for remix-run/react-router
DateStars
May 17, 20141
July 22, 2014350
September 19, 2014715
November 15, 20141138
January 11, 20151640
March 9, 20152680
May 4, 20153542
June 30, 20154352
August 26, 20155276
October 22, 20156484
December 29, 20158261
February 24, 20169684
April 21, 201610969
June 16, 201612116
August 12, 201613263
October 8, 201614766
December 4, 201616034
January 30, 201717185
March 28, 201718848
May 23, 201720169
July 19, 201721391
September 14, 201722583
November 10, 201723738
January 6, 201824934
March 3, 201826127
April 29, 201827362
June 25, 201828528
August 21, 201829515
October 17, 201830425
December 13, 201831354
February 19, 201932277
April 17, 201933254
June 12, 201934013
August 8, 201934680
October 4, 201935358
November 30, 201935987
January 26, 202036501
March 22, 202037299
May 18, 202038070
July 14, 202038721
September 9, 202039240
November 5, 202039645
January 1, 202140067
February 26, 202140487
April 24, 202140874
June 20, 202141244
August 16, 202141638
October 12, 202142109
December 7, 202143091
February 2, 202243854
April 11, 202244576
June 7, 202245115
August 3, 202245678
September 29, 202246302
November 25, 202246973
January 21, 202347528
March 18, 202348041
May 14, 202348504
July 10, 202348913
September 5, 202349292
November 2, 202349608
December 28, 202349939
February 24, 202450293
April 21, 202450599
June 17, 202451074
August 13, 202451467
October 9, 202451839
December 4, 202452335
January 30, 202552920
March 28, 202553496
June 4, 202554151
July 31, 202554525
September 26, 202554866
November 23, 202555349
January 18, 202655612
March 17, 202655869
May 13, 202656082
July 15, 202656277
September 12, 202656458
November 13, 202656635
Star history for gatsbyjs/gatsby
DateStars
June 14, 20154
October 4, 20151134
November 26, 20151540
January 18, 20161712
March 7, 20162024
April 26, 20162302
June 16, 20162538
August 5, 20163803
September 24, 20164324
November 13, 20165347
January 11, 20176209
March 2, 20177137
April 21, 20177847
June 9, 20178629
July 29, 201710737
September 17, 201711665
November 5, 201713136
December 25, 201714536
February 13, 201816807
April 3, 201818349
May 23, 201819630
July 12, 201821014
August 30, 201822634
October 19, 201824287
December 8, 201825828
January 26, 201927845
March 17, 201929731
May 6, 201931319
June 24, 201932602
August 13, 201933878
October 12, 201935762
November 30, 201936977
January 19, 202038111
March 9, 202039242
April 27, 202040359
June 16, 202041592
August 5, 202042670
September 23, 202043501
November 12, 202044304
January 1, 202144984
February 19, 202145677
April 10, 202146367
May 30, 202147068
July 18, 202147574
September 6, 202148011
October 26, 202148434
December 14, 202148840
February 2, 202249340
March 24, 202249730
May 12, 202250119
July 11, 202250595
August 30, 202250945
October 18, 202251246
December 7, 202251566
January 26, 202351821
March 16, 202352111
May 5, 202352374
June 25, 202352620
August 14, 202352825
October 6, 202352997
November 25, 202353151
January 20, 202453336
March 17, 202453492
May 7, 202453664
July 1, 202453825
August 23, 202453966
October 13, 202454109
December 3, 202454250
January 25, 202554654
March 16, 202554865
May 18, 202555033
July 12, 202555143
September 11, 202555262
November 12, 202555380
January 11, 202655461
March 15, 202655555
May 9, 202655658
July 5, 202655748
September 15, 202655836
November 13, 202655915
Star history for expo/expo
DateStars
August 17, 201615
October 8, 2016292
December 1, 2016415
January 23, 2017528
March 17, 2017698
May 3, 2017897
June 23, 20171129
August 9, 20171350
September 26, 20171531
November 12, 20171757
January 7, 20182138
February 23, 20182489
April 10, 20182822
May 26, 20183091
July 13, 20183377
August 29, 20183597
October 15, 20183891
December 1, 20184304
January 16, 20194669
March 3, 20195056
April 19, 20195497
June 4, 20195929
July 21, 20196394
September 5, 20196757
October 21, 20197163
December 7, 20197601
January 22, 20208003
March 8, 20208433
April 24, 20208937
June 9, 20209463
August 4, 202010076
September 19, 202011035
November 4, 202011408
December 21, 202011768
February 5, 202112136
March 23, 202112453
May 9, 202112846
June 24, 202113153
August 9, 202113467
September 25, 202114227
November 10, 202114532
December 27, 202114792
February 11, 202215143
March 30, 202215407
May 16, 202215741
July 2, 202216051
August 17, 202216411
October 3, 202216897
November 18, 202217363
January 3, 202317792
February 28, 202318532
April 15, 202319211
June 1, 202319917
July 17, 202321018
September 1, 202322245
October 18, 202323059
December 3, 202323974
January 18, 202425063
March 5, 202426966
April 20, 202427985
June 6, 202429240
July 22, 202430415
September 6, 202431616
October 23, 202432731
December 8, 202434278
January 23, 202535658
March 11, 202537164
April 26, 202538486
June 11, 202540026
July 28, 202541126
September 21, 202542720
November 7, 202543915
December 23, 202545058
February 7, 202646372
March 26, 202647642
May 11, 202648871
June 26, 202649893
August 12, 202651251
September 27, 202652247
November 13, 202653535
Star history for redwoodjs/redwood
DateStars
June 9, 20198
August 15, 2019253
December 6, 2019320
January 18, 2020636
February 23, 2020749
March 24, 20202465
April 20, 20202818
May 17, 20203148
June 13, 20203513
July 12, 20203744
August 13, 20203929
September 9, 20204069
October 6, 20204226
November 2, 20204434
November 29, 20204714
December 26, 20205214
January 22, 20215651
February 18, 20216045
March 17, 20216301
April 13, 20216524
May 10, 20216831
June 6, 20217107
July 3, 20217381
July 30, 20217653
August 26, 20217867
September 22, 20218156
October 19, 20218566
November 15, 20218899
December 12, 20219216
January 8, 20229456
February 9, 20229835
March 8, 202210083
April 4, 202210494
May 1, 202211385
May 28, 202211829
June 24, 202212830
July 21, 202213141
August 17, 202213465
September 13, 202213649
October 10, 202213821
November 5, 202213981
December 2, 202214108
December 29, 202214415
January 25, 202314575
February 21, 202314697
March 20, 202314823
April 16, 202314927
May 13, 202315029
June 10, 202315138
July 8, 202315250
August 12, 202315395
September 10, 202315486
October 9, 202315606
November 6, 202315682
December 3, 202315772
December 30, 202315870
January 27, 202415939
February 27, 202416027
March 27, 202416117
April 25, 202416200
May 25, 202416306
June 23, 202416410
July 22, 202416496
August 20, 202416572
September 16, 202416718
October 13, 202416822
November 9, 202416922
December 11, 202416991
January 13, 202517060
February 10, 202517124
March 15, 202517220
April 17, 202517291
May 21, 202517340
July 13, 202517381
August 22, 202517416
October 26, 202517454
January 14, 202617488
April 25, 202617524
July 27, 202617559
November 11, 202617590

How each series was read

  • vercel/next.js

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • remix-run/react-router

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • gatsbyjs/gatsby

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • expo/expo

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • redwoodjs/redwood

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

Ranking

5 repositories

React meta-frameworks ranked by current total GitHub stars
#RepositoryStars+90dFirst starHealth
1vercel/next.js143,510~2.7k2016debt charts
2remix-run/react-router56,635~2742014debt charts
3gatsbyjs/gatsby55,915~1162015debt charts
4expo/expo53,536~2.3k2016debt charts
5redwoodjs/redwood17,589~312019debt 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

Signalvercel/next.jsremix-run/react-routergatsbyjs/gatsbyexpo/exporedwoodjs/redwood
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 143,51056,63555,91553,53617,589
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +2,668+274+116+2,284+31
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Largest package audienceLargest resolved registry total; sources are shown explicitly.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.10 years12 years11 years10 years7.4 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalvercel/next.jsremix-run/react-routergatsbyjs/gatsbyexpo/exporedwoodjs/redwood
Dominant languageLargest share of analyzed code lines at current HEAD.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Maintenance

Commit volume and recent operating cadence

Signalvercel/next.jsremix-run/react-routergatsbyjs/gatsbyexpo/exporedwoodjs/redwood
Repository commitsFull repository commit total reported by the analysis.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Ownership

How broadly maintenance responsibility is distributed

Signalvercel/next.jsremix-run/react-routergatsbyjs/gatsbyexpo/exporedwoodjs/redwood
Bus factorFewest analyzed contributors carrying at least half the commits.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Change signals

Debt markers and fix pressure in frequently changed files

Signalvercel/next.jsremix-run/react-routergatsbyjs/gatsbyexpo/exporedwoodjs/redwood
Fix-labelled share · frequently changed filesFix-labelled commits divided by commits across the analyzed high-frequency file set.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…

Head to head

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Frequently asked

Which of these react meta-frameworks has the most GitHub stars?

vercel/next.js is the most-starred of the react meta-frameworks gitdebt compares, with 143,510 GitHub stars as of Nov 2026. It earned its first star in 2016.

Which of these react meta-frameworks is growing the fastest?

vercel/next.js added the most stars over the last 90 days of its cached history — about 2,668 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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