Eight star histories, one set of axes
Plot by calendar date or by days since each repository's first star, then read languages, codebase scale, maintenance cadence, ownership resilience and debt signals. Build any combination, or open a curated field.
facebook/react: 252,594 stars on November 13, 2026. vuejs/vue: 212,526 stars on November 14, 2026.
| Date | Stars |
|---|---|
| May 29, 2013 | 397 |
| July 31, 2013 | 1505 |
| October 5, 2013 | 1843 |
| December 6, 2013 | 2302 |
| February 6, 2014 | 3921 |
| April 8, 2014 | 4703 |
| June 9, 2014 | 6030 |
| August 9, 2014 | 7071 |
| October 10, 2014 | 8144 |
| December 10, 2014 | 10129 |
| February 22, 2015 | 14251 |
| April 24, 2015 | 17942 |
| June 25, 2015 | 20601 |
| August 26, 2015 | 23123 |
| October 26, 2015 | 26037 |
| December 27, 2015 | 29088 |
| February 26, 2016 | 32068 |
| April 28, 2016 | 35817 |
| June 28, 2016 | 38657 |
| August 29, 2016 | 42041 |
| October 29, 2016 | 46217 |
| December 30, 2016 | 49831 |
| March 1, 2017 | 53631 |
| May 2, 2017 | 57888 |
| July 2, 2017 | 61981 |
| September 2, 2017 | 66387 |
| November 2, 2017 | 71455 |
| January 3, 2018 | 75845 |
| March 5, 2018 | 80527 |
| May 6, 2018 | 85577 |
| July 19, 2018 | 96630 |
| September 18, 2018 | 101226 |
| November 19, 2018 | 105446 |
| January 19, 2019 | 109764 |
| March 22, 2019 | 114492 |
| May 22, 2019 | 118990 |
| July 23, 2019 | 122582 |
| September 22, 2019 | 125952 |
| November 23, 2019 | 129329 |
| January 23, 2020 | 132265 |
| March 25, 2020 | 135267 |
| May 25, 2020 | 138884 |
| July 26, 2020 | 142550 |
| September 25, 2020 | 146135 |
| November 26, 2020 | 149433 |
| January 26, 2021 | 152569 |
| March 29, 2021 | 155934 |
| May 29, 2021 | 158929 |
| July 30, 2021 | 162106 |
| September 29, 2021 | 165391 |
| December 12, 2021 | 169053 |
| February 12, 2022 | 172514 |
| April 14, 2022 | 176957 |
| June 15, 2022 | 180383 |
| August 15, 2022 | 184176 |
| October 16, 2022 | 187283 |
| December 16, 2022 | 190454 |
| February 16, 2023 | 193836 |
| April 18, 2023 | 197692 |
| June 19, 2023 | 201159 |
| August 19, 2023 | 204092 |
| October 20, 2023 | 206764 |
| December 20, 2023 | 209158 |
| February 20, 2024 | 211974 |
| April 21, 2024 | 215014 |
| June 22, 2024 | 218130 |
| August 22, 2024 | 220507 |
| October 23, 2024 | 222889 |
| December 24, 2024 | 225344 |
| February 23, 2025 | 227544 |
| May 8, 2025 | 230578 |
| July 8, 2025 | 232725 |
| September 8, 2025 | 234780 |
| November 8, 2025 | 236765 |
| January 9, 2026 | 238852 |
| March 11, 2026 | 241021 |
| May 12, 2026 | 243132 |
| July 12, 2026 | 245124 |
| September 12, 2026 | 249206 |
| November 13, 2026 | 252594 |
| Date | Stars |
|---|---|
| October 13, 2013 | 1 |
| March 20, 2014 | 931 |
| May 20, 2014 | 1320 |
| July 18, 2014 | 1607 |
| September 17, 2014 | 1953 |
| November 14, 2014 | 2269 |
| January 12, 2015 | 2779 |
| March 11, 2015 | 3246 |
| May 10, 2015 | 3685 |
| July 7, 2015 | 4564 |
| September 16, 2015 | 5881 |
| November 13, 2015 | 8119 |
| January 11, 2016 | 10629 |
| March 9, 2016 | 12678 |
| May 7, 2016 | 15718 |
| July 4, 2016 | 18695 |
| September 1, 2016 | 22331 |
| October 29, 2016 | 27692 |
| December 27, 2016 | 32822 |
| February 23, 2017 | 38418 |
| April 23, 2017 | 44504 |
| June 20, 2017 | 49947 |
| August 18, 2017 | 55843 |
| October 15, 2017 | 61758 |
| December 13, 2017 | 67561 |
| February 10, 2018 | 73705 |
| April 9, 2018 | 79883 |
| June 7, 2018 | 86380 |
| August 4, 2018 | 98506 |
| October 2, 2018 | 103964 |
| December 11, 2018 | 110124 |
| February 7, 2019 | 115404 |
| April 7, 2019 | 122591 |
| June 5, 2019 | 128202 |
| August 2, 2019 | 132812 |
| September 30, 2019 | 136649 |
| November 27, 2019 | 140610 |
| January 25, 2020 | 143871 |
| March 23, 2020 | 147737 |
| May 21, 2020 | 152261 |
| July 18, 2020 | 156090 |
| September 15, 2020 | 159948 |
| November 12, 2020 | 163111 |
| January 10, 2021 | 165976 |
| March 9, 2021 | 168682 |
| May 7, 2021 | 171417 |
| July 4, 2021 | 173803 |
| September 1, 2021 | 176305 |
| October 30, 2021 | 178661 |
| December 27, 2021 | 180840 |
| March 7, 2022 | 183410 |
| May 5, 2022 | 185481 |
| July 2, 2022 | 187682 |
| August 30, 2022 | 189699 |
| October 27, 2022 | 191361 |
| December 25, 2022 | 192771 |
| February 22, 2023 | 194187 |
| April 21, 2023 | 195459 |
| June 19, 2023 | 196697 |
| August 16, 2023 | 197718 |
| October 14, 2023 | 198762 |
| December 11, 2023 | 199675 |
| February 8, 2024 | 200556 |
| April 6, 2024 | 201374 |
| June 4, 2024 | 202115 |
| August 1, 2024 | 202724 |
| September 29, 2024 | 203308 |
| November 26, 2024 | 203902 |
| January 24, 2025 | 204427 |
| March 23, 2025 | 204956 |
| June 2, 2025 | 205670 |
| July 30, 2025 | 206232 |
| September 27, 2025 | 206735 |
| November 24, 2025 | 207147 |
| January 22, 2026 | 207582 |
| March 21, 2026 | 208012 |
| May 19, 2026 | 208475 |
| July 16, 2026 | 209088 |
| September 15, 2026 | 212064 |
| November 14, 2026 | 212526 |
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
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Curated categories of comparable tools
21 categories
Each page carries an editorial introduction, a shared star-history chart, recent growth, the current ranking, and direct access to the maintenance signals behind every repository.
Web development
Frameworks, runtimes, styling, build tools and data access.
- Frontend frameworksReact, Vue, Svelte, Angular, Solid and Preact head to head.6
- React meta-frameworksNext.js, React Router, Gatsby, Redwood and Expo compared.5
- Static site generatorsAstro, Hugo, Eleventy, Jekyll, Zola and Hexo growth compared.6
- CSS frameworksTailwind CSS, Bootstrap, Bulma, UnoCSS and Pico compared.5
- JavaScript build toolsVite, webpack, esbuild, Rollup, SWC and Oxc build speed rivals.6
- JavaScript runtimesNode.js, Deno and Bun — the server-side JS race.4
- TypeScript ORMsPrisma, Drizzle, TypeORM, Sequelize, MikroORM and Knex.6
Developer ecosystems
Language stacks, editors, terminals, AI tools and game engines.
- Python web frameworksDjango, Flask, FastAPI, Starlette, Litestar and Tornado.6
- Python data toolspandas, Polars, NumPy, Dask and Arrow for data crunching.5
- Rust web frameworksAxum, Actix Web, Rocket, warp, Poem and Salvo compared.6
- Code editorsVS Code, Neovim, Vim, Zed and Helix — editor star history.5
- Terminals & multiplexersAlacritty, kitty, WezTerm, Ghostty, Zellij and tmux.7
- AI coding toolsAider, Cline, Continue, OpenHands, Gemini CLI and Codex.6
- LLM inference enginesllama.cpp, vLLM, Ollama, SGLang and TGI serving stacks.5
- Open-source game enginesGodot, Bevy, libGDX, Defold and O3DE star history.5
Data & infrastructure
Databases, messaging, containers, observability and analytics.
- Vector databasesQdrant, Milvus, Weaviate, Chroma, FAISS and pgvector.6
- Open-source SQL databasesPostgres, MySQL, SQLite, MariaDB, CockroachDB, DuckDB, ClickHouse.7
- Message queues & streamingKafka, RabbitMQ, NATS, Pulsar and Redpanda compared.5
- Container platformsKubernetes, Compose, k3s, Nomad, Rancher and Podman.6
- Monitoring & observabilityGrafana, Prometheus, Netdata, SigNoz, VictoriaMetrics, OTel.6
- Self-hosted analyticsPlausible, Umami, PostHog, Matomo and Ackee compared.5