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Star momentum, maintenance concentration, contributor health, and codebase change — one report built from public repository data.

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Stars
40,131
History since
2016
Latest star
Nov 2026

Star history

Last 30 days
+99
Last 90 days
+235
Stars / day
11
Cumulative stars
stars from June 21, 2016 to November 13, 2026, peaking at 40,130.40k STARS10 YR 5 MO10010K40kNOV 2026JUN 2016

40,130 stars on November 13, 2026.

stars by date
Datestars
June 21, 20161
January 26, 202015
February 14, 2020402
February 26, 20203,423
March 10, 20203,719
March 16, 20203,800
March 28, 20203,883
April 9, 20204,052
April 15, 20204,565
April 28, 20204,977
May 10, 20206,715
May 16, 20207,225
May 28, 20208,287
June 10, 20208,676
June 16, 20208,809
June 28, 20209,406
July 10, 20209,724
July 17, 20209,982
July 29, 202010,215
August 10, 202010,548
August 16, 202010,667
August 29, 202010,834
September 10, 202010,991
September 16, 202011,078
September 28, 202011,891
October 11, 202013,215
October 17, 202013,533
October 29, 202013,956
November 10, 202014,360
November 16, 202014,457
November 29, 202014,832
December 11, 202015,172
December 17, 202015,286
December 29, 202015,542
January 11, 202115,808
January 17, 202116,231
January 29, 202116,946
February 11, 202117,737
February 17, 202118,273
March 1, 202119,350
March 13, 202120,639
March 19, 202120,943
April 1, 202121,484
April 13, 202121,885
April 19, 202122,081
May 1, 202122,538
May 14, 202122,933
May 20, 202123,097
June 1, 202123,370
June 13, 202123,623
June 20, 202123,787
July 2, 202124,057
July 14, 202124,318
July 20, 202124,526
August 2, 202124,764
August 14, 202125,004
August 20, 202125,151
September 1, 202125,372
September 14, 202125,618
September 20, 202125,785
October 2, 202126,054
October 14, 202126,483
October 27, 202126,795
November 2, 202126,915
November 14, 202127,122
November 26, 202127,388
December 2, 202127,502
December 15, 202127,738
December 27, 202128,008
January 2, 202228,113
January 15, 202228,408
January 27, 202228,640
February 2, 202228,731
February 14, 202228,921
February 27, 202229,237
March 5, 202229,322
March 17, 202229,472
March 29, 202229,654
April 4, 202229,746
April 17, 202229,907
April 29, 202230,064
May 5, 202230,137
May 17, 202230,295
May 30, 202230,436
June 5, 202230,509
June 17, 202230,642
June 29, 202230,786
July 6, 202230,885
July 18, 202231,032
July 30, 202231,200
August 5, 202231,272
August 18, 202231,432
August 30, 202231,553
September 5, 202231,638
September 17, 202231,791
September 30, 202231,984
October 6, 202232,044
October 18, 202232,171
October 30, 202232,321
November 5, 202232,400
November 18, 202232,516
November 30, 202232,616
December 6, 202232,665
December 19, 202232,778
December 31, 202232,863
January 6, 202332,907
January 18, 202333,022
January 31, 202333,144
February 6, 202333,194
February 18, 202333,317
March 2, 202333,425
March 8, 202333,487
March 21, 202333,614
April 2, 202333,728
April 8, 202333,776
April 20, 202333,883
May 3, 202333,962
May 9, 202333,999
May 21, 202334,086
June 2, 202334,179
June 9, 202334,213
June 21, 202334,316
July 3, 202334,395
July 9, 202334,438
July 22, 202334,522
August 3, 202334,605
August 9, 202334,647
August 21, 202334,719
September 3, 202334,782
September 9, 202334,824
September 21, 202334,948
October 3, 202335,036
October 9, 202335,066
October 22, 202335,154
November 3, 202335,226
November 9, 202335,264
November 21, 202335,330
December 4, 202335,417
December 11, 202335,458
December 23, 202335,519
January 5, 202435,583
January 11, 202435,629
January 23, 202435,699
February 4, 202435,780
February 10, 202435,805
February 23, 202435,877
March 6, 202435,945
March 12, 202436,026
March 24, 202436,113
April 6, 202436,260
April 12, 202436,297
April 25, 202436,371
May 7, 202436,443
May 14, 202436,484
May 26, 202436,555
June 7, 202436,635
June 13, 202436,654
June 26, 202436,715
July 8, 202436,801
July 14, 202436,830
July 26, 202436,886
August 8, 202436,970
August 14, 202437,004
August 26, 202437,051
September 7, 202437,131
September 13, 202437,154
September 27, 202437,210
October 9, 202437,267
October 15, 202437,312
October 27, 202437,365
November 9, 202437,429
November 15, 202437,454
November 27, 202437,525
December 10, 202437,594
December 16, 202437,615
December 28, 202437,665
January 9, 202537,724
January 15, 202537,755
January 28, 202537,820
February 9, 202537,867
February 21, 202537,933
February 27, 202537,966
March 12, 202538,057
March 24, 202538,115
March 30, 202538,136
April 11, 202538,186
April 24, 202538,253
April 30, 202538,276
May 12, 202538,332
May 24, 202538,373
May 31, 202538,397
June 12, 202538,443
June 24, 202538,482
June 30, 202538,501
July 13, 202538,584
July 25, 202538,630
July 31, 202538,656
August 12, 202538,705
August 25, 202538,761
August 31, 202538,779
September 12, 202538,823
September 24, 202538,863
September 30, 202538,887
October 14, 202538,918
October 27, 202538,956
November 2, 202538,978
November 15, 202539,029
November 27, 202539,076
December 3, 202539,105
December 16, 202539,163
December 29, 202539,204
January 4, 202639,229
January 16, 202639,264
January 28, 202639,315
February 3, 202639,333
February 16, 202639,379
March 1, 202639,420
March 7, 202639,438
March 19, 202639,485
April 2, 202639,525
April 9, 202639,554
April 22, 202639,586
May 4, 202639,620
May 11, 202639,643
May 23, 202639,677
June 5, 202639,705
June 12, 202639,737
June 26, 202639,776
July 8, 202639,811
July 14, 202639,829
July 30, 202639,862
August 14, 202639,895
August 21, 202639,905
September 4, 202639,943
September 17, 202639,978
September 24, 202639,996
October 12, 202640,031
October 25, 202640,083
October 31, 202640,098
November 13, 202640,130

The last 90 days run behind its lifetime average, which is ordinary for a mature project.

Star milestones: 100 around Feb 20201k around Feb 202010k around Jul 2020

The commit history reads evanw/esbuild a second time

methodology

Fix-labelled changes, file change frequency, ownership concentration and maintenance cadence, each computed from this repository's analyzed commit window. None of them is derived from stars, which is why they are allowed to disagree with the curve above.

Fix-labelled changes
Fix-labelled changes for evanw/esbuild
File change frequency
File change frequency for evanw/esbuild
Bus factor
Bus factor for evanw/esbuild
Maintenance pulse
Maintenance pulse for evanw/esbuild
Contributors
Contributors for evanw/esbuild
Language activity
Language activity for evanw/esbuild
Commit activity
Commit activity for evanw/esbuild
Recent TODO/FIXME movement
Recent TODO/FIXME movement for evanw/esbuild

Attention is not adoption.

Stars against usage

No published package was detected for this repository, so there is nothing to lay over star growth.

Earned badges

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Maintenance, ownership and star-momentum signals, computed from the same commit and star history and embeddable as static images.

Reading badge evidence for evanw/esbuild.

Notes on evanw/esbuild

How many stars does evanw/esbuild have?
GitHub currently reports 40,131 stars for evanw/esbuild, with about 235 of them added in the last 90 days.
How fast is esbuild growing?
evanw/esbuild gained about 235 stars over the last 90 days of its history (about 99 in the last 30) — figures are approximate for older repos, whose star history is downsampled. That's below its lifetime average growth pace, which is common for mature projects.
Is esbuild still active?
evanw/esbuild is still attracting attention — about 99 new GitHub stars in the most recent 30 days of its history. For commit-level signals, see the commit activity heatmap, commit trend, and contributors charts on this page.
When was esbuild created?
evanw/esbuild was created on June 14, 2016 and earned its first GitHub star in Jun 2016.

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