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

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Current stars
46,244
Activity since
2021
Latest activity
Sep 2026

Public star activity

Last 30 days
+42
Last 90 days
+54
Actions / day
22
Public star actions
stars from May 30, 2021 to September 16, 2026, peaking at 42,756.43k STARS5 YR 4 MO43kSEP 2026MAY 2021

42,756 stars on September 16, 2026.

stars by date
Datestars
May 30, 20216
June 8, 20212,286
June 12, 20212,461
June 22, 20212,691
July 1, 20212,822
July 5, 20212,848
July 15, 20212,918
July 24, 20212,980
July 28, 20213,048
August 8, 20213,103
August 17, 20213,275
August 21, 20213,335
September 2, 20213,442
September 11, 20213,492
September 15, 20213,505
September 25, 20213,556
October 4, 20213,580
October 9, 20213,596
October 30, 20213,631
November 8, 20213,915
November 13, 20214,036
November 22, 20214,117
December 1, 20214,394
December 6, 20214,446
December 15, 20214,671
December 24, 20214,878
December 29, 20214,916
January 7, 20225,029
January 16, 20225,116
January 21, 20225,379
January 30, 20225,501
February 9, 20225,560
February 14, 20225,590
February 23, 20225,673
March 4, 20225,777
March 9, 20225,837
March 18, 20225,881
March 27, 20225,964
April 1, 20226,391
April 10, 20227,619
April 19, 20228,148
April 24, 20228,386
May 3, 20228,636
May 12, 20228,818
May 17, 20228,887
May 26, 20228,973
June 4, 20229,533
June 9, 20229,768
June 18, 20229,993
June 27, 202210,132
July 2, 202210,227
July 11, 202210,468
July 20, 202210,661
July 25, 202210,752
August 3, 202210,939
August 12, 202211,141
August 17, 202211,229
August 26, 202211,404
September 4, 202212,124
September 9, 202212,469
September 18, 202212,743
September 27, 202213,029
October 7, 202213,708
October 11, 202214,494
October 20, 202215,184
October 30, 202215,547
November 3, 202215,661
November 12, 202216,240
November 22, 202216,490
November 26, 202216,575
December 5, 202216,757
December 15, 202217,211
December 19, 202217,315
December 28, 202217,512
January 7, 202317,784
January 11, 202317,974
January 21, 202318,421
January 30, 202318,674
February 3, 202318,782
February 13, 202319,012
February 22, 202319,305
February 26, 202319,434
March 8, 202319,717
March 17, 202320,030
March 21, 202320,138
March 31, 202320,400
April 9, 202321,124
April 13, 202321,233
April 23, 202321,498
May 2, 202321,724
May 6, 202321,826
May 16, 202322,043
May 25, 202322,425
May 30, 202322,536
June 8, 202322,710
June 17, 202323,202
June 22, 202323,302
July 1, 202323,482
July 10, 202323,687
July 15, 202323,769
July 24, 202323,941
August 2, 202324,116
August 7, 202324,243
August 16, 202324,452
August 25, 202324,672
August 30, 202324,760
September 8, 202324,928
September 17, 202325,140
September 22, 202325,244
October 1, 202325,420
October 10, 202325,580
October 15, 202325,658
October 24, 202325,819
November 2, 202326,332
November 7, 202326,468
November 16, 202326,687
November 25, 202326,948
November 30, 202327,073
December 9, 202327,223
December 18, 202327,414
December 23, 202327,512
January 1, 202427,716
January 10, 202427,908
January 15, 202428,002
January 24, 202428,254
February 2, 202428,573
February 7, 202428,710
February 16, 202428,910
February 25, 202429,190
March 1, 202429,326
March 10, 202429,494
March 19, 202429,703
March 24, 202429,800
April 2, 202430,328
April 11, 202430,588
April 16, 202430,689
April 25, 202430,930
May 4, 202431,091
May 9, 202431,174
May 18, 202431,300
May 27, 202431,504
June 1, 202431,616
June 10, 202431,818
June 19, 202431,981
June 24, 202432,061
July 3, 202432,230
July 12, 202432,443
July 17, 202432,745
July 26, 202432,990
August 5, 202433,194
August 9, 202433,275
August 18, 202433,462
August 28, 202433,663
September 1, 202433,717
September 10, 202433,947
September 20, 202434,240
September 24, 202434,296
October 3, 202434,502
October 13, 202434,699
October 17, 202434,775
October 26, 202434,918
November 5, 202435,079
November 9, 202435,138
November 18, 202435,310
November 28, 202435,479
December 2, 202435,538
December 12, 202435,705
December 21, 202435,907
December 25, 202435,991
January 4, 202536,227
January 13, 202536,530
January 17, 202536,685
January 27, 202536,997
February 5, 202537,204
February 9, 202537,307
February 19, 202537,568
February 28, 202537,738
March 4, 202537,788
March 14, 202537,986
March 23, 202538,212
April 1, 202538,366
April 6, 202538,468
April 15, 202538,615
April 24, 202538,753
April 29, 202538,838
May 8, 202538,987
May 17, 202539,290
May 22, 202539,377
May 31, 202539,487
June 9, 202539,586
June 14, 202539,626
June 23, 202539,711
July 2, 202539,835
July 7, 202539,909
July 16, 202540,059
July 25, 202540,285
July 30, 202540,351
August 8, 202540,496
August 17, 202540,614
August 22, 202540,692
August 31, 202540,791
September 9, 202540,875
September 14, 202540,914
September 23, 202540,995
October 2, 202541,074
October 7, 202541,115
October 20, 202541,185
October 29, 202541,284
November 3, 202541,410
November 12, 202541,530
November 21, 202541,614
November 26, 202541,661
December 5, 202541,736
December 14, 202541,796
December 19, 202541,840
December 28, 202541,946
January 6, 202642,009
January 11, 202642,044
January 20, 202642,108
January 29, 202642,170
February 3, 202642,198
February 12, 202642,257
February 22, 202642,335
February 26, 202642,354
March 7, 202642,416
March 17, 202642,461
March 21, 202642,486
March 31, 202642,521
April 10, 202642,570
April 14, 202642,582
April 23, 202642,604
May 4, 202642,627
May 9, 202642,636
May 21, 202642,664
June 4, 202642,679
June 9, 202642,695
June 28, 202642,707
August 25, 202642,719
September 4, 202642,729
September 16, 202642,756

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

Observed activity milestones: 100 around Jun 20211k around Jun 202110k around Jun 2022

The commit history reads helix-editor/helix 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 helix-editor/helix
File change frequency
File change frequency for helix-editor/helix
Bus factor
Bus factor for helix-editor/helix
Maintenance pulse
Maintenance pulse for helix-editor/helix
Contributors
Contributors for helix-editor/helix
Language activity
Language activity for helix-editor/helix
Commit activity
Commit activity for helix-editor/helix
Recent TODO/FIXME movement
Recent TODO/FIXME movement for helix-editor/helix

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 helix-editor/helix.

Notes on helix-editor/helix

How many stars does helix-editor/helix have?
GitHub currently reports 46,244 stars for helix-editor/helix. The chart itself is rebuilt from historical star data, which records star actions and not unstars, so it reads as an attention signal rather than a net star count.
What does recent star activity look like for helix?
gitdebt observed about 54 public star actions for helix-editor/helix over the latest 90 days of archive coverage (about 42 in the latest 30). This is an approximate attention signal, not a net-star count, because unstars are not present. That's below its lifetime average activity pace, which is common for mature projects.
Is helix still active?
Public archive data shows about 42 star actions for helix-editor/helix in the latest 30 days of coverage. For repository activity, use the commit heatmap, commit trend, and contributor charts on this page.
When was helix created?
helix-editor/helix was created on June 1, 2020. The first public star activity observed for helix-editor/helix is from May 2021.

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