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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
34,401
History since
2018
Latest star
Nov 2026

Star history

Last 30 days
+238
Last 90 days
+799
Stars / day
12
Cumulative stars
stars from September 22, 2018 to November 14, 2026, peaking at 34,401.34k STARS8 YR 2 MO10K34kNOV 2026SEP 2018

34,401 stars on November 14, 2026.

stars by date
Datestars
September 22, 20183
October 7, 2018493
October 17, 2018509
November 26, 2018525
December 26, 2018574
January 6, 2019585
January 25, 2019656
February 8, 2019828
February 16, 2019919
March 2, 20193,471
March 17, 20195,020
March 24, 20195,245
April 8, 20195,622
April 23, 20195,881
April 30, 20196,084
May 15, 20196,340
May 29, 20196,539
June 6, 20196,713
June 20, 20196,888
July 5, 20197,099
July 12, 20197,199
July 27, 20197,403
August 10, 20197,553
August 18, 20197,653
September 1, 20197,889
September 16, 20198,103
September 23, 20198,191
October 8, 20198,351
October 23, 20198,567
October 30, 20198,655
November 14, 20198,912
November 28, 20199,671
December 6, 20199,799
December 20, 201910,042
January 4, 202010,221
January 11, 202010,290
January 26, 202010,451
February 10, 202010,684
February 17, 202010,761
March 3, 202010,920
March 17, 202011,092
March 24, 202011,175
April 8, 202011,358
April 23, 202011,548
April 30, 202011,627
May 15, 202011,844
May 29, 202012,010
June 6, 202012,092
June 20, 202012,246
July 5, 202012,363
July 12, 202012,442
July 27, 202012,595
August 11, 202012,753
August 18, 202012,840
September 2, 202013,082
September 16, 202013,252
September 24, 202013,330
October 8, 202013,446
October 23, 202013,618
October 30, 202013,715
November 14, 202013,917
November 28, 202014,090
December 13, 202014,285
December 20, 202014,350
January 4, 202114,520
January 19, 202114,678
January 26, 202114,748
February 10, 202114,885
February 24, 202115,010
March 4, 202115,089
March 18, 202115,221
April 2, 202115,360
April 9, 202115,416
April 24, 202115,580
May 9, 202115,778
May 16, 202115,839
May 31, 202115,961
June 14, 202116,081
June 22, 202116,137
July 6, 202116,253
July 21, 202116,371
July 28, 202116,469
August 12, 202116,607
August 26, 202116,715
September 3, 202116,791
September 17, 202116,914
October 2, 202117,029
October 9, 202117,081
October 24, 202117,240
November 8, 202117,376
November 15, 202117,440
November 30, 202117,556
December 14, 202117,694
December 22, 202117,761
January 5, 202217,862
January 20, 202217,996
January 27, 202218,087
February 11, 202218,242
February 26, 202218,369
March 5, 202218,430
March 19, 202218,538
April 3, 202218,676
April 10, 202218,747
April 25, 202218,884
May 10, 202219,029
May 17, 202219,104
June 1, 202219,216
June 15, 202219,340
June 23, 202219,397
July 7, 202219,530
July 22, 202219,644
July 29, 202219,702
August 13, 202219,824
August 28, 202219,958
September 4, 202220,018
September 19, 202220,144
October 3, 202220,255
October 11, 202220,343
October 25, 202220,452
November 9, 202220,581
November 16, 202220,663
December 1, 202220,782
December 16, 202220,887
December 24, 202220,958
January 7, 202321,043
January 22, 202321,213
January 29, 202321,276
February 13, 202321,445
February 28, 202321,570
March 7, 202321,614
March 22, 202321,742
April 5, 202321,896
April 13, 202321,972
April 27, 202322,103
May 12, 202322,229
May 19, 202322,296
June 3, 202322,430
June 18, 202322,560
June 25, 202322,606
July 10, 202322,757
July 24, 202322,869
July 31, 202323,107
August 15, 202323,366
August 30, 202323,514
September 6, 202323,576
September 21, 202323,723
October 5, 202323,844
October 13, 202323,939
October 27, 202324,053
November 11, 202324,189
November 18, 202324,255
December 3, 202324,397
December 18, 202324,538
December 25, 202324,636
January 9, 202424,759
January 23, 202424,906
January 31, 202424,979
February 14, 202425,158
February 29, 202425,294
March 7, 202425,362
March 22, 202425,484
April 5, 202425,624
April 13, 202425,690
April 27, 202425,815
May 12, 202425,952
May 19, 202425,996
June 3, 202426,104
June 18, 202426,220
June 25, 202426,284
July 10, 202426,386
July 24, 202426,513
August 1, 202426,584
August 15, 202426,706
August 30, 202426,829
September 6, 202426,904
September 21, 202427,074
October 6, 202427,191
October 13, 202427,244
October 28, 202427,379
November 11, 202427,486
November 26, 202427,599
December 3, 202427,678
December 18, 202427,809
January 1, 202527,896
January 9, 202527,973
January 23, 202528,078
February 7, 202528,186
February 14, 202528,246
March 1, 202528,400
March 16, 202528,534
March 23, 202528,589
April 7, 202528,772
April 21, 202528,903
April 29, 202528,978
May 13, 202529,131
May 28, 202529,299
June 4, 202529,383
June 19, 202529,533
July 4, 202529,680
July 11, 202529,738
July 25, 202529,858
August 9, 202530,032
August 16, 202530,093
August 31, 202530,236
September 15, 202530,392
September 22, 202530,465
October 7, 202530,580
October 21, 202530,704
October 29, 202530,768
November 12, 202530,888
November 27, 202531,031
December 4, 202531,115
December 19, 202531,287
January 3, 202631,440
January 10, 202631,501
January 25, 202631,644
February 8, 202631,806
February 16, 202631,891
March 2, 202632,040
March 17, 202632,176
March 24, 202632,282
April 8, 202632,435
April 22, 202632,583
April 30, 202632,653
May 14, 202632,787
May 29, 202632,923
June 5, 202632,987
June 20, 202633,128
July 5, 202633,253
July 12, 202633,320
July 27, 202633,469
August 10, 202633,602
August 18, 202633,661
September 1, 202633,776
September 16, 202633,908
September 23, 202633,962
October 8, 202634,107
October 23, 202634,220
October 30, 202634,273
November 14, 202634,401

The last 90 days run in line with its lifetime average.

Star milestones: 100 around Sep 20181k around Mar 201910k around Dec 2019

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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 k3s-io/k3s
File change frequency
File change frequency for k3s-io/k3s
Bus factor
Bus factor for k3s-io/k3s
Maintenance pulse
Maintenance pulse for k3s-io/k3s
Contributors
Contributors for k3s-io/k3s
Language activity
Language activity for k3s-io/k3s
Commit activity
Commit activity for k3s-io/k3s
Recent TODO/FIXME movement
Recent TODO/FIXME movement for k3s-io/k3s

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 k3s-io/k3s.

Notes on k3s-io/k3s

How many stars does k3s-io/k3s have?
GitHub currently reports 34,401 stars for k3s-io/k3s, with about 799 of them added in the last 90 days.
How fast is k3s growing?
k3s-io/k3s gained about 799 stars over the last 90 days of its history (about 238 in the last 30) — figures are approximate for older repos, whose star history is downsampled. That's in line with its lifetime average growth pace.
Is k3s still active?
k3s-io/k3s is still attracting attention — about 238 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 k3s created?
k3s-io/k3s was created on May 31, 2018 and earned its first GitHub star in Sep 2018.

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