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k3s-io/k3s

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

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Current stars
33,970
Activity since
2018
Latest activity
Sep 2026

Public star activity

Last 30 days
+19
Last 90 days
+28
Actions / day
11
Public star actions
stars from September 22, 2018 to September 16, 2026, peaking at 32,438.32k STARS8 YR32kSEP 2026SEP 2018

32,438 stars on September 16, 2026.

stars by date
Datestars
September 22, 20183
October 6, 2018492
October 14, 2018505
November 24, 2018521
December 21, 2018566
December 29, 2018573
January 18, 2019610
February 3, 2019702
February 10, 2019855
February 24, 2019976
March 9, 20194,998
March 16, 20195,466
March 30, 20195,962
April 12, 20196,269
April 19, 20196,400
May 3, 20196,732
May 16, 20196,982
May 23, 20197,073
June 6, 20197,399
June 19, 20197,570
June 26, 20197,699
July 10, 20197,912
July 23, 20198,132
July 30, 20198,227
August 13, 20198,405
August 26, 20198,604
September 2, 20198,746
September 16, 20198,952
September 29, 20199,118
October 6, 20199,207
October 20, 20199,405
November 2, 20199,592
November 9, 20199,719
November 23, 201910,507
December 6, 201910,866
December 13, 201910,997
December 27, 201911,224
January 9, 202011,369
January 16, 202011,463
January 30, 202011,645
February 12, 202011,866
February 19, 202011,943
March 4, 202012,112
March 17, 202012,285
March 24, 202012,387
April 7, 202012,568
April 20, 202012,764
April 27, 202012,851
May 11, 202013,065
May 24, 202013,240
May 31, 202013,344
June 14, 202013,502
June 27, 202013,645
July 4, 202013,705
July 18, 202013,866
July 31, 202014,015
August 7, 202014,093
August 21, 202014,275
September 4, 202014,509
September 11, 202014,618
September 25, 202014,771
October 8, 202014,893
October 22, 202015,057
October 29, 202015,162
November 11, 202015,353
November 25, 202015,559
December 2, 202015,638
December 15, 202015,827
December 29, 202015,983
January 5, 202116,075
January 18, 202116,232
February 1, 202116,376
February 8, 202116,439
February 21, 202116,541
March 7, 202116,708
March 14, 202116,772
March 27, 202116,913
April 10, 202117,032
April 17, 202117,110
April 30, 202117,314
May 18, 202117,447
May 25, 202117,524
June 7, 202117,642
June 21, 202117,744
June 28, 202117,798
July 11, 202117,920
July 25, 202118,089
August 1, 202118,147
August 14, 202118,283
August 31, 202118,399
September 7, 202118,466
September 20, 202118,597
October 4, 202118,713
October 11, 202118,746
October 30, 202118,799
November 13, 202118,943
November 20, 202119,003
December 3, 202119,123
December 17, 202119,282
December 24, 202119,345
January 6, 202219,456
January 20, 202219,585
January 27, 202219,684
February 9, 202219,851
February 23, 202219,966
March 2, 202220,023
March 15, 202220,139
March 29, 202220,267
April 5, 202220,337
April 18, 202220,465
May 2, 202220,589
May 9, 202220,661
May 22, 202220,788
June 5, 202220,895
June 12, 202220,952
June 25, 202221,047
July 9, 202221,177
July 16, 202221,234
July 29, 202221,333
August 12, 202221,454
August 19, 202221,520
September 2, 202221,656
September 15, 202221,779
September 22, 202221,840
October 6, 202221,955
October 19, 202222,065
October 26, 202222,122
November 9, 202222,248
November 22, 202222,384
November 29, 202222,440
December 13, 202222,538
December 26, 202222,635
January 2, 202322,690
January 16, 202322,816
January 29, 202322,950
February 5, 202323,034
February 19, 202323,182
March 4, 202323,285
March 11, 202323,339
March 25, 202323,456
April 7, 202323,585
April 14, 202323,652
April 28, 202323,781
May 11, 202323,892
May 18, 202323,956
June 1, 202324,086
June 14, 202324,191
June 21, 202324,236
July 5, 202324,344
July 19, 202324,497
July 26, 202324,554
August 9, 202324,952
August 22, 202325,085
August 29, 202325,148
September 12, 202325,271
September 25, 202325,393
October 2, 202325,467
October 16, 202325,600
October 29, 202325,714
November 5, 202325,782
November 19, 202325,911
December 2, 202326,030
December 9, 202326,082
December 23, 202326,245
January 5, 202426,370
January 12, 202426,430
January 26, 202426,580
February 8, 202426,755
February 15, 202426,826
February 29, 202426,958
March 13, 202427,072
March 20, 202427,135
April 3, 202427,276
April 17, 202427,376
April 24, 202427,451
May 8, 202427,575
May 21, 202427,671
May 28, 202427,715
June 11, 202427,837
June 24, 202427,954
July 8, 202428,064
July 15, 202428,122
July 28, 202428,257
August 11, 202428,396
August 18, 202428,470
August 31, 202428,585
September 14, 202428,762
September 21, 202428,842
October 4, 202428,953
October 18, 202429,079
October 25, 202429,141
November 7, 202429,251
November 21, 202429,347
November 28, 202429,403
December 11, 202429,524
December 25, 202429,636
January 1, 202529,681
January 14, 202529,805
January 28, 202529,911
February 4, 202529,955
February 17, 202530,073
March 3, 202530,193
March 10, 202530,254
March 23, 202530,354
April 6, 202530,513
April 13, 202530,579
April 26, 202530,706
May 10, 202530,857
May 17, 202530,928
May 30, 202531,049
June 13, 202531,130
June 20, 202531,169
July 3, 202531,252
July 17, 202531,327
July 24, 202531,363
August 7, 202531,439
August 21, 202531,514
August 28, 202531,546
September 10, 202531,623
September 24, 202531,712
October 2, 202531,736
October 21, 202531,787
November 5, 202531,843
November 12, 202531,870
November 25, 202531,927
December 9, 202531,991
December 16, 202532,023
December 29, 202532,096
January 13, 202632,145
January 20, 202632,176
February 2, 202632,208
February 17, 202632,267
February 25, 202632,284
March 15, 202632,322
April 4, 202632,350
April 13, 202632,363
May 3, 202632,391
June 1, 202632,410
June 26, 202632,419
September 16, 202632,438

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

Observed activity milestones: 100 around Sep 20181k around Mar 201910k around Nov 2019

The commit history reads k3s-io/k3s 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 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

badge studio

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 33,970 stars for k3s-io/k3s. 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 k3s?
gitdebt observed about 28 public star actions for k3s-io/k3s over the latest 90 days of archive coverage (about 19 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 k3s still active?
Public archive data shows about 19 star actions for k3s-io/k3s in the latest 30 days of coverage. For repository activity, use the commit heatmap, commit trend, and contributor charts on this page.
When was k3s created?
k3s-io/k3s was created on May 31, 2018. The first public star activity observed for k3s-io/k3s is from Sep 2018.

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