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Stars
35,672
History since
2016
Latest star
Nov 2026

Star history

Last 30 days
+532
Last 90 days
+1,554
Stars / day
9.8
Cumulative stars
stars from December 5, 2016 to November 14, 2026, peaking at 35,671.36k STARS9 YR 11 MO10K36kNOV 2026DEC 2016

35,671 stars on November 14, 2026.

stars by date
Datestars
December 5, 20162
January 23, 2017645
February 2, 2017669
February 28, 2017700
April 1, 2017729
April 22, 2017742
May 24, 2017771
June 26, 2017803
July 11, 2017822
August 8, 2017875
August 27, 2017901
September 9, 2017912
September 29, 2017953
October 19, 2017987
October 30, 20171,011
November 17, 20171,068
December 6, 20171,261
December 16, 20171,292
January 3, 20181,377
January 22, 20181,462
January 30, 20181,620
February 17, 20181,811
March 6, 20181,942
March 15, 20182,044
April 2, 20182,136
April 19, 20182,327
April 28, 20182,458
May 15, 20182,651
June 2, 20182,847
June 11, 20182,896
June 28, 20182,974
July 16, 20183,062
July 24, 20183,090
August 11, 20183,243
August 28, 20183,334
September 6, 20183,832
September 24, 20184,343
October 11, 20184,522
October 20, 20184,582
November 6, 20184,679
November 24, 20184,806
December 3, 20184,861
December 21, 20184,951
January 9, 20195,061
January 17, 20195,115
February 4, 20195,242
February 21, 20195,373
March 2, 20195,466
March 21, 20195,592
April 7, 20195,697
April 16, 20195,745
May 3, 20195,898
May 21, 20195,998
May 30, 20196,075
June 16, 20196,162
July 5, 20196,251
July 13, 20196,295
July 31, 20196,410
August 17, 20196,545
August 26, 20196,654
September 13, 20196,746
September 30, 20196,819
October 18, 20196,918
October 26, 20196,971
November 13, 20197,087
November 30, 20197,189
December 9, 20197,226
December 27, 20197,307
January 13, 20207,393
January 22, 20207,453
February 8, 20207,571
February 26, 20207,670
March 6, 20207,710
March 23, 20207,790
April 11, 20207,925
April 19, 20207,993
May 7, 20208,118
May 24, 20208,210
June 2, 20208,264
June 20, 20208,347
July 7, 20208,428
July 16, 20208,473
August 3, 20208,565
August 20, 20208,645
August 29, 20208,698
September 15, 20208,767
October 3, 20208,977
October 12, 20209,029
October 29, 20209,158
November 16, 20209,250
November 24, 20209,309
December 12, 20209,425
December 29, 20209,507
January 7, 20219,582
January 25, 20219,740
February 11, 20219,816
February 20, 20219,871
March 9, 20219,972
March 27, 202110,096
April 5, 202110,176
April 22, 202110,283
May 10, 202110,458
May 18, 202110,515
June 5, 202110,656
June 22, 202110,768
July 1, 202110,824
July 19, 202110,940
August 5, 202111,038
August 14, 202111,086
August 31, 202111,220
September 18, 202111,339
September 27, 202111,388
October 14, 202111,499
November 2, 202111,604
November 10, 202111,682
November 28, 202111,891
December 15, 202112,066
December 24, 202112,137
January 11, 202212,306
January 28, 202212,520
February 6, 202212,598
February 23, 202212,823
March 13, 202213,020
March 22, 202213,109
April 8, 202213,312
April 26, 202213,505
May 4, 202213,589
May 22, 202213,751
June 8, 202213,905
June 17, 202213,981
July 5, 202214,140
July 22, 202214,306
July 31, 202214,384
August 17, 202214,654
September 4, 202214,849
September 13, 202214,946
September 30, 202215,109
October 18, 202215,292
October 26, 202215,371
November 13, 202215,546
November 30, 202215,701
December 9, 202215,796
December 27, 202216,146
January 13, 202316,327
January 22, 202316,435
February 8, 202316,599
February 26, 202316,793
March 7, 202316,900
March 24, 202317,074
April 11, 202317,255
April 19, 202317,343
May 7, 202317,513
May 24, 202317,666
June 2, 202317,749
June 20, 202317,895
July 7, 202318,137
July 16, 202318,214
August 2, 202318,391
August 20, 202318,579
August 29, 202318,653
September 15, 202318,796
October 3, 202318,925
October 12, 202318,992
October 29, 202319,124
November 16, 202319,304
November 24, 202319,387
December 12, 202319,549
December 29, 202319,728
January 7, 202419,817
January 25, 202419,989
February 11, 202420,162
February 20, 202420,255
March 8, 202420,451
March 26, 202420,647
April 4, 202420,754
April 21, 202420,940
May 9, 202421,120
May 17, 202421,199
June 4, 202421,479
June 21, 202421,685
July 9, 202421,868
July 18, 202421,967
August 4, 202422,326
August 22, 202422,628
August 30, 202422,738
September 17, 202422,926
October 4, 202423,162
October 13, 202423,276
October 31, 202423,530
November 17, 202423,771
November 26, 202423,883
December 13, 202424,135
December 31, 202424,700
January 9, 202524,873
January 26, 202525,244
February 13, 202525,444
February 21, 202525,563
March 11, 202525,840
March 28, 202526,065
April 6, 202526,185
April 24, 202526,401
May 11, 202526,613
May 20, 202526,742
June 6, 202526,937
June 24, 202527,126
July 3, 202527,230
July 20, 202527,436
August 7, 202527,698
August 15, 202527,840
September 2, 202528,106
September 19, 202528,310
September 28, 202528,467
October 16, 202528,732
November 2, 202528,942
November 11, 202529,101
November 28, 202529,365
December 16, 202529,606
December 25, 202529,739
January 11, 202630,048
January 29, 202630,418
February 6, 202630,579
February 24, 202630,898
March 13, 202631,253
March 22, 202631,459
April 9, 202631,844
April 26, 202632,161
May 5, 202632,341
May 22, 202632,662
June 9, 202633,047
June 18, 202633,184
July 5, 202633,466
July 23, 202633,798
July 31, 202633,942
August 18, 202634,274
September 4, 202634,586
September 13, 202634,734
October 1, 202635,046
October 18, 202635,286
October 27, 202635,407
November 14, 202635,671

The last 90 days run ahead of this repository's lifetime average.

Star milestones: 100 around Jan 20171k around Oct 201710k around Mar 2021

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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 kovidgoyal/kitty
File change frequency
File change frequency for kovidgoyal/kitty
Bus factor
Bus factor for kovidgoyal/kitty
Maintenance pulse
Maintenance pulse for kovidgoyal/kitty
Contributors
Contributors for kovidgoyal/kitty
Language activity
Language activity for kovidgoyal/kitty
Commit activity
Commit activity for kovidgoyal/kitty
Recent TODO/FIXME movement
Recent TODO/FIXME movement for kovidgoyal/kitty

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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Notes on kovidgoyal/kitty

How many stars does kovidgoyal/kitty have?
GitHub currently reports 35,672 stars for kovidgoyal/kitty, with about 1,554 of them added in the last 90 days.
How fast is kitty growing?
kovidgoyal/kitty gained about 1,554 stars over the last 90 days of its history (about 532 in the last 30) — figures are approximate for older repos, whose star history is downsampled. That's faster than its lifetime average growth pace.
Is kitty still active?
kovidgoyal/kitty is still attracting attention — about 532 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 kitty created?
kovidgoyal/kitty was created on October 16, 2016 and earned its first GitHub star in Dec 2016.

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