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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
105,384
History since
2017
Latest star
Nov 2026

Star history

Last 30 days
+401
Last 90 days
+1,172
Stars / day
31
Cumulative stars
stars from August 11, 2017 to November 14, 2026, peaking at 105,384.105k STARS9 YR 3 MO1K10K100K105kNOV 2026AUG 2017

105,384 stars on November 14, 2026.

stars by date
Datestars
August 11, 20178
August 27, 201781
September 6, 2017104
October 8, 2017129
October 28, 2017179
November 9, 2017194
November 29, 2017231
December 23, 2017263
January 3, 2018281
January 25, 2018313
February 24, 2018349
March 7, 2018362
March 26, 2018396
April 24, 2018432
May 4, 2018452
May 22, 2018492
June 7, 2018542
June 17, 2018559
July 7, 2018592
July 25, 2018636
August 5, 2018655
August 27, 2018723
September 14, 2018762
September 24, 2018776
October 12, 2018816
October 29, 2018858
November 8, 2018879
December 1, 2018920
December 18, 2018976
December 28, 2018996
January 14, 20191,058
January 31, 20191,120
February 9, 20191,141
February 27, 20191,205
March 15, 20191,261
March 23, 20191,288
April 9, 20191,352
April 27, 20191,421
May 5, 20191,447
May 21, 201934,731
June 7, 201938,223
June 15, 201939,411
July 1, 201942,015
July 18, 201943,034
July 26, 201943,393
August 11, 201944,317
August 28, 201945,136
September 5, 201945,483
September 21, 201946,142
October 8, 201946,825
October 16, 201947,114
November 1, 201947,733
November 17, 201948,300
November 26, 201948,615
December 12, 201949,318
December 28, 201949,808
January 6, 202050,039
January 22, 202050,747
February 7, 202051,237
February 15, 202051,610
March 3, 202052,188
March 19, 202052,916
April 5, 202053,531
April 13, 202053,827
April 29, 202054,562
May 15, 202055,309
May 24, 202056,903
June 9, 202057,940
June 25, 202058,676
July 4, 202059,013
July 20, 202059,455
August 5, 202060,227
August 13, 202060,464
August 30, 202061,005
September 15, 202061,400
September 23, 202061,610
October 10, 202061,997
October 26, 202062,393
November 3, 202062,633
November 20, 202063,134
December 6, 202063,505
December 14, 202063,680
December 31, 202064,158
January 16, 202164,480
January 24, 202164,855
February 9, 202165,420
February 26, 202165,839
March 6, 202166,069
March 22, 202166,433
April 8, 202166,817
April 16, 202167,023
May 2, 202167,453
May 19, 202167,823
May 27, 202168,018
June 12, 202168,707
June 29, 202169,020
July 7, 202169,153
July 23, 202169,848
August 9, 202170,281
August 17, 202170,423
September 2, 202170,879
September 18, 202171,266
September 27, 202171,448
October 13, 202171,757
October 29, 202172,268
November 7, 202172,447
November 23, 202172,777
December 9, 202173,112
December 17, 202173,426
January 3, 202273,751
January 19, 202274,102
January 27, 202274,258
February 13, 202275,209
March 1, 202275,559
March 9, 202275,893
March 26, 202276,260
April 11, 202276,627
April 19, 202276,808
May 6, 202277,261
May 22, 202277,700
May 30, 202277,881
June 15, 202278,218
July 2, 202278,452
July 10, 202278,599
July 26, 202278,945
August 12, 202279,390
August 20, 202279,589
September 5, 202279,848
September 22, 202280,187
September 30, 202280,305
October 16, 202280,535
November 2, 202280,863
November 10, 202280,978
November 26, 202281,177
December 12, 202281,381
December 21, 202281,758
January 6, 202381,999
January 22, 202382,248
January 31, 202382,506
February 16, 202382,791
March 4, 202383,067
March 12, 202383,201
March 29, 202383,497
April 14, 202383,767
April 22, 202383,897
May 9, 202384,151
May 25, 202384,412
June 2, 202384,566
June 19, 202384,859
July 5, 202385,090
July 13, 202385,218
July 30, 202385,444
August 15, 202385,697
August 23, 202385,810
September 9, 202386,044
September 25, 202386,264
October 3, 202386,691
October 19, 202386,949
November 5, 202387,223
November 13, 202387,332
November 29, 202387,649
December 16, 202387,932
December 24, 202388,027
January 9, 202488,215
January 26, 202488,482
February 3, 202488,820
February 19, 202489,108
March 7, 202489,388
March 15, 202489,489
March 31, 202489,740
April 16, 202489,992
April 25, 202490,110
May 11, 202490,399
May 27, 202490,649
June 5, 202490,757
June 21, 202490,950
July 7, 202491,134
July 15, 202491,254
August 1, 202491,473
August 17, 202491,661
September 3, 202491,936
September 11, 202492,027
September 27, 202492,265
October 13, 202492,526
October 22, 202492,682
November 7, 202492,978
November 23, 202493,234
December 2, 202493,377
December 18, 202493,577
January 3, 202593,757
January 11, 202593,942
January 28, 202594,151
February 13, 202594,628
February 21, 202594,757
March 10, 202595,014
March 26, 202595,270
April 3, 202595,368
April 20, 202595,576
May 6, 202595,905
May 14, 202596,019
May 31, 202596,388
June 16, 202596,599
June 24, 202596,697
July 11, 202596,913
July 27, 202597,093
August 4, 202597,199
August 20, 202597,435
September 6, 202598,153
September 14, 202598,489
September 30, 202598,683
October 17, 202598,886
October 25, 202599,092
November 10, 202599,254
November 27, 202599,446
December 5, 202599,542
December 21, 202599,722
January 7, 202699,928
January 15, 2026100,036
January 31, 2026100,338
February 16, 2026100,615
February 25, 2026100,721
March 13, 2026101,076
March 29, 2026101,392
April 7, 2026101,613
April 23, 2026101,966
May 9, 2026102,284
May 17, 2026102,452
June 3, 2026102,760
June 19, 2026103,032
June 27, 2026103,140
July 14, 2026103,421
July 30, 2026103,948
August 7, 2026104,086
August 24, 2026104,331
September 9, 2026104,562
September 17, 2026104,648
October 4, 2026104,868
October 20, 2026105,078
October 28, 2026105,181
November 14, 2026105,384

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

Star milestones: 100 around Sep 20171k around Jan 201910k around May 2019100k around Jan 2026

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

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 microsoft/terminal.

Notes on microsoft/terminal

How many stars does microsoft/terminal have?
GitHub currently reports 105,384 stars for microsoft/terminal, with about 1,172 of them added in the last 90 days.
How fast is terminal growing?
microsoft/terminal gained about 1,172 stars over the last 90 days of its history (about 401 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 terminal still active?
microsoft/terminal is still attracting attention — about 401 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 terminal created?
microsoft/terminal was created on August 11, 2017 and earned its first GitHub star in Aug 2017.

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