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Stars
27,598
History since
2016
Latest star
Nov 2026

Star history

Last 30 days
+140
Last 90 days
+370
Stars / day
7.4
Cumulative stars
stars from September 19, 2016 to November 13, 2026, peaking at 27,598.28k STARS10 YR 2 MO10K28kNOV 2026SEP 2016

27,598 stars on November 13, 2026.

stars by date
Datestars
September 19, 201661
October 7, 2016298
October 16, 2016330
November 9, 2016368
November 28, 2016426
December 15, 2016447
January 14, 2017478
February 15, 2017507
February 27, 2017552
March 19, 2017623
April 7, 2017701
April 16, 2017728
May 5, 2017780
May 26, 2017835
June 5, 2017866
June 24, 2017906
July 14, 2017948
July 25, 2017970
August 15, 20171,009
September 5, 20171,060
September 15, 20171,078
October 4, 20171,128
October 25, 20171,205
November 4, 20171,242
November 25, 20171,297
December 14, 20171,573
December 23, 20171,600
January 10, 20181,660
January 28, 20181,732
February 6, 20181,779
February 24, 20181,871
March 14, 20181,972
March 26, 20182,019
April 14, 20182,086
May 2, 20182,610
May 11, 20182,692
May 29, 20182,817
June 16, 20182,949
June 26, 20183,011
July 14, 20183,089
August 1, 20183,180
August 10, 20183,248
August 28, 20183,370
September 15, 20183,461
September 24, 20183,516
October 13, 20183,612
October 31, 20183,712
November 9, 20183,770
November 27, 20183,859
December 15, 20183,976
December 24, 20184,021
January 12, 20194,159
January 30, 20194,263
February 8, 20194,313
February 26, 20194,434
March 16, 20194,601
March 25, 20194,679
April 13, 20194,812
May 1, 20194,937
May 10, 20195,004
May 28, 20195,215
June 15, 20195,338
July 3, 20195,454
July 13, 20195,524
July 31, 20195,656
August 18, 20195,773
August 27, 20195,892
September 14, 20196,036
October 2, 20196,180
October 11, 20196,250
October 30, 20196,423
November 17, 20196,603
November 26, 20196,668
December 14, 20196,813
January 1, 20206,949
January 10, 20207,013
January 29, 20207,160
February 16, 20207,291
February 25, 20207,371
March 14, 20207,519
April 1, 20207,709
April 10, 20207,805
April 29, 20208,004
May 17, 20208,238
May 26, 20208,349
June 13, 20208,554
July 1, 20208,716
July 10, 20208,799
July 29, 20208,958
August 16, 20209,112
August 25, 20209,223
September 12, 20209,403
September 30, 20209,600
October 9, 20209,671
October 27, 20209,858
November 15, 202010,058
November 24, 202010,170
December 12, 202010,373
December 30, 202010,553
January 8, 202110,635
January 26, 202110,817
February 14, 202110,980
February 23, 202111,047
March 13, 202111,216
March 31, 202111,374
April 9, 202111,463
April 27, 202111,629
May 16, 202111,782
May 25, 202111,864
June 12, 202112,034
June 30, 202112,176
July 9, 202112,233
July 27, 202112,349
August 15, 202112,498
August 24, 202112,564
September 11, 202112,679
September 29, 202112,830
October 8, 202112,884
October 26, 202113,020
November 13, 202113,165
November 23, 202113,266
December 11, 202113,414
December 29, 202113,568
January 7, 202213,640
January 25, 202213,769
February 12, 202213,895
February 22, 202213,969
March 12, 202214,150
March 30, 202214,343
April 8, 202214,421
April 26, 202214,587
May 14, 202214,727
May 23, 202214,807
June 11, 202214,932
June 29, 202215,077
July 8, 202215,155
July 26, 202215,302
August 13, 202215,454
August 22, 202215,511
September 10, 202215,663
September 28, 202215,822
October 7, 202215,871
October 25, 202216,008
November 12, 202216,161
November 21, 202216,228
December 10, 202216,373
December 28, 202216,486
January 6, 202316,541
January 24, 202316,700
February 11, 202316,833
February 20, 202316,915
March 11, 202317,096
March 29, 202317,246
April 7, 202317,351
April 25, 202317,546
May 13, 202317,698
May 22, 202317,783
June 9, 202317,950
June 28, 202318,109
July 7, 202318,193
July 25, 202318,337
August 12, 202318,473
August 21, 202318,553
September 8, 202318,726
September 27, 202318,892
October 6, 202318,945
October 24, 202319,114
November 11, 202319,261
November 20, 202319,348
December 8, 202319,510
December 27, 202319,681
January 5, 202419,755
January 23, 202419,910
February 10, 202420,048
February 19, 202420,120
March 8, 202420,283
March 27, 202420,453
April 5, 202420,539
April 23, 202420,708
May 11, 202420,950
May 29, 202421,124
June 7, 202421,202
June 25, 202421,331
July 14, 202421,529
July 23, 202421,664
August 10, 202421,800
August 28, 202421,953
September 6, 202422,012
September 24, 202422,159
October 13, 202422,293
October 22, 202422,372
November 9, 202422,533
November 27, 202422,703
December 6, 202422,788
December 24, 202422,928
January 12, 202523,145
January 21, 202523,226
February 8, 202523,327
February 26, 202523,492
March 7, 202523,582
March 25, 202523,745
April 13, 202523,925
April 22, 202524,014
May 10, 202524,141
May 28, 202524,340
June 6, 202524,409
June 24, 202524,545
July 12, 202524,666
July 22, 202524,744
August 9, 202524,861
August 27, 202524,992
September 5, 202525,039
September 23, 202525,165
October 11, 202525,290
October 21, 202525,466
November 8, 202525,594
November 26, 202525,738
December 5, 202525,808
December 23, 202525,935
January 10, 202626,041
January 19, 202626,092
February 7, 202626,222
February 26, 202626,328
March 7, 202626,376
March 25, 202626,484
April 12, 202626,593
April 21, 202626,669
May 11, 202626,781
May 29, 202626,880
June 7, 202626,930
June 25, 202627,017
July 14, 202627,094
July 23, 202627,146
August 11, 202627,228
August 29, 202627,298
September 7, 202627,348
September 27, 202627,429
October 16, 202627,483
October 25, 202627,517
November 13, 202627,598

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

Star milestones: 100 around Sep 20161k around Aug 201710k around Nov 2020

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

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 microsoft/vcpkg.

Notes on microsoft/vcpkg

How many stars does microsoft/vcpkg have?
GitHub currently reports 27,598 stars for microsoft/vcpkg, with about 370 of them added in the last 90 days.
How fast is vcpkg growing?
microsoft/vcpkg gained about 370 stars over the last 90 days of its history (about 140 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 vcpkg still active?
microsoft/vcpkg is still attracting attention — about 140 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 vcpkg created?
microsoft/vcpkg was created on September 15, 2016 and earned its first GitHub star in Sep 2016.

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