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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
195,368
History since
2015
Latest star
Nov 2026

Star history

Last 30 days
+2,274
Last 90 days
+7,779
Stars / day
48
Cumulative stars
stars from September 11, 2015 to November 14, 2026, peaking at 195,368.195k STARS11 YR 2 MO100K195kNOV 2026SEP 2015

195,368 stars on November 14, 2026.

stars by date
Datestars
September 11, 20151
December 5, 20157,264
December 15, 20157,618
January 4, 20168,098
January 24, 20168,661
February 3, 20168,901
February 23, 20169,337
March 14, 20169,890
March 24, 201610,193
April 14, 201610,996
May 4, 201612,014
May 14, 201612,359
June 3, 201612,898
June 23, 201613,407
July 3, 201613,612
July 23, 201614,138
August 12, 201614,579
August 22, 201614,763
September 12, 201615,267
October 2, 201615,866
October 12, 201616,134
November 1, 201616,748
November 21, 201617,407
December 1, 201617,722
December 21, 201618,349
January 10, 201718,831
January 20, 201719,135
February 10, 201720,001
March 2, 201720,830
March 12, 201721,435
April 1, 201722,361
April 21, 201723,409
May 1, 201723,832
May 21, 201724,776
June 10, 201725,549
June 20, 201726,043
July 11, 201726,798
July 31, 201727,673
August 10, 201728,098
August 30, 201729,033
September 19, 201730,063
September 29, 201730,527
October 19, 201732,057
November 8, 201733,471
November 18, 201734,388
December 9, 201735,637
December 29, 201736,763
January 8, 201837,126
January 28, 201838,403
February 17, 201839,618
February 27, 201840,156
March 19, 201841,356
April 8, 201842,417
April 18, 201843,123
May 9, 201844,241
May 29, 201845,756
June 8, 201847,038
June 28, 201848,557
July 18, 201849,637
July 28, 201850,191
August 17, 201851,634
September 6, 201852,860
September 27, 201854,330
October 7, 201855,112
October 27, 201856,694
November 16, 201857,808
November 26, 201858,388
December 16, 201859,477
January 5, 201960,412
January 15, 201961,020
February 4, 201962,030
February 25, 201963,310
March 7, 201964,035
March 27, 201965,592
April 16, 201966,952
April 26, 201967,598
May 16, 201969,272
June 5, 201970,552
June 15, 201971,196
July 5, 201972,206
July 26, 201973,225
August 5, 201973,657
August 25, 201974,696
September 14, 201975,748
September 24, 201976,267
October 14, 201977,160
November 3, 201978,141
November 13, 201979,154
December 3, 201980,432
December 24, 201981,697
January 3, 202082,099
January 23, 202083,008
February 12, 202083,818
February 22, 202084,260
March 13, 202085,177
April 2, 202086,155
April 12, 202086,627
May 2, 202087,813
May 23, 202089,089
June 2, 202089,635
June 22, 202090,734
July 12, 202091,800
July 22, 202092,456
August 11, 202093,474
August 31, 202094,603
September 10, 202095,105
September 30, 202096,042
October 21, 202097,104
October 31, 202097,527
November 20, 202098,526
December 10, 202099,434
December 20, 2020100,131
January 9, 2021100,982
January 29, 2021101,952
February 8, 2021102,666
February 28, 2021103,653
March 21, 2021105,044
March 31, 2021105,514
April 20, 2021106,617
May 10, 2021107,526
May 20, 2021107,962
June 9, 2021108,795
June 29, 2021109,772
July 9, 2021110,146
July 30, 2021111,211
August 19, 2021112,199
August 29, 2021112,589
September 18, 2021113,465
October 8, 2021114,266
October 18, 2021114,654
November 7, 2021115,663
November 27, 2021116,576
December 7, 2021116,946
December 28, 2021117,805
January 17, 2022118,592
January 27, 2022119,026
February 16, 2022119,990
March 8, 2022120,848
March 18, 2022121,250
April 7, 2022122,177
April 27, 2022123,025
May 7, 2022123,596
May 28, 2022124,571
June 17, 2022125,485
June 27, 2022125,873
July 17, 2022126,758
August 6, 2022127,602
August 16, 2022128,012
September 5, 2022128,853
September 25, 2022129,617
October 5, 2022129,945
October 26, 2022131,078
November 15, 2022131,828
November 25, 2022132,188
December 15, 2022133,070
January 4, 2023133,757
January 14, 2023134,172
February 3, 2023134,936
February 23, 2023135,826
March 5, 2023136,204
March 26, 2023137,115
April 15, 2023138,066
April 25, 2023138,497
May 15, 2023139,348
June 4, 2023140,108
June 14, 2023140,524
July 4, 2023141,175
July 24, 2023141,961
August 3, 2023142,317
August 24, 2023143,232
September 13, 2023144,570
September 23, 2023144,932
October 13, 2023145,582
November 2, 2023146,213
November 12, 2023146,581
December 2, 2023147,379
December 22, 2023148,107
January 1, 2024148,367
January 22, 2024149,122
February 11, 2024149,910
March 2, 2024150,825
March 12, 2024151,166
April 1, 2024151,829
April 21, 2024152,478
May 1, 2024152,871
May 21, 2024153,509
June 11, 2024154,255
June 21, 2024154,566
July 11, 2024155,347
July 31, 2024155,923
August 10, 2024156,232
August 30, 2024156,937
September 19, 2024157,696
September 29, 2024158,062
October 19, 2024158,755
November 9, 2024159,533
November 19, 2024159,916
December 9, 2024160,565
December 29, 2024161,203
January 8, 2025161,533
January 28, 2025162,352
February 17, 2025163,178
February 27, 2025163,654
March 19, 2025164,823
April 9, 2025165,722
April 19, 2025166,194
May 9, 2025167,034
May 29, 2025168,952
June 8, 2025169,445
June 28, 2025170,202
July 18, 2025171,011
July 28, 2025171,421
August 17, 2025172,285
September 7, 2025173,045
September 17, 2025173,428
October 7, 2025174,104
October 27, 2025174,805
November 6, 2025175,202
November 26, 2025176,015
December 16, 2025176,774
December 26, 2025177,125
January 15, 2026177,928
February 5, 2026178,780
February 15, 2026179,140
March 7, 2026179,905
March 27, 2026180,870
April 6, 2026181,372
April 26, 2026182,320
May 16, 2026183,213
May 26, 2026183,684
June 15, 2026184,682
July 6, 2026185,680
July 16, 2026186,210
August 5, 2026187,158
August 25, 2026188,543
September 4, 2026189,836
September 24, 2026191,956
October 14, 2026193,094
October 24, 2026193,852
November 14, 2026195,368

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

Star milestones: 100 around Nov 20151k around Nov 201510k around Mar 2016100k around Dec 2020

The commit history reads microsoft/vscode 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 microsoft/vscode
File change frequency
File change frequency for microsoft/vscode
Bus factor
Bus factor for microsoft/vscode
Maintenance pulse
Maintenance pulse for microsoft/vscode
Contributors
Contributors for microsoft/vscode
Language activity
Language activity for microsoft/vscode
Commit activity
Commit activity for microsoft/vscode
Recent TODO/FIXME movement
Recent TODO/FIXME movement for microsoft/vscode

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/vscode.

Notes on microsoft/vscode

How many stars does microsoft/vscode have?
GitHub currently reports 195,368 stars for microsoft/vscode, with about 7,779 of them added in the last 90 days.
How fast is vscode growing?
microsoft/vscode gained about 7,779 stars over the last 90 days of its history (about 2,274 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 vscode still active?
microsoft/vscode is still attracting attention — about 2,274 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 vscode created?
microsoft/vscode was created on September 3, 2015 and earned its first GitHub star in Sep 2015.

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