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

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Current stars
20,712
Activity since
2013
Latest activity
Sep 2026

Public star activity

Last 30 days
+15
Last 90 days
+15
Actions / day
4.1
Public star actions
stars from October 18, 2013 to September 16, 2026, peaking at 19,112.19k STARS12 YR 11 MO19kSEP 2026OCT 2013

19,112 stars on September 16, 2026.

stars by date
Datestars
October 18, 201319
November 20, 2013274
January 12, 2014290
March 13, 2014324
April 30, 2014383
May 11, 2014416
June 5, 2014471
July 16, 2014526
July 28, 2014544
August 21, 2014654
September 21, 2014691
October 6, 2014720
November 3, 2014761
December 8, 2014805
December 26, 2014828
January 29, 2015881
February 25, 2015945
March 9, 2015972
March 31, 20151,025
April 29, 20151,062
May 15, 20151,087
June 14, 20151,132
July 14, 20151,175
July 27, 20151,200
August 17, 20151,279
September 8, 20151,421
September 19, 20151,489
October 13, 20151,537
November 5, 20151,584
November 17, 20151,601
December 9, 20151,671
January 2, 20161,732
January 15, 20161,749
February 9, 20161,810
March 3, 20161,879
March 17, 20161,977
April 9, 20162,054
April 30, 20162,123
May 13, 20162,159
June 3, 20162,253
June 30, 20162,320
July 11, 20162,349
August 6, 20162,409
August 29, 20162,455
September 9, 20162,476
October 2, 20162,548
October 24, 20162,611
November 3, 20162,637
November 28, 20162,690
December 19, 20162,767
December 31, 20162,792
January 26, 20172,840
February 19, 20172,909
March 1, 20172,944
March 23, 20173,007
April 14, 20173,065
April 24, 20173,125
May 17, 20173,197
June 8, 20173,270
June 20, 20173,311
July 11, 20173,368
August 1, 20173,453
August 24, 20173,543
September 7, 20173,572
October 1, 20173,628
October 24, 20173,690
November 5, 20173,727
November 27, 20173,801
December 20, 20173,865
December 31, 20173,900
January 23, 20183,967
February 13, 20184,027
February 23, 20184,056
March 18, 20184,138
April 10, 20184,243
April 21, 20184,290
May 12, 20184,372
June 3, 20184,441
June 14, 20184,489
July 6, 20184,556
July 27, 20184,647
August 6, 20184,680
August 27, 20184,766
September 17, 20184,849
September 27, 20184,888
October 19, 20184,971
November 9, 20185,049
November 20, 20185,097
December 10, 20185,183
January 1, 20195,273
January 12, 20195,317
February 3, 20195,398
February 25, 20195,496
March 7, 20195,531
March 28, 20195,635
April 18, 20195,743
April 28, 20195,803
May 19, 20195,921
June 9, 20196,030
June 20, 20196,094
July 11, 20196,240
August 1, 20196,581
August 12, 20196,629
September 3, 20196,724
September 24, 20196,842
October 4, 20196,885
October 25, 20197,056
November 16, 20197,163
November 26, 20197,237
December 17, 20197,333
January 7, 20207,431
January 17, 20207,478
February 8, 20207,582
February 29, 20207,667
March 11, 20207,710
April 1, 20207,801
April 22, 20207,913
May 2, 20207,981
May 23, 20208,113
June 13, 20208,213
June 23, 20208,253
July 14, 20208,363
August 4, 20208,483
August 15, 20208,545
September 7, 20208,626
September 28, 20208,719
October 10, 20208,762
November 1, 20208,883
November 22, 20208,981
December 2, 20209,028
December 23, 20209,118
January 13, 20219,210
January 23, 20219,260
February 14, 20219,351
March 7, 20219,445
March 19, 20219,488
April 9, 20219,606
April 30, 20219,743
May 16, 20219,790
June 7, 20219,921
June 27, 202110,016
July 8, 202110,068
July 30, 202110,161
August 20, 202110,269
September 3, 202110,317
September 24, 202110,418
October 18, 202110,514
November 4, 202110,550
November 26, 202110,641
December 17, 202110,738
December 28, 202110,799
January 20, 202210,909
February 9, 202211,023
February 21, 202211,072
March 14, 202211,172
April 4, 202211,272
April 14, 202211,330
May 5, 202211,418
May 27, 202211,521
June 7, 202211,560
June 28, 202211,644
July 20, 202211,782
July 31, 202211,850
August 21, 202211,947
September 10, 202212,059
September 21, 202212,120
October 12, 202212,257
November 2, 202212,361
November 12, 202212,402
December 3, 202212,503
December 25, 202212,585
January 4, 202312,632
January 25, 202312,742
February 15, 202312,895
February 26, 202312,957
March 18, 202313,101
April 8, 202313,222
April 19, 202313,275
May 10, 202313,394
May 31, 202313,487
June 21, 202313,578
July 1, 202313,632
July 22, 202313,742
August 12, 202313,992
August 22, 202314,037
September 12, 202314,153
October 4, 202314,294
October 14, 202314,351
November 4, 202314,441
November 25, 202314,530
December 6, 202314,589
December 28, 202314,753
January 18, 202414,861
January 28, 202414,909
February 18, 202415,013
March 10, 202415,193
March 20, 202415,255
April 10, 202415,364
May 1, 202415,510
May 11, 202415,565
June 2, 202415,670
June 23, 202415,781
July 4, 202415,866
July 25, 202416,020
August 15, 202416,131
August 26, 202416,198
September 17, 202416,298
October 8, 202416,483
October 18, 202416,555
November 8, 202416,695
November 29, 202416,825
December 9, 202416,889
December 30, 202416,989
January 20, 202517,135
January 31, 202517,196
February 22, 202517,295
March 14, 202517,457
March 25, 202517,529
April 15, 202517,643
May 6, 202517,868
May 16, 202517,937
June 6, 202518,025
June 28, 202518,091
July 8, 202518,122
July 29, 202518,209
August 19, 202518,330
August 30, 202518,483
September 20, 202518,596
October 17, 202518,668
October 29, 202518,702
November 19, 202518,761
December 12, 202518,824
December 22, 202518,849
January 14, 202618,906
February 6, 202618,953
February 20, 202618,977
March 15, 202619,027
April 17, 202619,068
May 11, 202619,083
September 16, 202619,112

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

Observed activity milestones: 100 around Oct 20131k around Mar 201510k around Jun 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 nats-io/nats-server
File change frequency
File change frequency for nats-io/nats-server
Bus factor
Bus factor for nats-io/nats-server
Maintenance pulse
Maintenance pulse for nats-io/nats-server
Contributors
Contributors for nats-io/nats-server
Language activity
Language activity for nats-io/nats-server
Commit activity
Commit activity for nats-io/nats-server
Recent TODO/FIXME movement
Recent TODO/FIXME movement for nats-io/nats-server

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 nats-io/nats-server

How many stars does nats-io/nats-server have?
GitHub currently reports 20,712 stars for nats-io/nats-server. 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 nats-server?
gitdebt observed about 15 public star actions for nats-io/nats-server over the latest 90 days of archive coverage (about 15 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 nats-server still active?
Public archive data shows about 15 star actions for nats-io/nats-server in the latest 30 days of coverage. For repository activity, use the commit heatmap, commit trend, and contributor charts on this page.
When was nats-server created?
nats-io/nats-server was created on October 29, 2012. The first public star activity observed for nats-io/nats-server is from Oct 2013.

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