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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification

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

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Current stars
4,339
Activity since
2019
Latest activity
Jun 2026

Public star activity

Last 30 days
+6
Last 90 days
+12
Actions / day
1.6
Public star actions

stars from May 1, 2019 to June 30, 2026, peaking at 4,065.4.1k STARS7 YR 2 MO4.1kJUN 2026MAY 2019

4,065 stars on June 30, 2026.

stars by date
Datestars
May 1, 20191
May 9, 201919
May 17, 201930
May 30, 201972
June 12, 201991
June 18, 2019100
June 29, 2019126
July 8, 2019136
July 12, 2019141
August 1, 2019156
August 17, 2019173
August 24, 2019181
September 4, 2019198
September 15, 2019221
September 21, 2019229
October 1, 2019250
October 11, 2019270
October 18, 2019280
October 28, 2019303
November 10, 2019319
November 14, 2019332
November 26, 2019355
December 6, 2019374
December 13, 2019380
December 25, 2019395
January 7, 2020414
January 15, 2020424
January 24, 2020445
February 4, 2020465
February 11, 2020476
February 22, 2020503
March 4, 2020519
March 12, 2020529
March 30, 2020541
April 8, 2020566
April 15, 2020574
April 26, 2020592
May 7, 2020612
May 11, 2020623
May 20, 2020647
May 30, 2020671
June 5, 2020682
June 15, 2020706
June 26, 2020728
July 1, 2020737
July 11, 2020754
July 23, 2020809
July 29, 2020817
August 8, 2020838
August 19, 2020858
August 30, 2020866
September 10, 2020882
September 23, 2020946
September 28, 20201,136
October 9, 20201,165
October 18, 20201,189
October 25, 20201,215
November 3, 20201,237
November 14, 20201,255
November 19, 20201,261
December 1, 20201,278
December 11, 20201,304
December 21, 20201,325
December 25, 20201,336
January 5, 20211,347
January 15, 20211,367
January 21, 20211,375
February 1, 20211,397
February 12, 20211,419
February 19, 20211,445
February 28, 20211,480
March 11, 20211,512
March 16, 20211,526
March 25, 20211,551
April 3, 20211,583
April 7, 20211,595
April 16, 20211,611
April 26, 20211,635
May 2, 20211,648
May 18, 20211,668
May 28, 20211,710
June 1, 20211,720
June 11, 20211,743
June 21, 20211,769
June 27, 20211,782
July 6, 20211,811
July 16, 20211,835
July 21, 20211,843
July 31, 20211,880
August 10, 20211,903
August 15, 20211,915
August 24, 20211,948
September 9, 20211,978
September 15, 20211,994
September 24, 20212,021
October 3, 20212,041
October 9, 20212,048
October 22, 20212,064
November 5, 20212,084
November 10, 20212,100
November 21, 20212,125
November 29, 20212,141
December 4, 20212,157
December 14, 20212,190
December 24, 20212,211
December 28, 20212,221
January 10, 20222,243
January 19, 20222,268
January 24, 20222,279
February 3, 20222,301
February 14, 20222,330
February 19, 20222,344
February 28, 20222,370
March 11, 20222,401
March 17, 20222,416
March 27, 20222,440
April 7, 20222,463
April 11, 20222,472
April 20, 20222,492
May 1, 20222,515
May 5, 20222,526
May 14, 20222,555
May 25, 20222,581
May 30, 20222,593
June 10, 20222,609
June 22, 20222,628
June 28, 20222,639
July 11, 20222,659
July 19, 20222,681
July 24, 20222,691
August 4, 20222,720
August 17, 20222,740
August 21, 20222,748
September 1, 20222,768
September 11, 20222,787
September 15, 20222,793
September 26, 20222,811
October 6, 20222,833
October 12, 20222,843
October 22, 20222,869
November 8, 20222,888
November 14, 20222,900
November 24, 20222,915
December 6, 20222,928
December 12, 20222,938
December 25, 20222,957
January 9, 20232,974
January 14, 20232,979
January 25, 20232,994
February 3, 20233,012
February 9, 20233,025
February 18, 20233,048
March 1, 20233,070
March 7, 20233,082
March 17, 20233,098
March 27, 20233,116
April 4, 20233,128
April 14, 20233,139
April 26, 20233,156
May 1, 20233,165
May 13, 20233,184
May 24, 20233,200
May 31, 20233,207
June 10, 20233,222
June 21, 20233,237
June 27, 20233,241
July 12, 20233,255
July 26, 20233,272
July 31, 20233,281
August 10, 20233,297
August 22, 20233,308
August 30, 20233,316
September 8, 20233,332
September 20, 20233,349
September 27, 20233,357
October 7, 20233,371
October 23, 20233,382
October 31, 20233,389
November 14, 20233,405
November 29, 20233,425
December 11, 20233,436
December 17, 20233,442
December 28, 20233,458
January 12, 20243,469
January 18, 20243,477
February 1, 20243,496
February 17, 20243,510
March 3, 20243,518
March 15, 20243,535
April 4, 20243,549
April 9, 20243,554
April 21, 20243,569
May 7, 20243,582
May 17, 20243,591
June 1, 20243,600
June 15, 20243,612
June 30, 20243,617
July 15, 20243,627
July 28, 20243,637
August 6, 20243,644
August 23, 20243,654
September 5, 20243,665
September 11, 20243,670
September 21, 20243,690
October 12, 20243,702
October 17, 20243,707
November 2, 20243,720
November 14, 20243,730
November 18, 20243,735
November 30, 20243,750
December 26, 20243,762
January 3, 20253,769
January 25, 20253,780
February 11, 20253,792
February 18, 20253,798
March 5, 20253,809
March 16, 20253,827
March 20, 20253,832
April 1, 20253,846
April 17, 20253,863
April 22, 20253,868
May 10, 20253,889
May 24, 20253,900
June 9, 20253,911
June 28, 20253,919
July 11, 20253,930
July 22, 20253,942
August 14, 20253,954
August 31, 20253,965
September 10, 20253,969
September 24, 20253,980
October 20, 20253,994
October 30, 20254,000
November 18, 20254,012
December 8, 20254,023
December 22, 20254,029
January 17, 20264,039
February 28, 20264,048
March 30, 20264,053
June 30, 20264,065

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

Observed activity milestones: 100 around Jun 20191k around Sep 2020

The commit history reads open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification 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 open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification
File change frequency
File change frequency for open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification
Bus factor
Bus factor for open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification
Maintenance pulse
Maintenance pulse for open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification
Contributors
Contributors for open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification
Language activity
Language activity for open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification
Commit activity
Commit activity for open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification
Recent TODO/FIXME movement
Recent TODO/FIXME movement for open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification

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 open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification.

Notes on open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification

How many stars does open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification have?
GitHub currently reports 4,339 stars for open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification. 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 opentelemetry-specification?
gitdebt observed about 12 public star actions for open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification over the latest 90 days of archive coverage (about 6 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 opentelemetry-specification still active?
Public archive data shows about 6 star actions for open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification in the latest 30 days of coverage. For repository activity, use the commit heatmap, commit trend, and contributor charts on this page.
When was opentelemetry-specification created?
open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification was created on May 1, 2019. The first public star activity observed for open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification is from May 2019.

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