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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
25,015
History since
2019
Latest star
Nov 2026

Star history

Last 30 days
+31
Last 90 days
+71
Stars / day
8.8
Cumulative stars
stars from February 14, 2019 to November 13, 2026, peaking at 25,015.25k STARS7 YR 9 MO10K25kNOV 2026FEB 2019

25,015 stars on November 13, 2026.

stars by date
Datestars
February 14, 2019683
February 27, 20193,549
March 6, 20193,877
March 19, 20194,209
April 2, 20194,460
April 8, 20194,518
April 22, 20194,715
May 5, 20195,037
May 12, 20195,234
May 26, 20195,498
June 8, 20195,696
June 15, 20195,821
June 28, 20195,988
July 12, 20196,166
July 19, 20196,321
August 1, 20196,559
August 15, 20196,716
August 21, 20196,841
September 4, 20197,112
September 17, 20197,280
September 24, 20197,367
October 8, 20197,585
October 21, 20197,741
October 28, 20197,813
November 10, 20198,731
November 24, 20199,224
December 1, 20199,340
December 14, 20199,566
December 28, 20199,710
January 3, 20209,763
January 17, 20209,927
January 30, 202010,033
February 6, 202010,090
February 20, 202010,224
March 4, 202010,346
March 11, 202010,409
March 24, 202010,491
April 7, 202010,577
April 14, 202010,631
April 27, 202010,751
May 11, 202010,850
May 17, 202010,917
May 31, 202011,037
June 13, 202011,160
June 20, 202011,256
July 4, 202011,381
July 17, 202011,484
July 24, 202011,688
August 6, 202011,898
August 20, 202012,096
August 26, 202012,156
September 9, 202012,267
September 22, 202012,366
September 29, 202012,405
October 13, 202012,483
October 26, 202012,560
November 2, 202012,619
November 15, 202012,703
November 29, 202012,802
December 6, 202012,838
December 19, 202012,904
January 2, 202113,001
January 15, 202113,091
January 22, 202113,140
February 4, 202113,220
February 18, 202113,304
February 25, 202113,375
March 10, 202113,480
March 24, 202113,558
March 30, 202113,588
April 13, 202113,652
April 26, 202113,714
May 3, 202113,742
May 18, 202113,802
May 31, 202113,847
June 7, 202113,868
June 22, 202113,912
July 7, 202113,956
July 14, 202113,977
July 29, 202114,028
August 15, 202114,074
August 23, 202114,101
September 6, 202114,144
September 19, 202114,192
September 27, 202114,219
October 14, 202114,255
November 1, 202114,292
November 8, 202114,304
November 22, 202114,353
December 7, 202114,393
December 16, 202114,413
January 2, 202214,452
January 20, 202214,482
January 26, 202214,494
February 10, 202214,525
February 23, 202214,558
March 7, 202214,569
March 21, 202214,606
April 7, 202214,640
April 14, 202214,653
April 28, 202214,683
May 14, 202214,714
May 20, 202214,732
June 4, 202214,760
June 18, 202214,791
June 26, 202214,811
July 13, 202214,841
July 28, 202214,871
August 7, 202214,883
August 20, 202214,909
September 6, 202214,949
September 17, 202214,965
October 1, 202214,995
October 15, 202215,034
October 24, 202215,051
November 10, 202215,088
November 25, 202215,122
December 2, 202215,141
December 16, 202215,302
December 29, 202215,450
January 5, 202315,501
January 18, 202315,637
February 1, 202315,820
February 8, 202315,955
February 21, 202316,499
March 7, 202316,878
March 13, 202317,008
March 27, 202317,445
April 9, 202317,775
April 16, 202317,949
April 30, 202318,182
May 13, 202318,309
May 20, 202318,383
June 2, 202318,519
June 16, 202318,660
June 23, 202318,713
July 6, 202318,824
July 20, 202318,915
July 26, 202318,944
August 9, 202319,019
August 22, 202319,073
August 29, 202319,099
September 12, 202319,174
September 25, 202319,228
October 3, 202319,264
October 16, 202319,338
October 30, 202319,408
November 5, 202319,426
November 19, 202319,515
December 2, 202319,625
December 9, 202319,673
December 23, 202319,764
January 5, 202419,826
January 12, 202419,860
January 25, 202419,918
February 8, 202419,979
February 17, 202420,011
March 1, 202420,146
March 15, 202420,250
March 21, 202420,319
April 4, 202420,404
April 17, 202420,514
April 24, 202420,550
May 8, 202420,669
May 22, 202420,770
May 29, 202420,824
June 11, 202421,052
June 25, 202421,267
July 2, 202421,320
July 15, 202421,417
July 29, 202421,508
August 4, 202421,531
August 18, 202421,596
August 31, 202421,651
September 7, 202421,678
September 21, 202421,749
October 5, 202421,824
October 12, 202421,852
October 25, 202421,929
November 8, 202421,988
November 21, 202422,055
November 28, 202422,081
December 12, 202422,155
December 25, 202422,208
January 1, 202522,255
January 14, 202522,319
January 28, 202522,398
February 4, 202522,447
February 17, 202522,579
March 3, 202522,674
March 9, 202522,713
March 23, 202522,788
April 5, 202522,859
April 12, 202522,884
April 25, 202522,951
May 9, 202523,011
May 16, 202523,157
May 29, 202523,226
June 12, 202523,264
June 18, 202523,282
July 2, 202523,338
July 16, 202523,414
July 23, 202523,551
August 6, 202523,660
August 19, 202523,724
August 26, 202523,748
September 8, 202523,803
September 22, 202523,856
September 29, 202523,890
October 14, 202523,941
October 28, 202524,002
November 4, 202524,020
November 18, 202524,080
December 1, 202524,131
December 8, 202524,155
December 22, 202524,213
January 4, 202624,266
January 11, 202624,287
January 25, 202624,318
February 8, 202624,362
February 15, 202624,384
March 1, 202624,429
March 16, 202624,479
March 22, 202624,496
April 5, 202624,545
April 19, 202624,599
April 26, 202624,627
May 10, 202624,672
May 23, 202624,718
May 30, 202624,740
June 12, 202624,788
June 26, 202624,837
July 3, 202624,859
July 16, 202624,892
July 30, 202624,934
August 10, 202624,944
September 18, 202624,959
October 13, 202624,984
October 25, 202624,995
November 13, 202625,015

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

Star milestones: 100 around Feb 20191k around Feb 201910k around Jan 2020

The commit history reads openai/gpt-2 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 openai/gpt-2
File change frequency
File change frequency for openai/gpt-2
Bus factor
Bus factor for openai/gpt-2
Maintenance pulse
Maintenance pulse for openai/gpt-2
Contributors
Contributors for openai/gpt-2
Language activity
Language activity for openai/gpt-2
Commit activity
Commit activity for openai/gpt-2
Recent TODO/FIXME movement
Recent TODO/FIXME movement for openai/gpt-2

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 openai/gpt-2.

Notes on openai/gpt-2

How many stars does openai/gpt-2 have?
GitHub currently reports 25,015 stars for openai/gpt-2, with about 71 of them added in the last 90 days.
How fast is gpt-2 growing?
openai/gpt-2 gained about 71 stars over the last 90 days of its history (about 31 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 gpt-2 still active?
openai/gpt-2 is still attracting attention — about 31 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 gpt-2 created?
openai/gpt-2 was created on February 11, 2019 and earned its first GitHub star in Feb 2019.

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