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apache/kafka vs nats-io/nats-server

  • apache/kafka

    Stars

    34,219

    First recorded star in 2011.

  • nats-io/nats-server

    Stars

    21,042

    First recorded star in 2013.

Star history overlay
34k STARS15 YR 3 MOapache/kafka34knats-io/nats-server21k

apache/kafka: 34,217 stars on November 13, 2026. nats-io/nats-server: 21,042 stars on November 13, 2026.

Star history for apache/kafka
DateStars
August 15, 2011144
March 15, 2013204
August 5, 2013283
November 22, 2013374
February 16, 2014471
June 2, 2014570
August 20, 2014681
November 2, 2014804
January 15, 2015954
March 20, 20151120
June 4, 20151362
August 9, 20151565
October 9, 20151788
December 7, 20152058
February 5, 20162317
April 8, 20162603
June 12, 20162880
August 10, 20163213
October 11, 20163491
December 10, 20163819
February 9, 20174098
April 9, 20174454
June 8, 20174823
August 7, 20175218
October 6, 20175668
December 5, 20176195
February 2, 20186640
April 3, 20187172
June 2, 20187772
August 1, 20188372
October 11, 20189007
December 10, 20189590
February 8, 201910195
April 9, 201910799
June 7, 201911460
August 6, 201912211
October 5, 201912799
December 4, 201913366
February 1, 202013842
April 1, 202014298
May 31, 202014896
July 30, 202015473
September 27, 202015963
November 26, 202016384
January 25, 202116883
March 27, 202117361
May 25, 202117969
July 24, 202118441
September 22, 202118943
November 21, 202119430
January 31, 202220068
April 1, 202220588
May 31, 202221120
July 30, 202221698
September 28, 202222246
November 26, 202222691
January 25, 202323091
March 27, 202323595
May 26, 202324146
July 24, 202324602
September 22, 202325051
November 21, 202325473
January 20, 202425877
March 19, 202426305
May 18, 202426791
July 17, 202427246
September 15, 202427716
November 13, 202428198
January 12, 202528624
March 13, 202529069
May 24, 202529645
July 22, 202530070
September 20, 202530518
November 19, 202530945
January 18, 202631386
March 18, 202631820
May 17, 202632367
July 16, 202633018
September 14, 202633598
November 13, 202634217
Star history for nats-io/nats-server
DateStars
October 18, 201353
March 31, 2014274
July 3, 2014403
September 23, 2014575
December 16, 2014672
March 14, 2015811
May 26, 2015915
August 3, 20151020
October 2, 20151273
December 6, 20151398
February 20, 20161553
April 20, 20161781
June 22, 20161954
August 27, 20162085
October 25, 20162236
December 24, 20162381
February 23, 20172508
April 27, 20172679
June 25, 20172844
August 23, 20173037
October 25, 20173176
December 23, 20173329
February 23, 20183496
April 23, 20183727
June 16, 20183915
August 12, 20184121
October 5, 20184332
November 30, 20184554
January 24, 20194802
March 20, 20195010
May 25, 20195334
July 19, 20195798
September 14, 20196060
November 10, 20196402
January 8, 20206668
March 3, 20206880
April 26, 20207111
June 21, 20207385
August 15, 20207648
October 13, 20207859
December 6, 20208102
January 30, 20218321
March 27, 20218549
May 23, 20218829
July 16, 20219090
September 10, 20219317
November 4, 20219570
December 28, 20219790
February 24, 202210059
April 22, 202210326
June 30, 202210611
August 23, 202210910
October 16, 202211218
December 11, 202211486
February 4, 202311719
March 31, 202312082
May 24, 202312377
July 18, 202312646
September 10, 202313076
November 4, 202313381
December 28, 202313699
February 21, 202413977
April 15, 202414335
June 10, 202414625
August 5, 202414972
September 28, 202415305
November 22, 202415681
January 16, 202516015
March 12, 202516336
May 5, 202516808
July 9, 202517199
September 2, 202517840
October 27, 202518233
December 21, 202518631
February 13, 202618969
April 9, 202619403
June 2, 202619831
July 27, 202620255
September 19, 202620703
November 13, 202621042
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Repository health compared

Live analysis · unavailable data stays labelled

Popularity is only one axis. Compare technical scale, maintenance cadence, ownership resilience and change pressure against the same completed analysis that sits behind each report.

Reach

Popularity and real-world adoption

Signalapache/kafkanats-io/nats-server
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 34,21921,042
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +927+719
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Reading…Reading…
Largest package audienceLargest resolved registry total; sources are shown explicitly.Reading…Reading…
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.15 years14 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalapache/kafkanats-io/nats-server
Dominant languageLargest share of analyzed code lines at current HEAD.Reading…Reading…
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.Reading…Reading…
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.Reading…Reading…

Maintenance

Commit volume and recent operating cadence

Signalapache/kafkanats-io/nats-server
Repository commitsFull repository commit total reported by the analysis.Reading…Reading…
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.Reading…Reading…

Ownership

How broadly maintenance responsibility is distributed

Signalapache/kafkanats-io/nats-server
Bus factorFewest analyzed contributors carrying at least half the commits.Reading…Reading…
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.Reading…Reading…

Change signals

Debt markers and fix pressure in frequently changed files

Signalapache/kafkanats-io/nats-server
Fix-labelled share · frequently changed filesFix-labelled commits divided by commits across the analyzed high-frequency file set.Reading…Reading…
Recent TODO/FIXME movementLatest cumulative marker count and its change over the trailing 90 days.Reading…Reading…

Both curves are drawn on shared axes. They are not drawn from a shared source: each series names its own below.

One axis, two sources

The overlay puts both repositories on one axis. It does not always put them on one source: a series not yet read again from GitHub's star history can stop on the date GitHub closed its stargazer list, or be rebuilt from public archive events. Each column below states its own reading.

How the star series for apache/kafka and nats-io/nats-server were read
Fieldapache/kafkanats-io/nats-server
SourceGitHub star historyGitHub star history
CoverageCovers through November 14, 2026Covers through November 14, 2026
StateStill updatingStill updating

No row states how much of a history is missing. An archive series records star actions and not unstars, so it can exceed a repository's own star total, and a figure for the difference would be wrong exactly where it looks most precise.

Notes on this comparison

  • Which has more GitHub stars, apache/kafka or nats-io/nats-server?

    GitHub reports 34,219 stars for apache/kafka and 21,042 for nats-io/nats-server.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. apache/kafka — GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026 · Still updating. nats-io/nats-server — GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026 · Still updating. A series read from GitHub's star history runs to its latest read. One read before that existed can stop on the date GitHub closed its stargazer list in July 2026, or come from public archive events, until gitdebt reads it again.

  • How is this comparison computed?

    Star totals come from public repository metadata. The two curves are each repository's stored star series drawn on shared axes, from whichever source is named above. Repository-health figures are computed independently from each project's commit history.