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apache/kafka vs rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server

  • apache/kafka

    Stars

    34,219

    First recorded star in 2011.

  • rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server

    Stars

    13,971

    First recorded star in 2010.

Star history overlay
34k STARS16 YR 2 MOapache/kafka34krabbitmq/rabbitmq-server14k

apache/kafka: 34,217 stars on November 13, 2026. rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server: 13,971 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 rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server
DateStars
September 20, 201088
December 16, 2011145
April 23, 2013209
October 8, 2013273
February 27, 2014341
July 10, 2014413
October 26, 2014480
February 7, 2015559
April 21, 2015659
July 1, 2015765
September 28, 2015907
November 29, 20151039
February 7, 20161206
April 6, 20161345
June 6, 20161497
August 6, 20161630
October 5, 20161775
December 8, 20161942
February 8, 20172084
April 8, 20172257
June 6, 20172442
July 31, 20172630
September 27, 20172812
November 23, 20173022
January 22, 20183187
March 19, 20183402
May 12, 20183608
July 12, 20183837
September 5, 20184068
October 31, 20184343
January 10, 20194635
March 6, 20194896
May 2, 20195143
June 27, 20195397
August 21, 20195626
October 19, 20195836
December 12, 20196050
February 8, 20206239
April 8, 20206423
June 2, 20206645
July 29, 20206874
September 21, 20207072
November 22, 20207247
January 20, 20217451
March 17, 20217639
May 11, 20217830
July 6, 20218005
September 2, 20218213
October 28, 20218391
December 22, 20218591
February 27, 20228814
April 26, 20229034
June 24, 20229225
August 20, 20229402
October 15, 20229608
December 13, 20229784
February 9, 20239949
April 8, 202310149
June 4, 202310348
July 30, 202310515
September 30, 202310659
November 27, 202310825
January 24, 202410984
March 24, 202411169
May 17, 202411369
July 16, 202411591
September 10, 202411774
November 5, 202412017
January 2, 202512184
March 1, 202512356
May 10, 202512568
July 8, 202512753
September 2, 202512916
October 31, 202513072
December 31, 202513232
February 28, 202613378
April 28, 202613530
July 2, 202613679
September 9, 202613826
November 13, 202613971
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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/kafkarabbitmq/rabbitmq-server
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 34,21913,971
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +927+219
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 years16 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalapache/kafkarabbitmq/rabbitmq-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/kafkarabbitmq/rabbitmq-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/kafkarabbitmq/rabbitmq-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/kafkarabbitmq/rabbitmq-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 rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server were read
Fieldapache/kafkarabbitmq/rabbitmq-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 rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server?

    GitHub reports 34,219 stars for apache/kafka and 13,971 for rabbitmq/rabbitmq-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. rabbitmq/rabbitmq-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.