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apache/kafka vs redpanda-data/redpanda

  • apache/kafka

    Stars

    34,219

    First recorded star in 2011.

  • redpanda-data/redpanda

    Stars

    12,681

    First recorded star in 2020.

Star history overlay
34k STARS15 YR 3 MOapache/kafka34kredpanda-data/redpanda13k

apache/kafka: 34,217 stars on November 13, 2026. redpanda-data/redpanda: 12,680 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 redpanda-data/redpanda
DateStars
November 4, 20202
December 7, 20201142
January 5, 20211249
February 1, 20211527
March 2, 20211649
March 29, 20211770
April 25, 20211976
May 22, 20212078
June 19, 20212177
July 16, 20212301
August 21, 20212408
September 20, 20212554
October 18, 20212675
November 16, 20212778
December 14, 20212933
January 11, 20223040
February 8, 20223198
March 7, 20223336
April 3, 20223513
April 29, 20223766
May 26, 20223954
June 22, 20224134
July 20, 20224280
August 15, 20224449
September 11, 20224577
October 8, 20224701
November 4, 20224946
December 1, 20225296
December 27, 20225450
January 23, 20235686
February 25, 20235888
March 25, 20236058
April 21, 20236231
May 18, 20236403
June 13, 20236589
July 10, 20236968
August 6, 20237154
September 2, 20237297
September 29, 20237432
October 26, 20237601
November 23, 20237745
December 21, 20237860
January 16, 20247965
February 12, 20248130
March 10, 20248255
April 6, 20248404
May 2, 20248548
May 29, 20248690
June 26, 20248842
July 25, 20248954
August 26, 20249076
September 22, 20249198
October 20, 20249336
November 18, 20249430
December 15, 20249540
January 14, 20259631
February 10, 20259767
March 8, 20259874
April 5, 20259983
May 2, 202510095
May 30, 202510202
June 27, 202510323
July 24, 202510449
August 20, 202510620
September 16, 202510848
October 12, 202510949
November 9, 202511081
December 6, 202511253
January 2, 202611397
January 29, 202611520
March 3, 202611687
March 30, 202611808
April 26, 202611926
May 24, 202612052
June 20, 202612172
July 17, 202612293
August 14, 202612402
September 11, 202612503
October 13, 202612594
November 13, 202612680
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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/kafkaredpanda-data/redpanda
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 34,21912,681
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +927+278
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 years6.0 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalapache/kafkaredpanda-data/redpanda
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/kafkaredpanda-data/redpanda
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/kafkaredpanda-data/redpanda
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/kafkaredpanda-data/redpanda
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 redpanda-data/redpanda were read
Fieldapache/kafkaredpanda-data/redpanda
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 redpanda-data/redpanda?

    GitHub reports 34,219 stars for apache/kafka and 12,681 for redpanda-data/redpanda.

  • 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. redpanda-data/redpanda — 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.