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cockroachdb/cockroach vs postgres/postgres

  • cockroachdb/cockroach

    Stars

    32,466

    First recorded star in 2014.

  • postgres/postgres

    Stars

    22,115

    First recorded star in 2011.

Star history overlay
35k STARS15 YR 7 MOcockroachdb/cockroach35kpostgres/postgres21k

cockroachdb/cockroach: 34,571 stars on September 16, 2026. postgres/postgres: 20,681 stars on September 16, 2026.

Star history for cockroachdb/cockroach
DateStars
February 12, 20143
July 21, 2014483
September 13, 20141548
November 14, 20142433
January 9, 20152667
March 6, 20153087
April 30, 20153486
June 24, 20154956
August 17, 20155224
October 10, 20155651
December 13, 20156147
February 5, 20166481
March 29, 20166817
May 22, 20167341
July 15, 20167700
September 6, 20168018
November 2, 20168342
December 27, 20168683
February 19, 20179285
April 13, 20179893
June 5, 201711134
July 28, 201711519
September 19, 201711885
November 11, 201712512
January 3, 201813045
February 25, 201813593
April 20, 201814151
June 12, 201814552
August 4, 201814897
September 27, 201815330
November 29, 201815760
January 21, 201916225
March 15, 201916625
May 7, 201917183
June 30, 201917721
August 22, 201918101
October 15, 201918426
December 7, 201918763
January 31, 202019068
March 24, 202019354
May 19, 202019697
July 11, 202019988
September 4, 202020308
October 27, 202020871
December 19, 202021230
February 10, 202121613
April 6, 202121984
June 1, 202122380
July 24, 202123067
September 18, 202123934
November 28, 202124344
January 22, 202225069
March 16, 202225896
May 8, 202226453
June 30, 202226995
August 22, 202227462
October 14, 202227942
December 6, 202228312
January 28, 202328626
March 22, 202328999
May 14, 202329338
July 6, 202329656
August 28, 202329996
October 21, 202330355
December 13, 202330672
February 4, 202431044
March 28, 202431403
May 20, 202431765
July 12, 202432146
September 3, 202432520
November 7, 202432905
December 31, 202433224
February 24, 202533474
April 18, 202533720
June 13, 202533943
August 9, 202534088
October 20, 202534231
December 22, 202534363
March 5, 202634488
September 16, 202634571
Star history for postgres/postgres
DateStars
February 12, 20112
April 29, 2011128
September 3, 2011218
December 2, 2011313
October 11, 2012400
January 24, 2013496
May 9, 2013587
October 17, 2013663
February 7, 2014745
May 23, 2014826
September 19, 2014941
December 13, 20141047
February 28, 20151188
May 10, 20151314
July 19, 20151440
September 30, 20151644
December 8, 20151781
February 13, 20161913
April 20, 20162052
June 23, 20162187
August 27, 20162369
October 30, 20162503
January 13, 20172624
March 16, 20172794
May 14, 20172953
July 17, 20173107
September 22, 20173328
November 20, 20173538
January 20, 20183786
March 22, 20184037
June 4, 20184298
August 5, 20184469
October 7, 20184663
December 6, 20184880
February 5, 20195092
April 4, 20195394
June 3, 20195710
August 1, 20196043
September 28, 20196311
November 25, 20196534
January 23, 20206816
March 22, 20207048
May 19, 20207325
July 18, 20207613
September 16, 20207916
November 13, 20208227
January 11, 20218481
March 12, 20218782
May 12, 20219080
July 9, 20219401
September 20, 20219754
November 25, 202110018
January 22, 202210370
March 21, 202210739
May 19, 202211075
July 16, 202211497
September 12, 202211854
November 9, 202212218
January 6, 202312544
March 5, 202312932
May 2, 202313353
June 29, 202313747
August 27, 202314147
October 24, 202314542
December 21, 202314975
February 18, 202415377
April 16, 202415930
June 13, 202416369
August 10, 202416859
October 8, 202417382
December 16, 202417951
February 12, 202518346
April 12, 202518878
June 9, 202519268
August 6, 202519560
October 3, 202519880
December 7, 202520120
February 3, 202620348
April 7, 202620552
September 16, 202620681
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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

Signalcockroachdb/cockroachpostgres/postgres
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 32,46622,115
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.+12Best result in this row: +38
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Not availableNot available
Largest package audienceLargest resolved registry total; sources are shown explicitly.No resolved packageNo resolved package
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.13 years16 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalcockroachdb/cockroachpostgres/postgres
Dominant languageLargest share of analyzed code lines at current HEAD.Not availableNot available
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.Not availableNot available
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.Not availableNot available

Maintenance

Commit volume and recent operating cadence

Signalcockroachdb/cockroachpostgres/postgres
Repository commitsFull repository commit total reported by the analysis.Not availableNot available
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.Not availableNot available

Ownership

How broadly maintenance responsibility is distributed

Signalcockroachdb/cockroachpostgres/postgres
Bus factorFewest analyzed contributors carrying at least half the commits.Not availableNot available
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.Not availableNot available

Change signals

Debt markers and fix pressure in frequently changed files

Signalcockroachdb/cockroachpostgres/postgres
Fix-labelled share · frequently changed filesFix-labelled commits divided by commits across the analyzed high-frequency file set.Not availableNot available
Recent TODO/FIXME movementLatest cumulative marker count and its change over the trailing 90 days.Not availableNot available

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 put them on one source: since July 2026 a stargazer-list series stops on a fixed date, while a series rebuilt from public archive events keeps receiving points. Each column below states its own reading.

How the star series for cockroachdb/cockroach and postgres/postgres were read
Fieldcockroachdb/cockroachpostgres/postgres
SourceHistorical star dataHistorical star data
CoverageCovers through September 16, 2026Covers through September 16, 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, cockroachdb/cockroach or postgres/postgres?

    GitHub reports 32,466 stars for cockroachdb/cockroach and 22,115 for postgres/postgres.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. cockroachdb/cockroach — Historical star data · Covers through September 16, 2026 · Still updating. postgres/postgres — Historical star data · Covers through September 16, 2026 · Still updating. Since July 2026 GitHub serves a repository's stargazer list only to its own admins and collaborators, so one series can stop on a fixed date while the other keeps flowing from public archive events.

  • 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.