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cockroachdb/cockroach vs postgres/postgres

  • cockroachdb/cockroach

    Stars

    32,619

    First recorded star in 2014.

  • postgres/postgres

    Stars

    22,820

    First recorded star in 2010.

Star history overlay
33k STARS16 YR 2 MOcockroachdb/cockroach33kpostgres/postgres23k

cockroachdb/cockroach: 32,618 stars on November 13, 2026. postgres/postgres: 22,820 stars on November 14, 2026.

Star history for cockroachdb/cockroach
DateStars
February 11, 20141
July 24, 2014899
September 24, 20141327
November 30, 20142165
February 2, 20152465
April 1, 20152839
June 3, 20153080
July 29, 20154404
September 25, 20154773
November 20, 20155115
January 28, 20165475
March 24, 20165771
May 19, 20166237
July 15, 20166550
September 9, 20166831
November 9, 20167136
January 4, 20177420
March 1, 20178084
April 26, 20178573
June 21, 20179666
August 17, 20179991
October 12, 201710379
December 7, 201710957
February 1, 201811463
March 29, 201811950
May 25, 201812489
July 21, 201812860
September 15, 201813251
November 10, 201813646
January 5, 201914128
March 14, 201914616
May 9, 201915100
July 4, 201915582
August 29, 201915906
October 25, 201916220
December 21, 201916522
February 15, 202016801
April 12, 202017039
June 10, 202017372
August 5, 202017650
October 2, 202018124
November 27, 202018477
January 22, 202118819
March 19, 202119195
May 16, 202119605
July 12, 202119942
September 6, 202120595
November 1, 202121361
December 27, 202121753
February 21, 202222749
April 30, 202223386
June 25, 202223940
August 20, 202224395
October 15, 202224879
December 11, 202225260
February 5, 202325595
April 2, 202325977
May 28, 202326336
July 23, 202326633
September 17, 202326991
November 13, 202327322
January 8, 202427670
March 4, 202428023
April 29, 202428416
June 24, 202428786
August 20, 202429104
October 16, 202429430
December 11, 202429712
February 5, 202529956
April 2, 202530218
June 10, 202530542
August 5, 202530764
October 1, 202530987
November 27, 202531199
January 25, 202631496
March 25, 202631726
May 20, 202631978
July 18, 202632179
September 16, 202632406
November 13, 202632618
Star history for postgres/postgres
DateStars
September 21, 2010233
January 31, 2011303
June 26, 2011376
December 15, 2011452
June 16, 2012521
April 5, 2013594
October 6, 2013679
March 1, 2014762
July 10, 2014850
October 20, 2014936
February 7, 20151069
May 6, 20151171
July 20, 20151292
October 5, 20151466
December 19, 20151583
March 2, 20161706
May 11, 20161828
July 22, 20161967
September 29, 20162098
December 18, 20162203
February 25, 20172331
April 30, 20172490
July 3, 20172624
September 6, 20172773
November 8, 20172981
January 9, 20183181
March 14, 20183409
May 11, 20183603
July 15, 20183776
September 11, 20183942
November 25, 20184173
January 25, 20194379
March 25, 20194625
May 22, 20194888
July 24, 20195127
September 23, 20195434
November 24, 20195651
January 23, 20205878
March 23, 20206073
May 21, 20206328
July 19, 20206574
September 15, 20206818
November 13, 20207088
January 16, 20217325
March 18, 20217600
May 16, 20217874
July 13, 20218150
September 9, 20218388
November 7, 20218669
January 6, 20228952
March 18, 20229371
May 17, 20229686
July 14, 202210099
September 10, 202210421
November 8, 202210765
January 5, 202311080
March 4, 202311413
May 1, 202311800
June 28, 202312180
August 25, 202312519
October 23, 202312889
December 20, 202313280
February 18, 202413654
April 16, 202414181
June 13, 202414607
August 10, 202415031
October 7, 202415509
December 4, 202415958
January 31, 202516338
March 31, 202516837
June 8, 202517406
August 5, 202517885
October 3, 202518432
November 30, 202518928
January 27, 202619506
March 26, 202620122
May 23, 202620794
July 20, 202621419
September 16, 202622060
November 14, 202622820
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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: 32,61922,820
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.+337Best result in this row: +1,131
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.13 years16 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalcockroachdb/cockroachpostgres/postgres
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

Signalcockroachdb/cockroachpostgres/postgres
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

Signalcockroachdb/cockroachpostgres/postgres
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

Signalcockroachdb/cockroachpostgres/postgres
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 cockroachdb/cockroach and postgres/postgres were read
Fieldcockroachdb/cockroachpostgres/postgres
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, cockroachdb/cockroach or postgres/postgres?

    GitHub reports 32,619 stars for cockroachdb/cockroach and 22,820 for postgres/postgres.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. cockroachdb/cockroach — GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026 · Still updating. postgres/postgres — 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.