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containers/podman vs docker/compose

  • containers/podman

    Stars

    33,274

    First recorded star in 2017.

  • docker/compose

    Stars

    38,833

    First recorded star in 2013.

Star history overlay
39k STARS12 YR 11 MOcontainers/podman33kdocker/compose39k

containers/podman: 33,271 stars on November 13, 2026. docker/compose: 38,828 stars on November 13, 2026.

Star history for containers/podman
DateStars
November 1, 20171
March 13, 201854
May 21, 2018117
July 23, 2018175
September 24, 2018255
November 6, 2018442
December 14, 2018549
February 3, 2019806
March 18, 20191018
April 26, 20191312
June 12, 20191578
July 22, 20191760
August 30, 20192266
October 9, 20192614
November 17, 20193127
December 25, 20193382
February 3, 20203618
March 14, 20203823
April 22, 20204020
June 3, 20204268
July 11, 20204507
August 20, 20204761
September 28, 20205019
November 6, 20205404
December 16, 20206236
January 24, 20216585
March 3, 20216931
April 11, 20217228
May 20, 20217518
June 28, 20217772
August 13, 20218063
September 21, 20219747
October 30, 202110274
December 8, 202110697
January 16, 202211260
February 23, 202212045
April 3, 202212602
May 12, 202213044
June 20, 202213569
July 29, 202213978
September 5, 202214435
October 14, 202214855
November 22, 202215291
December 31, 202215660
February 8, 202316072
March 18, 202316543
April 26, 202317009
June 4, 202317407
July 13, 202317812
August 21, 202318170
October 6, 202318653
November 14, 202319044
December 23, 202319489
January 31, 202419998
March 10, 202420503
April 17, 202420980
May 26, 202421404
July 4, 202421783
August 12, 202422147
September 20, 202422577
October 28, 202423050
December 6, 202423518
January 14, 202523999
February 22, 202524891
April 2, 202525568
May 10, 202526198
June 18, 202526769
July 27, 202527508
September 4, 202528134
October 13, 202528726
November 28, 202529380
January 6, 202629831
February 14, 202630316
March 25, 202630766
May 2, 202631258
June 10, 202631743
July 19, 202632112
August 27, 202632572
October 5, 202632929
November 13, 202633271
Star history for docker/compose
DateStars
December 10, 20132
February 22, 2014701
April 22, 20141574
June 23, 20141765
August 22, 20142279
October 19, 20142815
December 17, 20143509
February 14, 20154139
April 14, 20154738
June 11, 20155077
August 21, 20155493
October 19, 20155757
December 17, 20156066
February 15, 20166353
April 15, 20166695
June 13, 20166943
August 11, 20167256
October 11, 20167541
December 10, 20167806
February 7, 20178135
April 7, 20178505
June 5, 20178874
August 4, 20179285
October 2, 20179676
November 29, 201710203
January 27, 201810727
March 27, 201811277
May 26, 201811831
July 24, 201812279
September 20, 201812772
November 30, 201813427
January 28, 201913981
March 27, 201914528
May 25, 201915092
July 23, 201915690
September 20, 201916276
November 17, 201916770
January 15, 202017298
March 15, 202017821
May 13, 202018413
July 10, 202018982
September 7, 202019474
November 6, 202019925
January 4, 202120384
March 3, 202120850
May 1, 202121317
June 29, 202121742
August 27, 202122121
October 24, 202122775
December 22, 202123319
March 3, 202223973
April 30, 202224514
June 28, 202225243
August 26, 202225851
October 24, 202226406
December 22, 202226960
February 18, 202327510
April 18, 202328140
June 16, 202328674
August 14, 202329176
October 11, 202329631
December 9, 202330168
February 6, 202430832
April 5, 202431302
June 2, 202431811
July 31, 202432386
September 28, 202432914
November 26, 202433355
January 23, 202533823
March 23, 202534331
June 2, 202534897
July 30, 202535316
September 27, 202535695
November 25, 202536072
January 23, 202636450
March 22, 202636759
May 20, 202637111
July 18, 202637615
September 15, 202638018
November 13, 202638828
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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

Signalcontainers/podmandocker/compose
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.33,274Best result in this row: 38,833
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.+896Best result in this row: +1,038
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.9.0 years13 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalcontainers/podmandocker/compose
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

Signalcontainers/podmandocker/compose
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

Signalcontainers/podmandocker/compose
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

Signalcontainers/podmandocker/compose
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 containers/podman and docker/compose were read
Fieldcontainers/podmandocker/compose
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, containers/podman or docker/compose?

    GitHub reports 38,833 stars for docker/compose and 33,274 for containers/podman.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. containers/podman — GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026 · Still updating. docker/compose — 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.