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containers/podman vs k3s-io/k3s

  • containers/podman

    Stars

    33,274

    First recorded star in 2017.

  • k3s-io/k3s

    Stars

    34,401

    First recorded star in 2018.

Star history overlay
34k STARS9 YRcontainers/podman33kk3s-io/k3s34k

containers/podman: 33,271 stars on November 13, 2026. k3s-io/k3s: 34,401 stars on November 14, 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 k3s-io/k3s
DateStars
September 22, 20183
November 26, 2018525
January 25, 2019656
March 2, 20193471
April 8, 20195622
May 15, 20196340
June 20, 20196888
July 27, 20197403
September 1, 20197889
October 8, 20198351
November 21, 20199320
December 28, 201910146
February 2, 202010579
March 10, 202010993
April 15, 202011434
May 22, 202011927
June 28, 202012314
August 3, 202012671
September 9, 202013165
October 16, 202013545
November 21, 202014020
December 28, 202014442
February 2, 202114818
March 11, 202115155
April 17, 202115490
May 23, 202115901
June 29, 202116186
August 4, 202116522
September 10, 202116847
October 17, 202117191
November 30, 202117556
January 5, 202217862
February 11, 202218242
March 19, 202218538
April 25, 202218884
June 1, 202219216
July 7, 202219530
August 13, 202219824
September 19, 202220144
October 25, 202220452
December 1, 202220782
January 7, 202321043
February 13, 202321445
March 22, 202321742
April 27, 202322103
June 3, 202322430
July 10, 202322757
August 15, 202323366
September 21, 202323723
October 27, 202324053
December 10, 202324459
January 16, 202424832
February 22, 202425240
March 29, 202425559
May 5, 202425883
June 10, 202426158
July 17, 202426448
August 23, 202426774
September 28, 202427132
November 4, 202427440
December 10, 202427737
January 16, 202528030
February 22, 202528332
March 30, 202528662
May 6, 202529059
June 12, 202529456
July 18, 202529809
August 24, 202530165
September 29, 202530512
November 5, 202530837
December 19, 202531287
January 25, 202631644
March 2, 202632040
April 8, 202632435
May 14, 202632787
June 20, 202633128
July 27, 202633469
September 1, 202633776
October 8, 202634107
November 14, 202634401
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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/podmank3s-io/k3s
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.33,274Best result in this row: 34,401
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +896+799
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 years8.5 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalcontainers/podmank3s-io/k3s
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/podmank3s-io/k3s
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/podmank3s-io/k3s
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/podmank3s-io/k3s
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 k3s-io/k3s were read
Fieldcontainers/podmank3s-io/k3s
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 k3s-io/k3s?

    GitHub reports 34,401 stars for k3s-io/k3s 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. k3s-io/k3s — 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.