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docker/compose vs k3s-io/k3s

  • docker/compose

    Stars

    38,833

    First recorded star in 2013.

  • k3s-io/k3s

    Stars

    34,401

    First recorded star in 2018.

Star history overlay
39k STARS12 YR 11 MOdocker/compose39kk3s-io/k3s34k

docker/compose: 38,828 stars on November 13, 2026. k3s-io/k3s: 34,401 stars on November 14, 2026.

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
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

Signaldocker/composek3s-io/k3s
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 38,83334,401
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +1,038+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.13 years8.5 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signaldocker/composek3s-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

Signaldocker/composek3s-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

Signaldocker/composek3s-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

Signaldocker/composek3s-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 docker/compose and k3s-io/k3s were read
Fielddocker/composek3s-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, docker/compose or k3s-io/k3s?

    GitHub reports 38,833 stars for docker/compose and 34,401 for k3s-io/k3s.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. docker/compose — 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.