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evanw/esbuild vs swc-project/swc

  • evanw/esbuild

    Stars

    40,131

    First recorded star in 2016.

  • swc-project/swc

    Stars

    34,216

    First recorded star in 2018.

Star history overlay
40k STARS10 YR 5 MOevanw/esbuild40kswc-project/swc34k

evanw/esbuild: 40,130 stars on November 13, 2026. swc-project/swc: 34,216 stars on November 14, 2026.

Star history for evanw/esbuild
DateStars
June 21, 20161
February 26, 20203423
March 28, 20203883
April 28, 20204977
May 28, 20208287
June 28, 20209406
July 29, 202010215
August 29, 202010834
September 28, 202011891
October 29, 202013956
December 5, 202015025
January 5, 202115683
February 4, 202117335
March 7, 202119743
April 7, 202121691
May 8, 202122733
June 7, 202123507
July 8, 202124202
August 8, 202124879
September 7, 202125491
October 8, 202126182
November 8, 202127014
December 9, 202127614
January 8, 202228253
February 8, 202228835
March 11, 202229393
April 11, 202229844
May 11, 202230223
June 11, 202230582
July 12, 202230946
August 18, 202231432
September 17, 202231791
October 18, 202232171
November 18, 202232516
December 19, 202232778
January 18, 202333022
February 18, 202333317
March 21, 202333614
April 20, 202333883
May 21, 202334086
June 21, 202334316
July 22, 202334522
August 21, 202334719
September 21, 202334948
October 22, 202335154
November 21, 202335330
December 23, 202335519
January 23, 202435699
February 23, 202435877
March 24, 202436113
May 1, 202436401
June 1, 202436590
July 2, 202436761
August 1, 202436929
September 1, 202437073
October 3, 202437236
November 3, 202437400
December 3, 202437566
January 3, 202537706
February 3, 202537836
March 6, 202538001
April 5, 202538167
May 6, 202538305
June 6, 202538417
July 6, 202538552
August 6, 202538680
September 6, 202538796
October 7, 202538899
November 8, 202539003
December 10, 202539131
January 16, 202639264
February 16, 202639379
March 19, 202639485
April 22, 202639586
May 23, 202639677
June 26, 202639776
July 30, 202639862
September 4, 202639943
October 12, 202640031
November 13, 202640130
Star history for swc-project/swc
DateStars
January 13, 20181
December 31, 20182441
February 5, 20192950
March 12, 20194699
April 17, 20195011
May 23, 20195290
July 3, 20195399
August 15, 20195474
September 29, 20195557
November 13, 20195648
December 28, 20196079
February 2, 20206389
March 8, 20206912
April 15, 20207130
May 21, 20207431
June 25, 20207828
July 31, 20208069
September 4, 20208414
October 10, 20208669
November 15, 20209023
December 20, 20209405
January 25, 20219824
March 2, 202110306
April 6, 202110687
May 12, 202111183
June 17, 202111654
July 22, 202112099
August 27, 202113795
October 2, 202114552
November 6, 202116001
December 19, 202117595
January 24, 202218700
February 28, 202219614
April 5, 202220290
May 10, 202220846
June 15, 202221396
July 21, 202221921
August 25, 202222458
September 30, 202222893
November 5, 202223540
December 10, 202223955
January 15, 202324430
February 20, 202324962
March 27, 202325606
May 2, 202326052
June 7, 202326472
July 12, 202326794
August 17, 202327115
September 21, 202327460
October 27, 202327730
December 9, 202328088
January 13, 202428352
February 18, 202428674
March 25, 202428964
April 29, 202429217
June 4, 202429454
July 10, 202429803
August 14, 202430096
September 19, 202430291
October 25, 202430526
November 29, 202430707
January 5, 202530891
February 11, 202531100
March 18, 202531369
April 23, 202531601
May 28, 202531796
July 3, 202531975
August 8, 202532147
September 13, 202532300
October 20, 202532470
December 5, 202532656
January 10, 202632825
February 16, 202632946
March 26, 202633074
May 1, 202633184
June 8, 202633303
July 14, 202633956
August 20, 202634061
October 3, 202634145
November 14, 202634216
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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

Signalevanw/esbuildswc-project/swc
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 40,13134,216
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +235+170
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.10 years8.9 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalevanw/esbuildswc-project/swc
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

Signalevanw/esbuildswc-project/swc
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

Signalevanw/esbuildswc-project/swc
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

Signalevanw/esbuildswc-project/swc
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 evanw/esbuild and swc-project/swc were read
Fieldevanw/esbuildswc-project/swc
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, evanw/esbuild or swc-project/swc?

    GitHub reports 40,131 stars for evanw/esbuild and 34,216 for swc-project/swc.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. evanw/esbuild — GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026 · Still updating. swc-project/swc — 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.