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evanw/esbuild vs vitejs/vite

  • evanw/esbuild

    Stars

    40,131

    First recorded star in 2016.

  • vitejs/vite

    Stars

    83,899

    First recorded star in 2020.

Star history overlay
84k STARS10 YR 5 MOevanw/esbuild40kvitejs/vite84k

evanw/esbuild: 40,130 stars on November 13, 2026. vitejs/vite: 83,895 stars on November 13, 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 vitejs/vite
DateStars
April 20, 202041
May 20, 20204432
June 19, 20206525
July 19, 20208254
August 18, 20209254
September 17, 202010272
October 17, 202011380
November 16, 202012111
December 16, 202012784
January 15, 202114421
February 20, 202118016
March 22, 202121161
April 21, 202122925
May 21, 202124653
June 20, 202126148
July 20, 202127501
August 19, 202128636
September 18, 202129692
October 18, 202130806
November 17, 202131925
December 18, 202133088
January 17, 202234275
February 16, 202235637
March 18, 202237141
April 17, 202238488
May 17, 202239583
June 16, 202240872
July 16, 202242310
August 15, 202243867
September 14, 202245115
October 20, 202246314
November 19, 202247307
December 19, 202248350
January 18, 202349384
February 17, 202350611
March 19, 202351704
April 18, 202352936
May 18, 202353995
June 17, 202354818
July 17, 202355605
August 17, 202356376
September 16, 202357357
October 16, 202358129
November 15, 202358805
December 15, 202359685
January 14, 202460339
February 13, 202461119
March 14, 202461779
April 13, 202462455
May 13, 202463092
June 18, 202463738
July 18, 202464342
August 17, 202464902
September 16, 202465465
October 16, 202466229
November 15, 202466912
December 15, 202467667
January 14, 202568349
February 13, 202569026
March 15, 202569808
April 15, 202570593
May 15, 202571218
June 14, 202571855
July 14, 202572752
August 13, 202573395
September 12, 202573963
October 12, 202574615
November 11, 202575366
December 11, 202575944
January 10, 202676477
February 15, 202677206
March 17, 202678169
April 16, 202679164
May 16, 202679941
June 15, 202680828
July 15, 202681457
August 14, 202681970
September 13, 202682525
October 13, 202683116
November 13, 202683895
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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/esbuildvitejs/vite
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.40,131Best result in this row: 83,899
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.+235Best result in this row: +1,925
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 years6.6 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalevanw/esbuildvitejs/vite
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/esbuildvitejs/vite
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/esbuildvitejs/vite
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/esbuildvitejs/vite
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 vitejs/vite were read
Fieldevanw/esbuildvitejs/vite
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 vitejs/vite?

    GitHub reports 83,899 stars for vitejs/vite and 40,131 for evanw/esbuild.

  • 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. vitejs/vite — 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.