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facebook/react vs preactjs/preact

  • facebook/react

    Stars

    252,601

    First recorded star in 2013.

  • preactjs/preact

    Stars

    39,004

    First recorded star in 2015.

Star history overlay
253k STARS13 YR 6 MOfacebook/react253kpreactjs/preact39k

facebook/react: 252,594 stars on November 13, 2026. preactjs/preact: 39,004 stars on November 12, 2026.

Star history for facebook/react
DateStars
May 29, 2013397
July 31, 20131505
October 5, 20131843
December 6, 20132302
February 6, 20143921
April 8, 20144703
June 9, 20146030
August 9, 20147071
October 10, 20148144
December 10, 201410129
February 22, 201514251
April 24, 201517942
June 25, 201520601
August 26, 201523123
October 26, 201526037
December 27, 201529088
February 26, 201632068
April 28, 201635817
June 28, 201638657
August 29, 201642041
October 29, 201646217
December 30, 201649831
March 1, 201753631
May 2, 201757888
July 2, 201761981
September 2, 201766387
November 2, 201771455
January 3, 201875845
March 5, 201880527
May 6, 201885577
July 19, 201896630
September 18, 2018101226
November 19, 2018105446
January 19, 2019109764
March 22, 2019114492
May 22, 2019118990
July 23, 2019122582
September 22, 2019125952
November 23, 2019129329
January 23, 2020132265
March 25, 2020135267
May 25, 2020138884
July 26, 2020142550
September 25, 2020146135
November 26, 2020149433
January 26, 2021152569
March 29, 2021155934
May 29, 2021158929
July 30, 2021162106
September 29, 2021165391
December 12, 2021169053
February 12, 2022172514
April 14, 2022176957
June 15, 2022180383
August 15, 2022184176
October 16, 2022187283
December 16, 2022190454
February 16, 2023193836
April 18, 2023197692
June 19, 2023201159
August 19, 2023204092
October 20, 2023206764
December 20, 2023209158
February 20, 2024211974
April 21, 2024215014
June 22, 2024218130
August 22, 2024220507
October 23, 2024222889
December 24, 2024225344
February 23, 2025227544
May 8, 2025230578
July 8, 2025232725
September 8, 2025234780
November 8, 2025236765
January 9, 2026238852
March 11, 2026241021
May 12, 2026243132
July 12, 2026245124
September 12, 2026249206
November 13, 2026252594
Star history for preactjs/preact
DateStars
September 16, 20151
January 29, 20161251
March 20, 20161997
May 8, 20162240
June 28, 20162776
August 19, 20163170
October 7, 20163669
November 26, 20164860
January 14, 20176256
March 5, 20177132
May 4, 20178230
June 22, 20179517
August 11, 201710628
September 29, 201714019
November 18, 201714799
January 7, 201815530
February 25, 201816283
April 16, 201816863
June 4, 201817410
July 24, 201817914
September 12, 201818472
October 31, 201818940
December 20, 201819507
February 7, 201919899
March 29, 201920516
May 18, 201921017
July 6, 201921512
August 25, 201921903
October 14, 201922547
December 2, 201923081
January 31, 202023694
March 20, 202024084
May 9, 202024600
June 28, 202024974
August 16, 202025335
October 5, 202025751
November 23, 202026074
January 12, 202126537
March 3, 202126934
April 21, 202127378
June 10, 202127734
July 29, 202128122
September 17, 202128496
November 6, 202128882
December 25, 202129211
February 13, 202229717
April 3, 202230081
May 24, 202230391
July 13, 202230916
August 31, 202231367
October 30, 202231893
December 18, 202232208
February 6, 202332523
March 28, 202332948
May 17, 202333236
July 6, 202333523
August 25, 202333830
October 13, 202334072
December 3, 202334467
January 22, 202434731
March 12, 202435014
May 1, 202435245
June 19, 202435490
August 11, 202435697
September 29, 202435909
November 18, 202436144
January 9, 202536391
February 28, 202536602
April 19, 202536831
June 8, 202537154
August 7, 202537392
September 26, 202537596
November 16, 202537780
January 8, 202637937
February 27, 202638125
April 19, 202638321
June 8, 202638498
July 30, 202638661
September 21, 202638813
November 12, 202639004
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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

Signalfacebook/reactpreactjs/preact
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 252,60139,004
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +6,648+308
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 years11 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalfacebook/reactpreactjs/preact
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

Signalfacebook/reactpreactjs/preact
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

Signalfacebook/reactpreactjs/preact
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

Signalfacebook/reactpreactjs/preact
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 facebook/react and preactjs/preact were read
Fieldfacebook/reactpreactjs/preact
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, facebook/react or preactjs/preact?

    GitHub reports 252,601 stars for facebook/react and 39,004 for preactjs/preact.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. facebook/react — GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026 · Still updating. preactjs/preact — 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.