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ghostty-org/ghostty vs kovidgoyal/kitty

  • ghostty-org/ghostty

    Stars

    64,095

    First recorded star in 2022.

  • kovidgoyal/kitty

    Stars

    35,672

    First recorded star in 2016.

Star history overlay
64k STARS9 YR 11 MOghostty-org/ghostty64kkovidgoyal/kitty36k

ghostty-org/ghostty: 64,088 stars on November 14, 2026. kovidgoyal/kitty: 35,671 stars on November 14, 2026.

Star history for ghostty-org/ghostty
DateStars
July 31, 20221
September 13, 202321
October 21, 202345
November 11, 202379
December 1, 2023119
January 2, 2024156
January 23, 2024220
February 12, 2024254
March 13, 2024274
April 3, 2024293
April 30, 2024331
May 27, 2024357
June 10, 2024399
June 29, 2024424
July 18, 2024459
August 3, 2024488
August 17, 2024509
September 4, 2024538
September 19, 2024562
October 3, 2024593
October 17, 2024636
October 30, 2024725
November 12, 2024816
November 24, 2024918
December 7, 20241076
December 20, 20241243
January 1, 202517989
January 14, 202522594
January 27, 202524229
February 9, 202525268
February 24, 202526246
March 8, 202526883
March 21, 202527516
April 3, 202528050
April 16, 202528542
April 28, 202528970
May 11, 202529389
May 24, 202529824
June 5, 202530218
June 18, 202530647
July 1, 202531518
July 14, 202532008
July 26, 202532447
August 8, 202532922
August 21, 202533556
September 2, 202534022
September 15, 202534635
September 28, 202535331
October 11, 202535928
October 23, 202536444
November 7, 202537097
November 20, 202537519
December 3, 202538059
December 16, 202538735
December 28, 202539380
January 10, 202640264
January 23, 202641139
February 4, 202642130
February 17, 202643166
March 2, 202644462
March 15, 202646226
March 27, 202648145
April 9, 202649517
April 22, 202650712
May 4, 202652765
May 17, 202654043
May 30, 202654968
June 11, 202655725
June 24, 202656471
July 7, 202657243
July 22, 202658085
August 4, 202658772
August 17, 202659418
August 29, 202660105
September 11, 202660683
September 24, 202661272
October 6, 202661713
October 19, 202662281
November 1, 202663166
November 14, 202664088
Star history for kovidgoyal/kitty
DateStars
December 5, 20162
February 28, 2017700
May 24, 2017771
August 8, 2017875
September 29, 2017953
November 17, 20171068
January 3, 20181377
February 17, 20181811
April 2, 20182136
May 15, 20182651
July 7, 20183019
August 20, 20183279
October 2, 20184443
November 15, 20184752
December 31, 20185016
February 13, 20195306
March 29, 20195649
May 12, 20195946
June 26, 20196212
August 9, 20196497
September 21, 20196775
November 4, 20197043
December 18, 20197268
January 31, 20207503
March 14, 20207747
April 28, 20208055
June 11, 20208308
July 25, 20208524
September 7, 20208734
October 20, 20209107
December 12, 20209425
January 25, 20219740
March 9, 20219972
April 22, 202110283
June 5, 202110656
July 19, 202110940
August 31, 202111220
October 14, 202111499
November 28, 202111891
January 11, 202212306
February 23, 202212823
April 8, 202213312
May 22, 202213751
July 5, 202214140
August 17, 202214654
September 30, 202215109
November 13, 202215546
December 27, 202216146
February 8, 202316599
March 24, 202317074
May 16, 202317596
June 28, 202317957
August 11, 202318479
September 24, 202318863
November 7, 202319214
December 21, 202319639
February 2, 202420072
March 17, 202420551
April 30, 202421028
June 13, 202421577
July 26, 202422111
September 8, 202422827
October 22, 202423397
December 5, 202423991
January 17, 202525120
March 2, 202525670
April 15, 202526304
May 29, 202526839
July 11, 202527333
August 24, 202527967
October 16, 202528732
November 28, 202529365
January 11, 202630048
February 24, 202630898
April 9, 202631844
May 22, 202632662
July 5, 202633466
August 18, 202634274
October 1, 202635046
November 14, 202635671
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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

Signalghostty-org/ghosttykovidgoyal/kitty
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 64,09535,672
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +4,827+1,554
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.4.6 years10 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalghostty-org/ghosttykovidgoyal/kitty
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

Signalghostty-org/ghosttykovidgoyal/kitty
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

Signalghostty-org/ghosttykovidgoyal/kitty
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

Signalghostty-org/ghosttykovidgoyal/kitty
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 ghostty-org/ghostty and kovidgoyal/kitty were read
Fieldghostty-org/ghosttykovidgoyal/kitty
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, ghostty-org/ghostty or kovidgoyal/kitty?

    GitHub reports 64,095 stars for ghostty-org/ghostty and 35,672 for kovidgoyal/kitty.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. ghostty-org/ghostty — GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026 · Still updating. kovidgoyal/kitty — 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.