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ghostty-org/ghostty vs microsoft/terminal

  • ghostty-org/ghostty

    Stars

    64,095

    First recorded star in 2022.

  • microsoft/terminal

    Stars

    105,384

    First recorded star in 2017.

Star history overlay
105k STARS9 YR 3 MOghostty-org/ghostty64kmicrosoft/terminal105k

ghostty-org/ghostty: 64,088 stars on November 14, 2026. microsoft/terminal: 105,384 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 microsoft/terminal
DateStars
August 11, 20178
October 8, 2017129
November 29, 2017231
January 25, 2018313
March 26, 2018396
May 22, 2018492
July 7, 2018592
August 27, 2018723
October 12, 2018816
December 1, 2018920
January 23, 20191098
March 7, 20191227
April 18, 20191385
May 30, 201936823
July 9, 201942571
August 19, 201944625
September 29, 201946494
November 9, 201948032
December 20, 201949584
January 30, 202050986
March 11, 202052508
April 21, 202054151
June 1, 202057521
July 12, 202059246
August 22, 202060721
October 2, 202061811
November 11, 202062843
December 22, 202063984
February 1, 202165139
March 14, 202166250
May 2, 202167453
June 12, 202168707
July 23, 202169848
September 2, 202170879
October 13, 202171757
November 23, 202172777
January 3, 202273751
February 13, 202275209
March 26, 202276260
May 6, 202277261
June 15, 202278218
July 26, 202278945
September 5, 202279848
October 16, 202280535
November 26, 202281177
January 6, 202381999
February 16, 202382791
March 29, 202383497
May 9, 202384151
June 19, 202384859
August 7, 202385559
September 17, 202386153
October 28, 202387094
December 8, 202387821
January 17, 202488348
February 27, 202489245
April 8, 202489865
May 19, 202490524
June 29, 202491036
August 9, 202491567
September 19, 202492165
October 30, 202492811
December 10, 202493489
January 20, 202594052
March 2, 202594900
April 12, 202595459
May 22, 202596204
July 2, 202596797
August 12, 202597310
September 22, 202598589
November 10, 202599254
December 21, 202599722
January 31, 2026100338
March 13, 2026101076
April 23, 2026101966
June 3, 2026102760
July 14, 2026103421
August 24, 2026104331
October 4, 2026104868
November 14, 2026105384
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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/ghosttymicrosoft/terminal
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.64,095Best result in this row: 105,384
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +4,827+1,172
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 years9.3 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalghostty-org/ghosttymicrosoft/terminal
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/ghosttymicrosoft/terminal
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/ghosttymicrosoft/terminal
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/ghosttymicrosoft/terminal
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 microsoft/terminal were read
Fieldghostty-org/ghosttymicrosoft/terminal
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 microsoft/terminal?

    GitHub reports 105,384 stars for microsoft/terminal and 64,095 for ghostty-org/ghostty.

  • 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. microsoft/terminal — 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.