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ghostty-org/ghostty vs microsoft/terminal

  • ghostty-org/ghostty

    Stars

    61,176

    First recorded star in 2024.

  • microsoft/terminal

    Stars

    104,903

    First recorded star in 2017.

Star history overlay
115k STARS9 YR 1 MOghostty-org/ghostty37kmicrosoft/terminal115k

ghostty-org/ghostty: 36,977 stars on September 16, 2026. microsoft/terminal: 114,741 stars on September 16, 2026.

Star history for ghostty-org/ghostty
DateStars
December 26, 20242283
January 2, 202517651
January 9, 202520474
January 16, 202521980
January 23, 202522930
January 30, 202523469
February 7, 202524134
February 14, 202524602
February 21, 202525047
February 28, 202525430
March 9, 202525837
March 16, 202526145
March 23, 202526477
March 30, 202526767
April 7, 202527056
April 14, 202527284
April 21, 202527522
April 28, 202527771
May 5, 202528004
May 13, 202528248
May 20, 202528464
May 27, 202528646
June 3, 202528785
June 10, 202528940
June 18, 202529118
June 25, 202529488
July 2, 202529701
July 9, 202529904
July 16, 202530050
July 24, 202530208
August 1, 202530407
August 8, 202530565
August 16, 202530753
August 23, 202530998
August 30, 202531149
September 6, 202531267
September 13, 202531497
September 21, 202531736
September 28, 202531932
October 5, 202532055
October 16, 202532180
October 23, 202532286
October 30, 202532387
November 7, 202532541
November 14, 202532639
November 21, 202532733
November 28, 202532819
December 5, 202532943
December 13, 202533104
December 20, 202533238
December 28, 202533460
January 5, 202633665
January 12, 202633876
January 19, 202634022
January 26, 202634191
February 2, 202634377
February 10, 202634618
February 17, 202634783
February 24, 202634966
March 3, 202635164
March 10, 202635332
March 18, 202635647
March 25, 202635839
April 1, 202635948
April 8, 202636105
April 15, 202636246
April 23, 202636354
April 30, 202636466
May 7, 202636605
May 14, 202636686
May 23, 202636745
May 30, 202636795
June 6, 202636826
June 18, 202636842
June 26, 202636854
July 6, 202636866
July 27, 202636873
August 26, 202636883
September 7, 202636934
September 16, 202636977
Star history for microsoft/terminal
DateStars
August 12, 201740
October 6, 2017162
November 24, 2017274
January 10, 2018363
March 3, 2018443
April 24, 2018534
June 6, 2018650
July 23, 2018753
September 6, 2018874
October 23, 2018990
December 17, 20181148
January 25, 20191317
March 7, 20191475
April 15, 20191661
May 25, 201941513
July 3, 201949314
August 11, 201951899
September 19, 201953853
October 28, 201955759
December 6, 201957609
January 14, 202059287
February 22, 202061040
April 1, 202062886
May 10, 202064979
June 18, 202068981
July 27, 202070889
September 5, 202072315
October 14, 202073508
November 22, 202074859
December 31, 202076101
February 16, 202177843
March 27, 202178971
May 5, 202180159
June 16, 202181619
July 25, 202182980
September 4, 202184183
October 14, 202185065
November 27, 202185942
January 5, 202287076
February 13, 202288721
March 25, 202289966
May 3, 202291043
June 11, 202292073
July 20, 202292744
August 28, 202293847
October 6, 202294590
November 14, 202295320
December 23, 202296126
January 31, 202396915
March 11, 202397643
April 27, 202398465
June 5, 202399171
July 14, 202399859
August 22, 2023100499
September 30, 2023101366
November 8, 2023102071
December 17, 2023102784
January 25, 2024103363
March 4, 2024104388
April 12, 2024105011
May 21, 2024105676
June 29, 2024106265
August 7, 2024106855
September 15, 2024107471
October 24, 2024108197
December 2, 2024108893
January 10, 2025109537
February 18, 2025110410
March 29, 2025111054
May 7, 2025111700
June 23, 2025112288
August 1, 2025112593
September 9, 2025113254
October 24, 2025113687
December 2, 2025113877
January 10, 2026114102
February 18, 2026114327
March 31, 2026114504
May 13, 2026114657
September 16, 2026114741
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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.61,176Best result in this row: 104,903
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +135+51
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Not availableNot available
Largest package audienceLargest resolved registry total; sources are shown explicitly.No resolved packageNo resolved package
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.4.5 years9.1 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalghostty-org/ghosttymicrosoft/terminal
Dominant languageLargest share of analyzed code lines at current HEAD.Not availableNot available
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.Not availableNot available
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.Not availableNot available

Maintenance

Commit volume and recent operating cadence

Signalghostty-org/ghosttymicrosoft/terminal
Repository commitsFull repository commit total reported by the analysis.Not availableNot available
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.Not availableNot available

Ownership

How broadly maintenance responsibility is distributed

Signalghostty-org/ghosttymicrosoft/terminal
Bus factorFewest analyzed contributors carrying at least half the commits.Not availableNot available
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.Not availableNot available

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.Not availableNot available
Recent TODO/FIXME movementLatest cumulative marker count and its change over the trailing 90 days.Not availableNot available

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 put them on one source: since July 2026 a stargazer-list series stops on a fixed date, while a series rebuilt from public archive events keeps receiving points. Each column below states its own reading.

How the star series for ghostty-org/ghostty and microsoft/terminal were read
Fieldghostty-org/ghosttymicrosoft/terminal
SourceHistorical star dataHistorical star data
CoverageCovers through September 16, 2026Covers through September 16, 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 104,903 stars for microsoft/terminal and 61,176 for ghostty-org/ghostty.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. ghostty-org/ghostty — Historical star data · Covers through September 16, 2026 · Still updating. microsoft/terminal — Historical star data · Covers through September 16, 2026 · Still updating. Since July 2026 GitHub serves a repository's stargazer list only to its own admins and collaborators, so one series can stop on a fixed date while the other keeps flowing from public archive events.

  • 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.