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  • ghostty-org/ghostty

    Stars

    64,095

    First recorded star in 2022.

  • zellij-org/zellij

    Stars

    36,053

    First recorded star in 2020.

Star history overlay
64k STARS6 YRghostty-org/ghostty64kzellij-org/zellij36k

ghostty-org/ghostty: 64,088 stars on November 14, 2026. zellij-org/zellij: 36,044 stars on November 13, 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 zellij-org/zellij
DateStars
November 1, 202036
January 17, 2021179
March 6, 2021354
May 5, 20212301
May 31, 20212779
June 28, 20212909
July 25, 20213135
August 20, 20213263
September 15, 20213436
October 12, 20213525
November 14, 20213687
December 10, 20213823
January 6, 20224042
February 1, 20224260
February 27, 20225028
March 26, 20225352
April 21, 20225640
May 17, 20225893
June 13, 20226245
July 9, 20226479
August 5, 20226758
August 31, 20227491
September 26, 20227777
October 22, 20228013
November 17, 20228420
December 14, 20228636
January 9, 20238854
February 4, 20239198
March 2, 20239676
March 28, 202310418
April 29, 202310906
May 25, 202311229
June 20, 202311745
July 16, 202312223
August 11, 202312577
September 7, 202312915
October 3, 202313186
October 29, 202313446
November 24, 202313852
December 20, 202314261
January 16, 202414631
February 11, 202415230
March 8, 202415864
April 3, 202416230
April 29, 202416919
May 26, 202417660
June 21, 202418370
July 17, 202418828
August 12, 202419279
September 7, 202419648
October 9, 202420279
November 4, 202420743
November 30, 202421302
December 26, 202421637
January 22, 202522026
February 17, 202522395
March 15, 202522771
April 10, 202523168
May 6, 202523456
June 1, 202523784
June 28, 202524152
July 24, 202524724
August 19, 202525236
September 14, 202525722
October 10, 202526113
November 6, 202526476
December 2, 202526886
December 28, 202527291
January 23, 202627886
February 18, 202628658
March 22, 202629754
April 17, 202631221
May 13, 202632117
June 8, 202633077
July 5, 202633747
July 31, 202634328
August 26, 202634910
September 21, 202635353
October 17, 202635672
November 13, 202636044
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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/ghosttyzellij-org/zellij
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 64,09536,053
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +4,827+1,387
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 years6.2 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalghostty-org/ghosttyzellij-org/zellij
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/ghosttyzellij-org/zellij
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/ghosttyzellij-org/zellij
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/ghosttyzellij-org/zellij
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 zellij-org/zellij were read
Fieldghostty-org/ghosttyzellij-org/zellij
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 zellij-org/zellij?

    GitHub reports 64,095 stars for ghostty-org/ghostty and 36,053 for zellij-org/zellij.

  • 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. zellij-org/zellij — 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.