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  • ghostty-org/ghostty

    Stars

    61,176

    First recorded star in 2024.

  • zellij-org/zellij

    Stars

    35,423

    First recorded star in 2020.

Star history overlay
37k STARS5 YR 10 MOghostty-org/ghostty37kzellij-org/zellij28k

ghostty-org/ghostty: 36,977 stars on September 16, 2026. zellij-org/zellij: 27,598 stars on September 15, 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 zellij-org/zellij
DateStars
November 1, 202027
December 25, 2020194
February 21, 2021384
April 23, 20212010
May 20, 20212764
June 14, 20213071
July 9, 20213170
August 2, 20213416
August 29, 20213546
September 22, 20213714
November 5, 20213854
November 30, 20214035
December 27, 20214244
January 20, 20224455
February 13, 20224701
March 10, 20225593
April 3, 20225814
April 27, 20226110
May 21, 20226385
June 14, 20226694
July 9, 20226902
August 2, 20227185
August 26, 20227946
September 19, 20228179
October 13, 20228448
November 7, 20228783
December 1, 20229067
December 25, 20229247
January 18, 20239517
February 11, 20239918
March 13, 202310727
April 6, 202311157
April 30, 202311538
May 24, 202311840
June 17, 202312201
July 12, 202312831
August 5, 202313183
August 29, 202313459
September 22, 202313756
October 16, 202314036
November 10, 202314367
December 4, 202314750
December 28, 202315075
January 21, 202415438
February 14, 202416010
March 10, 202416627
April 3, 202416970
April 27, 202417582
May 21, 202418177
June 15, 202418966
July 14, 202419508
August 7, 202419967
August 31, 202420318
September 24, 202420749
October 18, 202421208
November 12, 202421707
December 6, 202422146
December 30, 202422489
January 23, 202522788
February 16, 202523138
March 13, 202523482
April 6, 202523820
April 30, 202524091
May 24, 202524370
June 18, 202524559
July 12, 202524892
August 5, 202525136
August 29, 202525443
September 22, 202525699
October 22, 202525875
November 20, 202526048
December 14, 202526197
January 7, 202626376
January 31, 202626583
February 24, 202626867
March 21, 202627084
April 14, 202627330
May 10, 202627454
June 4, 202627542
September 15, 202627598
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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: 61,17635,423
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +135+40
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 years6.0 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalghostty-org/ghosttyzellij-org/zellij
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/ghosttyzellij-org/zellij
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/ghosttyzellij-org/zellij
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/ghosttyzellij-org/zellij
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 zellij-org/zellij were read
Fieldghostty-org/ghosttyzellij-org/zellij
SourceHistorical star dataHistorical star data
CoverageCovers through September 16, 2026Covers through September 15, 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 61,176 stars for ghostty-org/ghostty and 35,423 for zellij-org/zellij.

  • 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. zellij-org/zellij — Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 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.