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helix-editor/helix vs microsoft/vscode

  • helix-editor/helix

    Stars

    46,244

    First recorded star in 2021.

  • microsoft/vscode

    Stars

    192,566

    First recorded star in 2015.

Star history overlay
207k STARS10 YR 10 MOhelix-editor/helix43kmicrosoft/vscode207k

helix-editor/helix: 42,756 stars on September 16, 2026. microsoft/vscode: 206,626 stars on September 16, 2026.

Star history for helix-editor/helix
DateStars
May 30, 20216
June 22, 20212691
July 15, 20212918
August 8, 20213103
September 2, 20213442
September 25, 20213556
October 30, 20213631
November 22, 20214117
December 15, 20214671
January 7, 20225029
February 3, 20225526
February 27, 20225696
March 22, 20225910
April 15, 20227928
May 8, 20228754
May 31, 20229386
June 23, 202210069
July 16, 202210602
August 8, 202211045
August 31, 202211498
September 23, 202212848
October 16, 202214965
November 8, 202216073
December 1, 202216687
December 24, 202217414
January 16, 202318276
February 8, 202318891
March 3, 202319584
March 26, 202320226
April 18, 202321371
May 16, 202322043
June 8, 202322710
July 1, 202323482
July 24, 202323941
August 16, 202324452
September 8, 202324928
October 1, 202325420
October 24, 202325819
November 16, 202326687
December 9, 202327223
January 1, 202427716
January 24, 202428254
February 16, 202428910
March 10, 202429494
April 2, 202430328
April 25, 202430930
May 18, 202431300
June 10, 202431818
July 3, 202432230
July 26, 202432990
August 23, 202433588
September 15, 202434128
October 8, 202434596
October 31, 202434993
November 23, 202435420
December 16, 202435792
January 8, 202536367
January 31, 202537070
February 23, 202537664
March 18, 202538113
April 10, 202538545
May 3, 202538898
May 26, 202539436
June 18, 202539660
July 11, 202539965
August 3, 202540424
August 26, 202540735
September 19, 202540964
October 16, 202541142
November 8, 202541478
December 5, 202541736
December 28, 202541946
January 20, 202642108
February 12, 202642257
March 7, 202642416
March 31, 202642521
April 23, 202642604
May 21, 202642664
June 28, 202642707
September 16, 202642756
Star history for microsoft/vscode
DateStars
November 18, 20152383
January 6, 20169844
February 24, 201611449
April 13, 201613155
June 1, 201615783
July 19, 201617247
September 6, 201618574
October 25, 201620356
December 13, 201622180
January 31, 201724678
March 30, 201728582
May 18, 201731557
July 6, 201733893
August 23, 201736590
October 11, 201739547
November 29, 201744285
January 17, 201847509
March 7, 201850953
April 25, 201854186
June 13, 201858557
August 1, 201861975
September 19, 201865435
November 7, 201869316
December 25, 201872163
February 12, 201975137
April 2, 201979355
May 21, 201983669
July 8, 201987051
August 26, 201990007
October 14, 201992887
December 12, 201997465
January 29, 2020100332
March 18, 2020103094
May 6, 2020106485
June 24, 2020109963
August 11, 2020113224
September 30, 2020116336
November 18, 2020119286
January 6, 2021122377
February 24, 2021125650
April 13, 2021128953
June 4, 2021131517
July 23, 2021134490
September 12, 2021137042
November 3, 2021138768
December 21, 2021141403
February 8, 2022143933
March 29, 2022146424
May 17, 2022149201
July 4, 2022151403
September 1, 2022154338
October 20, 2022156779
December 8, 2022158906
January 25, 2023160996
March 15, 2023163388
May 3, 2023165782
June 21, 2023167939
August 8, 2023169896
September 26, 2023172752
November 14, 2023174635
January 2, 2024176550
February 20, 2024178829
April 8, 2024180716
May 27, 2024182732
July 15, 2024184858
September 2, 2024186785
October 21, 2024188917
December 8, 2024190831
January 26, 2025192844
March 16, 2025195459
May 13, 2025197984
July 1, 2025200564
August 19, 2025201964
October 7, 2025203019
November 30, 2025203892
January 17, 2026204771
March 7, 2026205428
April 25, 2026205935
June 14, 2026206159
September 16, 2026206626
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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

Signalhelix-editor/helixmicrosoft/vscode
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.46,244Best result in this row: 192,566
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.+54Best result in this row: +467
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.6.3 years11 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalhelix-editor/helixmicrosoft/vscode
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

Signalhelix-editor/helixmicrosoft/vscode
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

Signalhelix-editor/helixmicrosoft/vscode
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

Signalhelix-editor/helixmicrosoft/vscode
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 helix-editor/helix and microsoft/vscode were read
Fieldhelix-editor/helixmicrosoft/vscode
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, helix-editor/helix or microsoft/vscode?

    GitHub reports 192,566 stars for microsoft/vscode and 46,244 for helix-editor/helix.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. helix-editor/helix — Historical star data · Covers through September 16, 2026 · Still updating. microsoft/vscode — 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.