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helix-editor/helix vs zed-industries/zed

  • helix-editor/helix

    Stars

    46,244

    First recorded star in 2021.

  • zed-industries/zed

    Stars

    90,306

    First recorded star in 2024.

Star history overlay
70k STARS5 YR 4 MOhelix-editor/helix43kzed-industries/zed70k

helix-editor/helix: 42,756 stars on September 16, 2026. zed-industries/zed: 70,469 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 zed-industries/zed
DateStars
January 24, 20242246
February 4, 202418272
February 15, 202421240
February 27, 202425187
March 9, 202427170
March 21, 202428170
April 1, 202428824
April 12, 202429525
April 24, 202431374
May 5, 202432178
May 19, 202433585
May 30, 202434337
June 11, 202435123
June 22, 202437851
July 4, 202438732
July 15, 202440910
July 26, 202441960
August 7, 202442932
August 18, 202443565
August 30, 202445516
September 10, 202446363
September 22, 202447091
October 3, 202447695
October 14, 202448230
October 26, 202448842
November 6, 202449530
November 18, 202450326
November 29, 202450915
December 10, 202451463
December 22, 202451909
January 5, 202552808
January 16, 202553394
January 27, 202553925
February 8, 202554475
February 19, 202555059
March 3, 202555597
March 14, 202556164
March 25, 202556782
April 6, 202557328
April 17, 202557839
April 29, 202558329
May 10, 202559786
May 22, 202560944
June 2, 202561378
June 13, 202561701
June 25, 202562082
July 6, 202562327
July 18, 202562663
July 29, 202562981
August 9, 202563357
August 23, 202563823
September 4, 202564303
September 15, 202564663
September 26, 202565090
October 8, 202565400
October 23, 202565877
November 4, 202566271
November 15, 202566574
November 26, 202566830
December 8, 202567088
December 19, 202567388
December 31, 202567687
January 11, 202668003
January 23, 202668335
February 3, 202668575
February 14, 202668815
February 26, 202669046
March 9, 202669218
March 21, 202669395
April 1, 202669488
April 15, 202669685
April 26, 202669805
May 8, 202670061
May 19, 202670182
May 30, 202670259
June 12, 202670288
June 25, 202670308
July 28, 202670331
September 4, 202670365
September 16, 202670469
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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/helixzed-industries/zed
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.46,244Best result in this row: 90,306
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.+54Best result in this row: +172
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 years5.6 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalhelix-editor/helixzed-industries/zed
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/helixzed-industries/zed
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/helixzed-industries/zed
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/helixzed-industries/zed
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 zed-industries/zed were read
Fieldhelix-editor/helixzed-industries/zed
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 zed-industries/zed?

    GitHub reports 90,306 stars for zed-industries/zed 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. zed-industries/zed — 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.