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helix-editor/helix vs zed-industries/zed

  • helix-editor/helix

    Stars

    46,890

    First recorded star in 2021.

  • zed-industries/zed

    Stars

    95,005

    First recorded star in 2021.

Star history overlay
95k STARS5 YR 6 MOhelix-editor/helix47kzed-industries/zed95k

helix-editor/helix: 46,888 stars on November 13, 2026. zed-industries/zed: 94,972 stars on November 13, 2026.

Star history for helix-editor/helix
DateStars
May 4, 20211
June 22, 20212543
July 18, 20212737
August 15, 20212985
September 9, 20213227
October 4, 20213316
October 29, 20213439
November 23, 20213876
December 18, 20214449
January 12, 20224692
February 12, 20225121
March 9, 20225361
April 3, 20226183
April 28, 20227740
May 22, 20228123
June 16, 20229090
July 11, 20229614
August 5, 202210051
August 30, 202210488
September 24, 202211737
October 19, 202213867
November 13, 202214903
December 8, 202215616
January 2, 202316253
January 27, 202317115
February 21, 202317746
March 18, 202318473
April 11, 202319565
May 6, 202320161
May 31, 202320850
June 30, 202321705
July 25, 202322136
August 19, 202322648
September 13, 202323125
October 8, 202323567
November 2, 202324312
November 27, 202324919
December 22, 202325378
January 16, 202425851
February 10, 202426526
March 5, 202427100
March 30, 202427604
April 24, 202428504
May 19, 202428878
June 13, 202429389
July 8, 202429789
August 2, 202430529
August 27, 202430977
September 21, 202431537
October 16, 202432012
November 15, 202432470
December 10, 202432884
January 4, 202533416
January 28, 202534192
February 22, 202534800
March 19, 202535306
April 13, 202535740
May 8, 202536151
June 2, 202536707
June 27, 202537099
July 22, 202537848
August 16, 202538368
September 10, 202538857
October 5, 202539204
October 30, 202539905
November 24, 202540590
December 18, 202541065
January 12, 202641566
February 6, 202642031
March 3, 202642431
April 2, 202643090
April 27, 202643547
May 22, 202643960
June 16, 202644434
July 11, 202644924
August 5, 202645405
August 30, 202645791
September 24, 202646152
October 19, 202646544
November 13, 202646888
Star history for zed-industries/zed
DateStars
September 22, 20211
February 2, 202416794
February 15, 202420131
February 28, 202424178
March 12, 202425986
March 25, 202426886
April 7, 202427567
April 20, 202429342
May 2, 202430230
May 15, 202431495
May 31, 202432454
June 13, 202433237
June 26, 202435886
July 8, 202436654
July 21, 202438900
August 3, 202439841
August 16, 202440598
August 29, 202442447
September 11, 202443406
September 24, 202444086
October 6, 202444645
October 19, 202445270
November 1, 202445967
November 14, 202446765
November 27, 202447521
December 10, 202448122
December 23, 202448609
January 5, 202549420
January 17, 202550031
January 30, 202550617
February 15, 202551375
February 28, 202551991
March 12, 202552531
March 25, 202553313
April 7, 202553898
April 20, 202554507
May 3, 202555250
May 16, 202557163
May 29, 202557990
June 11, 202558632
June 23, 202559242
July 6, 202559677
July 19, 202560215
August 1, 202560815
August 14, 202561444
August 27, 202562203
September 9, 202563072
September 22, 202563919
October 4, 202564478
October 17, 202565531
November 2, 202566877
November 15, 202567735
November 27, 202568490
December 10, 202569218
December 23, 202570010
January 5, 202670705
January 18, 202671672
January 31, 202672570
February 13, 202673482
February 26, 202674297
March 10, 202675159
March 23, 202676132
April 5, 202677014
April 18, 202677901
May 1, 202679782
May 14, 202681454
May 27, 202682661
June 8, 202683613
June 21, 202684586
July 4, 202685423
July 20, 202686339
August 2, 202687060
August 14, 202687849
August 27, 202688662
September 9, 202689446
September 22, 202690229
October 5, 202690948
October 18, 202691638
October 31, 202692317
November 13, 202694972
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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.46,890Best result in this row: 95,005
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.+1,345Best result in this row: +7,123
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.6.5 years5.7 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalhelix-editor/helixzed-industries/zed
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

Signalhelix-editor/helixzed-industries/zed
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

Signalhelix-editor/helixzed-industries/zed
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

Signalhelix-editor/helixzed-industries/zed
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 helix-editor/helix and zed-industries/zed were read
Fieldhelix-editor/helixzed-industries/zed
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, helix-editor/helix or zed-industries/zed?

    GitHub reports 95,005 stars for zed-industries/zed and 46,890 for helix-editor/helix.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. helix-editor/helix — GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026 · Still updating. zed-industries/zed — 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.