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kovidgoyal/kitty vs microsoft/terminal

  • kovidgoyal/kitty

    Stars

    34,910

    First recorded star in 2016.

  • microsoft/terminal

    Stars

    104,903

    First recorded star in 2017.

Star history overlay
115k STARS9 YR 9 MOkovidgoyal/kitty32kmicrosoft/terminal115k

kovidgoyal/kitty: 31,944 stars on September 16, 2026. microsoft/terminal: 114,741 stars on September 16, 2026.

Star history for kovidgoyal/kitty
DateStars
December 6, 20162
February 19, 2017694
May 4, 2017767
July 18, 2017862
September 10, 2017968
October 23, 20171082
December 5, 20171401
January 17, 20181622
February 28, 20182149
April 12, 20182522
June 1, 20183170
July 15, 20183428
August 26, 20183692
October 7, 20184915
November 18, 20185224
December 31, 20185485
February 11, 20195794
March 25, 20196204
May 6, 20196562
June 17, 20196879
July 29, 20197156
September 9, 20197537
October 21, 20197784
December 2, 20198104
January 13, 20208345
February 23, 20208657
April 5, 20208943
May 17, 20209265
June 28, 20209529
August 9, 20209787
October 1, 202010181
November 11, 202010502
December 23, 202010804
February 3, 202111169
March 17, 202111477
April 28, 202111830
June 12, 202112201
July 24, 202112515
September 7, 202112833
October 20, 202113076
December 9, 202113581
January 20, 202214112
March 3, 202214636
April 14, 202215160
May 26, 202215626
July 7, 202216026
August 18, 202216588
September 29, 202217055
November 10, 202217502
December 21, 202217916
February 10, 202318713
March 24, 202319200
May 5, 202319643
June 16, 202320050
July 28, 202320575
September 7, 202320985
October 19, 202321343
November 30, 202321789
January 11, 202422229
February 22, 202422702
April 4, 202423214
May 16, 202423692
June 27, 202424289
August 8, 202424967
September 19, 202425602
October 31, 202426217
December 12, 202426817
January 23, 202527956
March 6, 202528475
April 17, 202529092
June 6, 202529641
July 19, 202529949
August 30, 202530335
October 17, 202530668
November 28, 202530958
January 9, 202631258
February 20, 202631546
April 3, 202631737
May 20, 202631859
September 16, 202631944
Star history for microsoft/terminal
DateStars
August 12, 201740
October 6, 2017162
November 24, 2017274
January 10, 2018363
March 3, 2018443
April 24, 2018534
June 6, 2018650
July 23, 2018753
September 6, 2018874
October 23, 2018990
December 17, 20181148
January 25, 20191317
March 7, 20191475
April 15, 20191661
May 25, 201941513
July 3, 201949314
August 11, 201951899
September 19, 201953853
October 28, 201955759
December 6, 201957609
January 14, 202059287
February 22, 202061040
April 1, 202062886
May 10, 202064979
June 18, 202068981
July 27, 202070889
September 5, 202072315
October 14, 202073508
November 22, 202074859
December 31, 202076101
February 16, 202177843
March 27, 202178971
May 5, 202180159
June 16, 202181619
July 25, 202182980
September 4, 202184183
October 14, 202185065
November 27, 202185942
January 5, 202287076
February 13, 202288721
March 25, 202289966
May 3, 202291043
June 11, 202292073
July 20, 202292744
August 28, 202293847
October 6, 202294590
November 14, 202295320
December 23, 202296126
January 31, 202396915
March 11, 202397643
April 27, 202398465
June 5, 202399171
July 14, 202399859
August 22, 2023100499
September 30, 2023101366
November 8, 2023102071
December 17, 2023102784
January 25, 2024103363
March 4, 2024104388
April 12, 2024105011
May 21, 2024105676
June 29, 2024106265
August 7, 2024106855
September 15, 2024107471
October 24, 2024108197
December 2, 2024108893
January 10, 2025109537
February 18, 2025110410
March 29, 2025111054
May 7, 2025111700
June 23, 2025112288
August 1, 2025112593
September 9, 2025113254
October 24, 2025113687
December 2, 2025113877
January 10, 2026114102
February 18, 2026114327
March 31, 2026114504
May 13, 2026114657
September 16, 2026114741
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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

Signalkovidgoyal/kittymicrosoft/terminal
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.34,910Best result in this row: 104,903
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +54+51
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.9.9 years9.1 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalkovidgoyal/kittymicrosoft/terminal
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

Signalkovidgoyal/kittymicrosoft/terminal
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

Signalkovidgoyal/kittymicrosoft/terminal
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

Signalkovidgoyal/kittymicrosoft/terminal
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 kovidgoyal/kitty and microsoft/terminal were read
Fieldkovidgoyal/kittymicrosoft/terminal
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, kovidgoyal/kitty or microsoft/terminal?

    GitHub reports 104,903 stars for microsoft/terminal and 34,910 for kovidgoyal/kitty.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. kovidgoyal/kitty — Historical star data · Covers through September 16, 2026 · Still updating. microsoft/terminal — 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.