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kovidgoyal/kitty vs microsoft/terminal

  • kovidgoyal/kitty

    Stars

    35,672

    First recorded star in 2016.

  • microsoft/terminal

    Stars

    105,384

    First recorded star in 2017.

Star history overlay
105k STARS9 YR 11 MOkovidgoyal/kitty36kmicrosoft/terminal105k

kovidgoyal/kitty: 35,671 stars on November 14, 2026. microsoft/terminal: 105,384 stars on November 14, 2026.

Star history for kovidgoyal/kitty
DateStars
December 5, 20162
February 28, 2017700
May 24, 2017771
August 8, 2017875
September 29, 2017953
November 17, 20171068
January 3, 20181377
February 17, 20181811
April 2, 20182136
May 15, 20182651
July 7, 20183019
August 20, 20183279
October 2, 20184443
November 15, 20184752
December 31, 20185016
February 13, 20195306
March 29, 20195649
May 12, 20195946
June 26, 20196212
August 9, 20196497
September 21, 20196775
November 4, 20197043
December 18, 20197268
January 31, 20207503
March 14, 20207747
April 28, 20208055
June 11, 20208308
July 25, 20208524
September 7, 20208734
October 20, 20209107
December 12, 20209425
January 25, 20219740
March 9, 20219972
April 22, 202110283
June 5, 202110656
July 19, 202110940
August 31, 202111220
October 14, 202111499
November 28, 202111891
January 11, 202212306
February 23, 202212823
April 8, 202213312
May 22, 202213751
July 5, 202214140
August 17, 202214654
September 30, 202215109
November 13, 202215546
December 27, 202216146
February 8, 202316599
March 24, 202317074
May 16, 202317596
June 28, 202317957
August 11, 202318479
September 24, 202318863
November 7, 202319214
December 21, 202319639
February 2, 202420072
March 17, 202420551
April 30, 202421028
June 13, 202421577
July 26, 202422111
September 8, 202422827
October 22, 202423397
December 5, 202423991
January 17, 202525120
March 2, 202525670
April 15, 202526304
May 29, 202526839
July 11, 202527333
August 24, 202527967
October 16, 202528732
November 28, 202529365
January 11, 202630048
February 24, 202630898
April 9, 202631844
May 22, 202632662
July 5, 202633466
August 18, 202634274
October 1, 202635046
November 14, 202635671
Star history for microsoft/terminal
DateStars
August 11, 20178
October 8, 2017129
November 29, 2017231
January 25, 2018313
March 26, 2018396
May 22, 2018492
July 7, 2018592
August 27, 2018723
October 12, 2018816
December 1, 2018920
January 23, 20191098
March 7, 20191227
April 18, 20191385
May 30, 201936823
July 9, 201942571
August 19, 201944625
September 29, 201946494
November 9, 201948032
December 20, 201949584
January 30, 202050986
March 11, 202052508
April 21, 202054151
June 1, 202057521
July 12, 202059246
August 22, 202060721
October 2, 202061811
November 11, 202062843
December 22, 202063984
February 1, 202165139
March 14, 202166250
May 2, 202167453
June 12, 202168707
July 23, 202169848
September 2, 202170879
October 13, 202171757
November 23, 202172777
January 3, 202273751
February 13, 202275209
March 26, 202276260
May 6, 202277261
June 15, 202278218
July 26, 202278945
September 5, 202279848
October 16, 202280535
November 26, 202281177
January 6, 202381999
February 16, 202382791
March 29, 202383497
May 9, 202384151
June 19, 202384859
August 7, 202385559
September 17, 202386153
October 28, 202387094
December 8, 202387821
January 17, 202488348
February 27, 202489245
April 8, 202489865
May 19, 202490524
June 29, 202491036
August 9, 202491567
September 19, 202492165
October 30, 202492811
December 10, 202493489
January 20, 202594052
March 2, 202594900
April 12, 202595459
May 22, 202596204
July 2, 202596797
August 12, 202597310
September 22, 202598589
November 10, 202599254
December 21, 202599722
January 31, 2026100338
March 13, 2026101076
April 23, 2026101966
June 3, 2026102760
July 14, 2026103421
August 24, 2026104331
October 4, 2026104868
November 14, 2026105384
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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.35,672Best result in this row: 105,384
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +1,554+1,172
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.10 years9.3 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalkovidgoyal/kittymicrosoft/terminal
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

Signalkovidgoyal/kittymicrosoft/terminal
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

Signalkovidgoyal/kittymicrosoft/terminal
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

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

    GitHub reports 105,384 stars for microsoft/terminal and 35,672 for kovidgoyal/kitty.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. kovidgoyal/kitty — GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026 · Still updating. microsoft/terminal — 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.