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kovidgoyal/kitty vs zellij-org/zellij

  • kovidgoyal/kitty

    Stars

    35,672

    First recorded star in 2016.

  • zellij-org/zellij

    Stars

    36,053

    First recorded star in 2020.

Star history overlay
36k STARS9 YR 11 MOkovidgoyal/kitty36kzellij-org/zellij36k

kovidgoyal/kitty: 35,671 stars on November 14, 2026. zellij-org/zellij: 36,044 stars on November 13, 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 zellij-org/zellij
DateStars
November 1, 202036
January 17, 2021179
March 6, 2021354
May 5, 20212301
May 31, 20212779
June 28, 20212909
July 25, 20213135
August 20, 20213263
September 15, 20213436
October 12, 20213525
November 14, 20213687
December 10, 20213823
January 6, 20224042
February 1, 20224260
February 27, 20225028
March 26, 20225352
April 21, 20225640
May 17, 20225893
June 13, 20226245
July 9, 20226479
August 5, 20226758
August 31, 20227491
September 26, 20227777
October 22, 20228013
November 17, 20228420
December 14, 20228636
January 9, 20238854
February 4, 20239198
March 2, 20239676
March 28, 202310418
April 29, 202310906
May 25, 202311229
June 20, 202311745
July 16, 202312223
August 11, 202312577
September 7, 202312915
October 3, 202313186
October 29, 202313446
November 24, 202313852
December 20, 202314261
January 16, 202414631
February 11, 202415230
March 8, 202415864
April 3, 202416230
April 29, 202416919
May 26, 202417660
June 21, 202418370
July 17, 202418828
August 12, 202419279
September 7, 202419648
October 9, 202420279
November 4, 202420743
November 30, 202421302
December 26, 202421637
January 22, 202522026
February 17, 202522395
March 15, 202522771
April 10, 202523168
May 6, 202523456
June 1, 202523784
June 28, 202524152
July 24, 202524724
August 19, 202525236
September 14, 202525722
October 10, 202526113
November 6, 202526476
December 2, 202526886
December 28, 202527291
January 23, 202627886
February 18, 202628658
March 22, 202629754
April 17, 202631221
May 13, 202632117
June 8, 202633077
July 5, 202633747
July 31, 202634328
August 26, 202634910
September 21, 202635353
October 17, 202635672
November 13, 202636044
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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/kittyzellij-org/zellij
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.35,672Best result in this row: 36,053
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +1,554+1,387
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 years6.2 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalkovidgoyal/kittyzellij-org/zellij
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/kittyzellij-org/zellij
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/kittyzellij-org/zellij
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/kittyzellij-org/zellij
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 zellij-org/zellij were read
Fieldkovidgoyal/kittyzellij-org/zellij
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 zellij-org/zellij?

    GitHub reports 36,053 stars for zellij-org/zellij 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. zellij-org/zellij — 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.