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microsoft/terminal vs zellij-org/zellij

  • microsoft/terminal

    Stars

    105,384

    First recorded star in 2017.

  • zellij-org/zellij

    Stars

    36,053

    First recorded star in 2020.

Star history overlay
105k STARS9 YR 3 MOmicrosoft/terminal105kzellij-org/zellij36k

microsoft/terminal: 105,384 stars on November 14, 2026. zellij-org/zellij: 36,044 stars on November 13, 2026.

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
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

Signalmicrosoft/terminalzellij-org/zellij
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 105,38436,053
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.+1,172Best result in this row: +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.9.3 years6.2 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalmicrosoft/terminalzellij-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

Signalmicrosoft/terminalzellij-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

Signalmicrosoft/terminalzellij-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

Signalmicrosoft/terminalzellij-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 microsoft/terminal and zellij-org/zellij were read
Fieldmicrosoft/terminalzellij-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, microsoft/terminal or zellij-org/zellij?

    GitHub reports 105,384 stars for microsoft/terminal and 36,053 for zellij-org/zellij.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. microsoft/terminal — 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.