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microsoft/vscode vs zed-industries/zed

  • microsoft/vscode

    Stars

    195,368

    First recorded star in 2015.

  • zed-industries/zed

    Stars

    95,005

    First recorded star in 2021.

Star history overlay
195k STARS11 YR 2 MOmicrosoft/vscode195kzed-industries/zed95k

microsoft/vscode: 195,368 stars on November 14, 2026. zed-industries/zed: 94,972 stars on November 13, 2026.

Star history for microsoft/vscode
DateStars
September 11, 20151
January 4, 20168098
February 23, 20169337
April 14, 201610996
June 3, 201612898
July 23, 201614138
September 12, 201615267
November 1, 201616748
December 21, 201618349
February 10, 201720001
April 11, 201722862
May 31, 201725186
July 21, 201727255
September 9, 201729436
October 29, 201732681
December 19, 201736229
February 7, 201839014
March 29, 201841949
May 19, 201845122
July 8, 201849036
August 27, 201852203
October 17, 201855956
December 6, 201858910
January 25, 201961581
March 17, 201964950
May 6, 201968190
June 25, 201971695
August 15, 201974200
October 4, 201976721
November 23, 201979816
January 23, 202083008
March 13, 202085177
May 2, 202087813
June 22, 202090734
August 11, 202093474
September 30, 202096042
November 20, 202098526
January 9, 2021100982
February 28, 2021103653
April 20, 2021106617
June 9, 2021108795
July 30, 2021111211
September 18, 2021113465
November 7, 2021115663
December 28, 2021117805
February 16, 2022119990
April 7, 2022122177
May 28, 2022124571
July 17, 2022126758
September 5, 2022128853
November 5, 2022131443
December 25, 2022133431
February 13, 2023135409
April 5, 2023137589
May 25, 2023139746
July 14, 2023141629
September 3, 2023144065
October 23, 2023145897
December 12, 2023147755
February 1, 2024149530
March 22, 2024151500
May 11, 2024153204
July 1, 2024154863
August 20, 2024156604
October 9, 2024158443
November 29, 2024160248
January 18, 2025161958
March 9, 2025164230
April 29, 2025166582
June 18, 2025169821
August 17, 2025172285
October 7, 2025174104
November 26, 2025176015
January 15, 2026177928
March 7, 2026179905
April 26, 2026182320
June 15, 2026184682
August 5, 2026187158
September 24, 2026191956
November 14, 2026195368
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

Signalmicrosoft/vscodezed-industries/zed
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 195,36895,005
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +7,779+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.11 years5.7 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalmicrosoft/vscodezed-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

Signalmicrosoft/vscodezed-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

Signalmicrosoft/vscodezed-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

Signalmicrosoft/vscodezed-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 microsoft/vscode and zed-industries/zed were read
Fieldmicrosoft/vscodezed-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, microsoft/vscode or zed-industries/zed?

    GitHub reports 195,368 stars for microsoft/vscode and 95,005 for zed-industries/zed.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

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