Skip to content
gitdebt

nats-io/nats-server vs redpanda-data/redpanda

  • nats-io/nats-server

    Stars

    21,042

    First recorded star in 2013.

  • redpanda-data/redpanda

    Stars

    12,681

    First recorded star in 2020.

Star history overlay
21k STARS13 YR 1 MOnats-io/nats-server21kredpanda-data/redpanda13k

nats-io/nats-server: 21,042 stars on November 13, 2026. redpanda-data/redpanda: 12,680 stars on November 13, 2026.

Star history for nats-io/nats-server
DateStars
October 18, 201353
March 31, 2014274
July 3, 2014403
September 23, 2014575
December 16, 2014672
March 14, 2015811
May 26, 2015915
August 3, 20151020
October 2, 20151273
December 6, 20151398
February 20, 20161553
April 20, 20161781
June 22, 20161954
August 27, 20162085
October 25, 20162236
December 24, 20162381
February 23, 20172508
April 27, 20172679
June 25, 20172844
August 23, 20173037
October 25, 20173176
December 23, 20173329
February 23, 20183496
April 23, 20183727
June 16, 20183915
August 12, 20184121
October 5, 20184332
November 30, 20184554
January 24, 20194802
March 20, 20195010
May 25, 20195334
July 19, 20195798
September 14, 20196060
November 10, 20196402
January 8, 20206668
March 3, 20206880
April 26, 20207111
June 21, 20207385
August 15, 20207648
October 13, 20207859
December 6, 20208102
January 30, 20218321
March 27, 20218549
May 23, 20218829
July 16, 20219090
September 10, 20219317
November 4, 20219570
December 28, 20219790
February 24, 202210059
April 22, 202210326
June 30, 202210611
August 23, 202210910
October 16, 202211218
December 11, 202211486
February 4, 202311719
March 31, 202312082
May 24, 202312377
July 18, 202312646
September 10, 202313076
November 4, 202313381
December 28, 202313699
February 21, 202413977
April 15, 202414335
June 10, 202414625
August 5, 202414972
September 28, 202415305
November 22, 202415681
January 16, 202516015
March 12, 202516336
May 5, 202516808
July 9, 202517199
September 2, 202517840
October 27, 202518233
December 21, 202518631
February 13, 202618969
April 9, 202619403
June 2, 202619831
July 27, 202620255
September 19, 202620703
November 13, 202621042
Star history for redpanda-data/redpanda
DateStars
November 4, 20202
December 7, 20201142
January 5, 20211249
February 1, 20211527
March 2, 20211649
March 29, 20211770
April 25, 20211976
May 22, 20212078
June 19, 20212177
July 16, 20212301
August 21, 20212408
September 20, 20212554
October 18, 20212675
November 16, 20212778
December 14, 20212933
January 11, 20223040
February 8, 20223198
March 7, 20223336
April 3, 20223513
April 29, 20223766
May 26, 20223954
June 22, 20224134
July 20, 20224280
August 15, 20224449
September 11, 20224577
October 8, 20224701
November 4, 20224946
December 1, 20225296
December 27, 20225450
January 23, 20235686
February 25, 20235888
March 25, 20236058
April 21, 20236231
May 18, 20236403
June 13, 20236589
July 10, 20236968
August 6, 20237154
September 2, 20237297
September 29, 20237432
October 26, 20237601
November 23, 20237745
December 21, 20237860
January 16, 20247965
February 12, 20248130
March 10, 20248255
April 6, 20248404
May 2, 20248548
May 29, 20248690
June 26, 20248842
July 25, 20248954
August 26, 20249076
September 22, 20249198
October 20, 20249336
November 18, 20249430
December 15, 20249540
January 14, 20259631
February 10, 20259767
March 8, 20259874
April 5, 20259983
May 2, 202510095
May 30, 202510202
June 27, 202510323
July 24, 202510449
August 20, 202510620
September 16, 202510848
October 12, 202510949
November 9, 202511081
December 6, 202511253
January 2, 202611397
January 29, 202611520
March 3, 202611687
March 30, 202611808
April 26, 202611926
May 24, 202612052
June 20, 202612172
July 17, 202612293
August 14, 202612402
September 11, 202612503
October 13, 202612594
November 13, 202612680
add a third repository

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

Signalnats-io/nats-serverredpanda-data/redpanda
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 21,04212,681
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +719+278
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.14 years6.0 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalnats-io/nats-serverredpanda-data/redpanda
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

Signalnats-io/nats-serverredpanda-data/redpanda
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

Signalnats-io/nats-serverredpanda-data/redpanda
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

Signalnats-io/nats-serverredpanda-data/redpanda
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 nats-io/nats-server and redpanda-data/redpanda were read
Fieldnats-io/nats-serverredpanda-data/redpanda
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, nats-io/nats-server or redpanda-data/redpanda?

    GitHub reports 21,042 stars for nats-io/nats-server and 12,681 for redpanda-data/redpanda.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. nats-io/nats-server — GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026 · Still updating. redpanda-data/redpanda — 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.