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pandas-dev/pandas vs pola-rs/polars

  • pandas-dev/pandas

    Stars

    50,512

    First recorded star in 2010.

  • pola-rs/polars

    Stars

    40,339

    First recorded star in 2020.

Star history overlay
51k STARS16 YR 3 MOpandas-dev/pandas51kpola-rs/polars40k

pandas-dev/pandas: 50,512 stars on November 14, 2026. pola-rs/polars: 40,339 stars on November 14, 2026.

Star history for pandas-dev/pandas
DateStars
August 23, 2010535
December 14, 2010635
April 16, 2011745
August 2, 2011842
December 4, 2011935
April 1, 20121032
September 2, 20121123
April 3, 20131313
June 24, 20131473
September 1, 20131651
November 25, 20132010
February 5, 20142235
April 16, 20142480
June 26, 20142681
September 6, 20142884
November 15, 20143138
January 24, 20153422
April 3, 20153698
June 11, 20153953
August 19, 20154236
October 27, 20154553
January 3, 20164863
March 13, 20165198
May 20, 20165578
July 26, 20165972
October 2, 20166335
December 8, 20166744
February 14, 20177619
April 23, 20178402
June 29, 20179008
September 19, 20179849
November 26, 201710703
February 2, 201811569
April 10, 201812515
June 17, 201813426
August 24, 201814347
October 30, 201815216
January 6, 201916211
March 15, 201917073
May 21, 201918092
July 28, 201918999
October 3, 201920004
December 10, 201920979
February 16, 202021920
April 23, 202022889
June 30, 202023908
September 6, 202024755
November 12, 202025565
January 19, 202126460
March 28, 202127460
June 17, 202128377
August 23, 202129107
October 30, 202129816
January 6, 202230550
March 14, 202231397
May 21, 202232374
July 27, 202233118
October 3, 202233869
December 10, 202234658
February 15, 202335379
April 24, 202336609
July 1, 202337447
September 6, 202338259
November 13, 202339005
January 20, 202439705
March 27, 202440520
June 3, 202441162
August 9, 202441856
October 16, 202442516
December 23, 202443149
March 14, 202543957
May 20, 202544640
July 28, 202545337
October 4, 202546023
December 10, 202546643
February 16, 202647328
April 25, 202648132
July 1, 202648808
September 7, 202649524
November 14, 202650512
Star history for pola-rs/polars
DateStars
June 23, 20201
August 13, 2020150
October 1, 2020231
November 7, 2020290
December 11, 2020410
January 11, 2021555
February 15, 2021616
March 17, 20211091
April 14, 20211306
May 13, 20211556
June 16, 20211733
July 14, 20211853
August 12, 20211981
September 10, 20212166
October 8, 20212446
November 6, 20212720
December 4, 20213034
January 1, 20223761
January 30, 20224140
February 27, 20224496
March 29, 20224758
April 26, 20225095
May 24, 20225565
June 22, 20226114
July 20, 20226695
August 17, 20227074
September 15, 20227450
October 13, 20228103
November 11, 20228612
December 9, 20229123
January 12, 202311479
February 9, 202312946
March 10, 202314351
April 7, 202315375
May 5, 202316072
June 3, 202316710
July 1, 202317409
July 30, 202318051
August 27, 202318941
September 24, 202319543
October 23, 202320184
November 20, 202320764
December 18, 202321469
January 16, 202422709
February 13, 202423313
March 13, 202423983
April 10, 202424867
May 8, 202425570
June 6, 202426140
July 4, 202426926
August 7, 202427635
September 4, 202428200
October 3, 202428720
October 31, 202429238
November 29, 202429796
December 27, 202430327
January 24, 202530762
February 22, 202531260
March 22, 202531840
April 19, 202532459
May 18, 202532999
June 15, 202533374
July 14, 202533793
August 11, 202534227
September 8, 202534692
October 7, 202535036
November 4, 202535410
December 2, 202535853
December 31, 202536288
January 28, 202636751
March 3, 202637202
April 1, 202637599
April 29, 202638026
May 27, 202638326
June 25, 202638643
July 23, 202638902
August 20, 202639276
September 18, 202639688
October 16, 202640053
November 14, 202640339
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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

Signalpandas-dev/pandaspola-rs/polars
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 50,51240,339
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +1,267+1,131
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.16 years6.5 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalpandas-dev/pandaspola-rs/polars
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

Signalpandas-dev/pandaspola-rs/polars
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

Signalpandas-dev/pandaspola-rs/polars
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

Signalpandas-dev/pandaspola-rs/polars
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 pandas-dev/pandas and pola-rs/polars were read
Fieldpandas-dev/pandaspola-rs/polars
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, pandas-dev/pandas or pola-rs/polars?

    GitHub reports 50,512 stars for pandas-dev/pandas and 40,339 for pola-rs/polars.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. pandas-dev/pandas — GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026 · Still updating. pola-rs/polars — 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.