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pandas-dev/pandas vs pola-rs/polars

  • pandas-dev/pandas

    Stars

    49,736

    First recorded star in 2011.

  • pola-rs/polars

    Stars

    39,737

    First recorded star in 2020.

Star history overlay
52k STARS15 YR 7 MOpandas-dev/pandas52kpola-rs/polars35k

pandas-dev/pandas: 51,817 stars on September 15, 2026. pola-rs/polars: 35,433 stars on September 16, 2026.

Star history for pandas-dev/pandas
DateStars
February 20, 20111
September 20, 2011119
January 6, 2012242
October 11, 2012459
December 23, 2012660
March 4, 2013853
May 9, 20131088
July 19, 20131289
September 28, 20131576
December 3, 20131901
February 23, 20142233
April 30, 20142489
July 7, 20142754
September 11, 20142974
November 16, 20143267
January 21, 20153597
March 26, 20153924
May 29, 20154212
August 1, 20154528
October 4, 20154873
December 7, 20155277
February 12, 20165605
April 16, 20166052
June 19, 20166510
August 21, 20166947
October 24, 20167401
December 27, 20167855
March 1, 20178936
May 4, 20179808
July 6, 201710543
September 21, 201711429
November 24, 201712391
January 27, 201813344
March 31, 201814407
June 4, 201815285
August 7, 201816184
October 10, 201817114
December 13, 201818101
February 14, 201918928
April 19, 201920018
June 22, 201921095
August 25, 201922140
October 27, 201923276
December 30, 201924266
March 3, 202025384
May 6, 202026523
July 9, 202027584
September 11, 202028492
November 14, 202029379
January 17, 202130374
April 4, 202131649
June 9, 202132446
August 12, 202133241
October 18, 202133923
December 26, 202134705
February 28, 202235630
May 2, 202236603
July 5, 202237352
September 7, 202238151
November 10, 202238993
January 13, 202339693
March 17, 202340566
May 20, 202341763
July 23, 202342516
September 25, 202343345
November 28, 202344117
January 30, 202444822
April 3, 202445667
June 6, 202446352
August 9, 202447124
October 24, 202447973
December 27, 202448612
March 1, 202549317
May 4, 202549969
July 7, 202550427
September 9, 202550878
November 19, 202551176
January 24, 202651446
April 4, 202651667
September 15, 202651817
Star history for pola-rs/polars
DateStars
June 17, 20201
August 7, 2020159
September 21, 2020228
October 24, 2020294
November 23, 2020410
December 22, 2020538
January 19, 2021626
February 21, 2021680
March 20, 20211239
April 15, 20211419
May 19, 20211634
June 14, 20211784
July 11, 20211919
August 6, 20212037
September 6, 20212196
October 2, 20212504
November 6, 20212637
December 2, 20212974
December 28, 20213695
January 24, 20224125
February 19, 20224426
March 17, 20224729
April 12, 20224967
May 8, 20225461
June 3, 20225928
June 30, 20226281
July 26, 20226858
August 21, 20227208
September 16, 20227575
October 12, 20228215
November 13, 20228801
December 9, 20229269
January 4, 202311123
January 30, 202312700
February 25, 202313908
March 23, 202315003
April 18, 202315873
May 15, 202316461
June 10, 202317068
July 6, 202317698
August 1, 202318255
August 27, 202319108
September 22, 202319695
October 19, 202320296
November 14, 202320867
December 10, 202321429
January 5, 202422085
January 31, 202423262
February 26, 202423816
March 23, 202424584
April 24, 202425464
May 20, 202425984
June 15, 202426505
July 11, 202427315
August 6, 202427820
September 2, 202428398
September 28, 202428902
October 24, 202429393
November 19, 202429882
December 15, 202430354
January 10, 202530791
February 6, 202531227
March 4, 202531675
March 30, 202532193
April 25, 202532729
May 21, 202533154
June 16, 202533360
July 12, 202533602
August 8, 202533886
September 3, 202534166
October 4, 202534401
November 5, 202534542
December 1, 202534700
December 28, 202534860
January 23, 202635027
February 18, 202635150
March 17, 202635234
April 17, 202635329
May 23, 202635389
September 16, 202635433
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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: 49,73639,737
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +57+33
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Not availableNot available
Largest package audienceLargest resolved registry total; sources are shown explicitly.No resolved packageNo resolved package
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.16 years6.3 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalpandas-dev/pandaspola-rs/polars
Dominant languageLargest share of analyzed code lines at current HEAD.Not availableNot available
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.Not availableNot available
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.Not availableNot available

Maintenance

Commit volume and recent operating cadence

Signalpandas-dev/pandaspola-rs/polars
Repository commitsFull repository commit total reported by the analysis.Not availableNot available
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.Not availableNot available

Ownership

How broadly maintenance responsibility is distributed

Signalpandas-dev/pandaspola-rs/polars
Bus factorFewest analyzed contributors carrying at least half the commits.Not availableNot available
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.Not availableNot available

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.Not availableNot available
Recent TODO/FIXME movementLatest cumulative marker count and its change over the trailing 90 days.Not availableNot available

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 put them on one source: since July 2026 a stargazer-list series stops on a fixed date, while a series rebuilt from public archive events keeps receiving points. 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
SourceHistorical star dataHistorical star data
CoverageCovers through September 15, 2026Covers through September 16, 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 49,736 stars for pandas-dev/pandas and 39,737 for pola-rs/polars.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. pandas-dev/pandas — Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 2026 · Still updating. pola-rs/polars — Historical star data · Covers through September 16, 2026 · Still updating. Since July 2026 GitHub serves a repository's stargazer list only to its own admins and collaborators, so one series can stop on a fixed date while the other keeps flowing from public archive events.

  • 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.