How many stars does apache/kafka have?
GitHub currently reports 33,349 stars for apache/kafka. The chart separately represents 34,035 public star actions and can differ because public WatchEvents do not include unstars.
apache/kafka
Star momentum, maintenance concentration, contributor health, and codebase change — one report built from public repository data.
- Current GitHub stars
- 33,349
- Activity since
- 2011
- Latest activity
- Jul 27, 2026
Public star activity
coverage through Jul 2026
Approximate public star activity
Observed activity milestones: 100 around Jan 20131k around Jan 201510k around Sep 2018
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Earned badges
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Where changes concentrate
methodologyFix-labelled changes, file change frequency, ownership risk, and maintenance cadence for apache/kafka, each computed from its analyzed commit window.
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Contributors
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Recent TODO/FIXME movement
Stars versus package downloads
No published package detected for this repo — nothing to overlay against star growth.
apache/kafka at a glance
What does recent star activity look like for kafka?
gitdebt observed about 63 public star actions for apache/kafka over the latest 90 days of archive coverage (about 25 in the latest 30). This is an approximate attention signal, not a net-star count, because unstars are not present. That's below its lifetime average activity pace, which is common for mature projects.
Is kafka still active?
Public archive data shows about 25 star actions for apache/kafka in the latest 30 days of coverage. For repository activity, use the commit heatmap, commit trend, and contributor charts on this page.
When was kafka created?
apache/kafka was created on August 15, 2011. The first public star activity observed for apache/kafka is from Aug 2011.
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