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Frontend frameworks: star history compared

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facebook/react

Frontend frameworks are the longest-running rivalry on GitHub. React's curve is the benchmark every newcomer gets measured against, Vue's climb through the late 2010s was the fastest the ecosystem had seen, and Svelte and Solid show what a post-virtual-DOM pitch does to a growth curve. The points where the lines cross tend to line up with real shifts in adoption.

Ranked by current GitHub stars · growth = stars gained in the trailing 90 days · data updated Sep 2026

Frontend frameworks — star history
291k STARS13 YR 4 MOfacebook/react291kvuejs/vue259kangular/angular121ksveltejs/svelte98kpreactjs/preact42ksolidjs/solid36k

facebook/react: 290,819 stars on September 15, 2026. vuejs/vue: 259,204 stars on September 13, 2026. angular/angular: 121,434 stars on September 15, 2026. sveltejs/svelte: 98,328 stars on September 15, 2026. preactjs/preact: 42,414 stars on September 13, 2026. solidjs/solid: 35,918 stars on September 14, 2026.

Star history for facebook/react
DateStars
May 29, 2013168
July 29, 20131654
September 29, 20132047
November 28, 20132567
January 27, 20144394
March 28, 20145389
May 27, 20146897
July 26, 20148138
September 24, 20149532
November 23, 201411727
February 3, 201515614
April 4, 201520526
June 3, 201524148
August 2, 201527190
October 1, 201530549
November 30, 201534320
January 30, 201638150
March 30, 201642234
May 29, 201646145
July 28, 201650067
September 26, 201654111
November 25, 201659733
January 24, 201764551
March 25, 201770369
May 24, 201775840
July 23, 201781203
September 21, 201786671
November 20, 201793104
January 19, 201898535
March 20, 2018104345
June 1, 2018110869
July 31, 2018122715
September 29, 2018127996
November 28, 2018132785
January 27, 2019137431
March 28, 2019143149
May 27, 2019149026
July 26, 2019153475
September 24, 2019157593
November 23, 2019161786
January 21, 2020165503
March 21, 2020169192
May 20, 2020173660
July 19, 2020178199
September 18, 2020182860
November 17, 2020186885
January 16, 2021190901
March 17, 2021195033
May 19, 2021199062
July 18, 2021203000
October 1, 2021207839
December 3, 2021210651
February 1, 2022214971
April 2, 2022220062
June 1, 2022224391
July 31, 2022228488
September 29, 2022232766
November 28, 2022236312
January 27, 2023239719
March 28, 2023244147
May 27, 2023248219
July 26, 2023251678
September 24, 2023254977
November 23, 2023257861
January 22, 2024260583
March 22, 2024264148
May 21, 2024267774
July 20, 2024270788
September 18, 2024273676
November 17, 2024276305
January 28, 2025279448
March 29, 2025282259
May 28, 2025284661
July 27, 2025286333
September 25, 2025287648
November 29, 2025288598
January 28, 2026289479
March 29, 2026290137
May 30, 2026290443
September 15, 2026290819
Star history for vuejs/vue
DateStars
August 9, 20131
March 10, 20141021
May 5, 20141464
July 1, 20141871
August 26, 20142235
October 22, 20142595
December 17, 20143166
February 13, 20153802
April 10, 20154236
June 6, 20155110
August 12, 20156306
October 8, 20157678
December 3, 201511047
January 30, 201614140
March 26, 201616387
May 22, 201620362
July 17, 201624031
September 12, 201628725
November 7, 201635366
January 2, 201741368
February 28, 201749809
April 25, 201757540
June 21, 201764565
August 16, 201771922
October 12, 201779277
December 7, 201786634
February 2, 201894346
March 30, 2018101834
May 26, 2018108650
July 22, 2018123404
September 28, 2018131134
November 23, 2018136549
January 19, 2019142755
March 16, 2019149177
May 12, 2019158224
July 7, 2019164459
September 1, 2019169803
October 28, 2019174625
December 23, 2019179107
February 18, 2020182598
April 14, 2020188362
June 10, 2020193574
August 5, 2020198283
October 2, 2020203099
November 27, 2020206548
January 22, 2021209982
March 20, 2021213066
May 18, 2021216206
July 14, 2021219135
September 11, 2021222055
November 22, 2021224665
January 18, 2022227502
March 15, 2022230007
May 10, 2022232349
July 6, 2022234877
August 31, 2022237211
October 27, 2022239295
December 22, 2022240909
February 17, 2023242573
April 14, 2023244042
June 10, 2023245536
August 5, 2023246755
September 30, 2023248047
November 26, 2023249143
January 21, 2024250173
March 18, 2024251180
May 13, 2024252284
July 9, 2024253186
September 3, 2024254070
October 30, 2024254899
January 5, 2025255706
March 3, 2025256316
April 28, 2025257042
June 24, 2025257535
August 19, 2025257928
October 21, 2025258303
December 17, 2025258497
February 14, 2026258696
April 21, 2026258871
September 13, 2026259204
Star history for angular/angular
DateStars
September 30, 20145
November 29, 2014431
January 21, 2015845
March 15, 20151942
May 7, 20153165
June 29, 20154226
August 21, 20155321
October 13, 20156340
December 5, 20157714
January 28, 20169429
April 1, 201611468
May 24, 201613501
July 16, 201615470
September 7, 201617423
October 29, 201619805
December 21, 201621487
February 12, 201723171
April 6, 201725791
May 29, 201727737
July 21, 201729630
September 12, 201731587
November 4, 201733865
December 27, 201736009
February 18, 201838131
April 13, 201840187
June 5, 201842172
July 28, 201844460
September 19, 201846386
November 11, 201848282
January 3, 201949927
March 7, 201952216
April 29, 201954519
June 21, 201956564
August 13, 201958034
October 5, 201960572
November 27, 201963208
January 19, 202065460
March 12, 202068122
May 4, 202070431
June 26, 202072828
August 18, 202075966
October 11, 202077986
December 3, 202080153
January 25, 202182388
March 19, 202184217
May 14, 202185793
July 6, 202187358
August 30, 202189436
October 29, 202190514
December 21, 202191949
February 22, 202293850
April 16, 202295256
June 8, 202296764
July 31, 202298107
September 22, 202299476
November 14, 2022100580
January 6, 2023101783
February 28, 2023103035
April 22, 2023104347
June 14, 2023105633
August 6, 2023106969
September 28, 2023108294
November 20, 2023110402
January 12, 2024111864
March 5, 2024113148
April 27, 2024114061
June 18, 2024114878
August 10, 2024115687
October 2, 2024116514
November 24, 2024117248
January 27, 2025117992
March 21, 2025118830
May 13, 2025119464
July 5, 2025119992
August 28, 2025120347
October 25, 2025120737
December 17, 2025120963
February 9, 2026121148
April 9, 2026121343
September 15, 2026121434
Star history for sveltejs/svelte
DateStars
November 20, 20166
January 3, 20173671
February 15, 20174275
April 1, 20174611
May 15, 20174926
June 28, 20175137
August 12, 20175314
September 26, 20175558
November 9, 20175718
December 23, 20176028
February 13, 20186706
March 30, 20187046
May 14, 20187325
June 27, 20187639
August 9, 20188046
September 22, 20188382
November 4, 20188601
December 18, 20188944
January 30, 20199212
March 15, 20199675
April 27, 201912733
June 10, 201919242
July 23, 201922172
September 5, 201924020
October 18, 201926004
December 1, 201928189
January 13, 202030703
February 26, 202032367
April 9, 202034075
May 23, 202035755
July 14, 202037392
August 27, 202038637
October 10, 202039791
November 22, 202042219
January 5, 202143604
February 17, 202148083
April 2, 202149454
May 18, 202150782
July 1, 202153573
August 13, 202156493
September 28, 202157832
November 14, 202159214
December 28, 202161861
February 9, 202263523
March 25, 202264914
May 7, 202266041
June 20, 202267837
August 2, 202269542
September 15, 202270643
October 28, 202271601
December 19, 202272816
February 1, 202374144
March 16, 202375336
April 29, 202376377
June 11, 202377528
July 25, 202380832
September 6, 202381901
October 20, 202382941
December 2, 202384165
January 15, 202485262
February 27, 202486213
April 11, 202487193
May 24, 202488145
July 7, 202489034
August 19, 202489821
October 2, 202490711
November 14, 202492230
December 28, 202493153
February 9, 202593963
March 25, 202594849
May 16, 202595732
June 29, 202596274
August 11, 202596714
September 24, 202597112
November 11, 202597411
December 26, 202597658
February 7, 202697874
March 24, 202698068
May 14, 202698191
September 15, 202698328
Star history for preactjs/preact
DateStars
September 16, 20152
January 25, 2016168
March 11, 20162246
April 28, 20162486
June 16, 20162975
August 1, 20163446
September 16, 20163967
November 2, 20164727
December 18, 20166288
February 2, 20177536
March 30, 20178642
May 15, 20179595
July 1, 201711191
August 16, 201712257
October 1, 201716096
November 17, 201716953
January 2, 201817751
February 17, 201818587
April 5, 201819175
May 22, 201819728
July 7, 201820265
August 22, 201820791
October 8, 201821297
November 23, 201821811
January 8, 201922262
February 24, 201922726
April 11, 201923435
May 27, 201924012
July 13, 201924552
August 28, 201924972
October 23, 201925777
December 8, 201926334
January 23, 202026931
March 9, 202027364
April 25, 202027903
June 10, 202028355
July 27, 202028761
September 13, 202029164
October 29, 202029582
December 14, 202030153
January 30, 202130686
March 17, 202131094
May 2, 202131566
June 21, 202131923
August 6, 202132343
September 24, 202132692
November 18, 202133014
January 3, 202233340
February 18, 202233891
April 6, 202234250
June 1, 202234622
July 17, 202235174
September 2, 202235632
October 18, 202236133
December 3, 202236453
January 19, 202336741
March 6, 202337146
April 22, 202337435
June 8, 202337723
July 24, 202338014
September 8, 202338298
October 25, 202338547
December 10, 202338939
January 26, 202439230
March 13, 202439517
April 28, 202439751
June 13, 202439991
July 29, 202440248
September 14, 202440498
October 30, 202440777
December 25, 202441064
February 10, 202541286
March 28, 202541513
May 14, 202541718
July 1, 202541950
August 20, 202542070
October 18, 202542193
December 30, 202542269
March 6, 202642353
September 13, 202642414
Star history for solidjs/solid
DateStars
May 26, 20181
February 13, 201956
April 14, 2019449
May 23, 2019525
July 1, 2019598
August 6, 2019934
September 9, 20191063
October 13, 20191224
November 17, 20191322
December 23, 20191436
February 4, 20201637
March 15, 20201731
April 18, 20201859
May 21, 20202046
June 22, 20203417
July 24, 20203687
August 28, 20203893
September 30, 20204285
November 1, 20204439
December 3, 20204673
January 5, 20214915
February 6, 20215271
March 11, 20215480
April 12, 20215723
May 17, 20216015
June 18, 20216211
July 20, 20219831
August 21, 202110871
September 24, 202111608
November 2, 202111940
December 10, 202113062
January 11, 202213803
February 12, 202214395
March 16, 202216069
April 17, 202216848
May 19, 202218110
June 20, 202219514
July 22, 202220559
August 23, 202221626
September 24, 202222379
October 27, 202223134
November 28, 202223854
December 30, 202224496
January 31, 202325389
March 4, 202326404
April 5, 202327156
May 7, 202327714
June 8, 202328181
July 10, 202328572
August 11, 202328976
September 18, 202329335
October 20, 202329651
November 21, 202329986
December 23, 202330268
January 24, 202430850
February 25, 202431154
March 28, 202431505
April 29, 202431812
May 31, 202432175
July 2, 202432440
August 3, 202432682
September 4, 202432945
October 6, 202433213
November 7, 202433476
December 9, 202433678
January 10, 202533895
February 11, 202534118
March 15, 202534399
April 16, 202534579
May 18, 202534840
June 26, 202535027
July 31, 202535164
September 2, 202535284
October 4, 202535394
November 15, 202535495
December 18, 202535584
January 23, 202635684
March 5, 202635798
April 19, 202635872
September 14, 202635918

How each series was read

  • facebook/react

    Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 2026

  • vuejs/vue

    Historical star data · Covers through September 13, 2026

  • angular/angular

    Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 2026

  • sveltejs/svelte

    Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 2026

  • preactjs/preact

    Historical star data · Covers through September 13, 2026

  • solidjs/solid

    Historical star data · Covers through September 14, 2026

Ranking

6 repositories

Frontend frameworks ranked by current total GitHub stars
#RepositoryStars+90dFirst starHealth
1facebook/react250,446~3472013debt charts
2vuejs/vue212,804~2962013debt charts
3angular/angular101,006~332014debt charts
4sveltejs/svelte88,124~622016debt charts
5preactjs/preact38,868~102015debt charts
6solidjs/solid36,034~282018debt charts

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

Signalfacebook/reactvuejs/vueangular/angularsveltejs/sveltepreactjs/preactsolidjs/solid
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 250,446212,804101,00688,12438,86836,034
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +347+296+33+62+10+28
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Largest package audienceLargest resolved registry total; sources are shown explicitly.No resolved packageNo resolved packageNo resolved packageNo resolved packageNo resolved packageNo resolved package
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.13 years13 years12 years9.8 years11 years8.4 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalfacebook/reactvuejs/vueangular/angularsveltejs/sveltepreactjs/preactsolidjs/solid
Dominant languageLargest share of analyzed code lines at current HEAD.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

Maintenance

Commit volume and recent operating cadence

Signalfacebook/reactvuejs/vueangular/angularsveltejs/sveltepreactjs/preactsolidjs/solid
Repository commitsFull repository commit total reported by the analysis.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

Ownership

How broadly maintenance responsibility is distributed

Signalfacebook/reactvuejs/vueangular/angularsveltejs/sveltepreactjs/preactsolidjs/solid
Bus factorFewest analyzed contributors carrying at least half the commits.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

Change signals

Debt markers and fix pressure in frequently changed files

Signalfacebook/reactvuejs/vueangular/angularsveltejs/sveltepreactjs/preactsolidjs/solid
Fix-labelled share · frequently changed filesFix-labelled commits divided by commits across the analyzed high-frequency file set.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Recent TODO/FIXME movementLatest cumulative marker count and its change over the trailing 90 days.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

Head to head

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Frequently asked

Which of these frontend frameworks has the most GitHub stars?

facebook/react is the most-starred of the frontend frameworks gitdebt compares, with 250,446 GitHub stars as of Sep 2026. It earned its first star in 2013.

Which of these frontend frameworks is growing the fastest?

facebook/react added the most stars over the last 90 days of its cached history — about 347 new stars. 90-day figures are approximate for older repos, whose history is downsampled.

How is this comparison computed?

The table ranks public repository metadata by current total stars. Each curve is that repository's stored star series — read either from GitHub's stargazer list or rebuilt from historical star data — drawn on shared axes, with trailing 90-day growth estimated from it. The legend under the chart names each series' own source and coverage date. Repo-health charts come independently from each repository's commit history.

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