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React meta-frameworks: star history compared

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vercel/next.js

Picking React is the easy part; picking how to ship it is where teams argue. Next.js has pulled far ahead on stars, but the shape of each curve matters more than the totals: Gatsby's plateau marks the end of the static-site-only era, React Router's steady line reflects a decade as the default routing layer, and Expo's climb tracks React Native going mainstream. Compare the trajectories before you commit a codebase to one.

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

React meta-frameworks — star history
152k STARS12 YR 4 MOvercel/next.js152kremix-run/react-router63kgatsbyjs/gatsby64kexpo/expo46kredwoodjs/redwood19k

vercel/next.js: 151,730 stars on September 15, 2026. remix-run/react-router: 62,776 stars on September 15, 2026. gatsbyjs/gatsby: 63,595 stars on September 5, 2026. expo/expo: 45,890 stars on September 15, 2026. redwoodjs/redwood: 19,468 stars on May 23, 2026.

Star history for vercel/next.js
DateStars
October 25, 20161234
December 8, 20167134
January 21, 20178544
March 6, 20179603
April 19, 201712659
June 3, 201714466
July 17, 201715917
August 30, 201717401
October 13, 201718756
November 26, 201720306
January 18, 201822495
March 4, 201824157
April 18, 201825595
June 1, 201827031
July 15, 201828395
August 29, 201829692
October 12, 201831436
November 25, 201832914
January 8, 201934316
February 21, 201936086
April 7, 201937592
May 21, 201938958
July 4, 201940193
August 17, 201941868
September 30, 201943102
November 14, 201944436
December 28, 201945694
February 10, 202047231
March 25, 202048775
May 8, 202050683
July 1, 202053326
August 14, 202055344
September 28, 202057261
November 11, 202060758
December 25, 202063241
February 8, 202167149
March 24, 202169977
May 7, 202172075
June 23, 202176077
August 6, 202178283
September 23, 202180729
November 9, 202182453
December 23, 202185173
February 5, 202287913
March 21, 202290708
May 5, 202293932
June 18, 202296093
August 1, 202298477
September 14, 2022100968
October 29, 2022103827
December 21, 2022106852
February 3, 2023109442
March 19, 2023112059
May 2, 2023114992
June 15, 2023117650
July 30, 2023119785
September 12, 2023121862
October 26, 2023124426
December 9, 2023126587
January 22, 2024128469
March 7, 2024130658
April 20, 2024132560
June 3, 2024134279
July 17, 2024135970
August 31, 2024137530
October 14, 2024139171
November 27, 2024141448
January 10, 2025142858
February 23, 2025144360
April 9, 2025145906
June 1, 2025147382
July 15, 2025148275
August 28, 2025149059
October 16, 2025149727
November 29, 2025150184
January 13, 2026150764
February 26, 2026151148
April 11, 2026151442
May 30, 2026151587
September 15, 2026151730
Star history for remix-run/react-router
DateStars
May 17, 20142
July 19, 2014410
September 12, 2014825
November 4, 20141267
December 28, 20141845
February 20, 20152902
April 14, 20153893
June 7, 20154829
July 31, 20155797
September 22, 20156978
November 26, 20159029
January 19, 201610521
March 13, 201611918
May 6, 201613385
June 28, 201614714
August 21, 201616012
October 14, 201617764
December 6, 201619142
January 29, 201720392
March 24, 201722272
May 16, 201723761
July 9, 201725111
September 1, 201726523
October 24, 201727736
December 17, 201729070
February 9, 201830492
April 3, 201831705
May 28, 201832846
July 21, 201833965
September 12, 201834902
November 16, 201835989
January 8, 201936753
March 3, 201937646
April 26, 201938715
June 18, 201939536
August 11, 201940311
October 4, 201941030
November 26, 201941716
January 19, 202042270
March 13, 202043184
May 5, 202043953
June 28, 202044736
August 21, 202045380
October 14, 202045850
December 7, 202046303
January 30, 202146971
March 25, 202147389
May 21, 202147790
July 14, 202148221
September 8, 202148686
November 18, 202149502
January 10, 202250490
March 5, 202251212
April 28, 202251836
June 20, 202252432
August 13, 202252959
October 6, 202253645
November 28, 202254327
January 21, 202354887
March 16, 202355412
May 8, 202355879
July 1, 202356288
August 24, 202356683
October 16, 202356985
December 9, 202357321
February 1, 202457704
March 26, 202458015
May 19, 202458417
July 12, 202458970
September 3, 202459329
November 7, 202459820
December 30, 202460416
February 22, 202560993
April 17, 202561523
June 9, 202561959
August 3, 202562192
September 27, 202562392
November 29, 202562577
February 1, 202662689
September 15, 202662776
Star history for gatsbyjs/gatsby
DateStars
May 22, 20151
September 21, 2015160
November 9, 20151779
December 27, 20151992
February 15, 20162192
April 2, 20162617
May 18, 20162887
July 5, 20163166
August 21, 20164721
October 6, 20165336
December 1, 20166761
January 17, 20177444
March 4, 20178468
April 20, 20179280
June 6, 201710171
July 22, 201712514
September 7, 201713593
October 24, 201715142
December 9, 201716507
January 25, 201819023
March 12, 201820672
April 29, 201822266
June 15, 201823517
July 31, 201825007
September 16, 201826538
November 2, 201828277
December 18, 201829865
February 3, 201931829
March 21, 201933859
May 7, 201935576
July 2, 201937363
August 18, 201938810
October 3, 201940327
November 19, 201941930
January 5, 202043113
February 20, 202044524
April 7, 202045737
May 23, 202047161
July 9, 202048414
August 26, 202049552
October 11, 202050561
November 27, 202051357
January 13, 202152184
February 28, 202152942
April 16, 202153669
June 5, 202154409
July 22, 202154987
September 10, 202155490
November 3, 202155854
December 20, 202156333
February 14, 202256980
April 2, 202257412
May 18, 202257823
July 4, 202258253
August 19, 202258587
October 5, 202258923
November 21, 202259234
January 6, 202359490
February 22, 202359805
April 10, 202360087
May 26, 202360359
July 12, 202360593
August 27, 202360816
October 14, 202360976
November 30, 202361127
January 15, 202461308
March 3, 202461470
April 20, 202461628
June 6, 202461822
July 23, 202462000
September 18, 202462175
November 3, 202462367
December 25, 202462501
February 10, 202562974
April 1, 202563157
May 20, 202563298
July 20, 202563385
September 22, 202563466
January 7, 202663530
September 5, 202663595
Star history for expo/expo
DateStars
August 18, 201632
October 4, 2016320
November 24, 2016455
January 13, 2017583
March 1, 2017677
April 17, 2017916
June 2, 20171159
July 19, 20171423
September 1, 20171622
October 15, 20171815
December 8, 20172150
January 22, 20182527
March 9, 20182910
April 23, 20183218
June 6, 20183461
July 21, 20183751
September 3, 20183965
October 19, 20184265
December 2, 20184636
January 16, 20194995
March 1, 20195386
April 15, 20195878
May 29, 20196309
July 12, 20196857
August 26, 20197241
October 9, 20197654
November 23, 20198127
January 6, 20208529
February 20, 20209054
April 4, 20209536
May 27, 202010233
July 11, 202010823
August 25, 202011829
October 9, 202012559
November 22, 202012925
January 6, 202113270
February 19, 202113717
April 5, 202114081
May 23, 202114490
July 6, 202114836
August 20, 202115434
October 7, 202116006
November 29, 202116264
January 12, 202216591
February 25, 202216941
April 12, 202217229
May 26, 202217536
July 10, 202217828
August 23, 202218252
October 7, 202218761
November 29, 202219318
January 12, 202319766
February 26, 202320361
April 11, 202321039
May 26, 202321701
July 9, 202322717
August 23, 202323979
October 6, 202324780
November 19, 202325695
January 3, 202426580
February 16, 202428300
April 1, 202429790
May 15, 202430772
June 29, 202432143
August 12, 202433281
September 26, 202434512
November 9, 202435744
December 23, 202437149
February 6, 202538560
March 22, 202539938
May 15, 202541654
June 28, 202542469
August 11, 202543116
September 25, 202543907
November 12, 202544369
December 27, 202544811
February 9, 202645313
March 27, 202645599
May 15, 202645783
September 15, 202645890
Star history for redwoodjs/redwood
DateStars
June 9, 20196
August 9, 2019283
October 8, 2019321
December 29, 2019390
January 27, 2020785
March 2, 2020899
March 29, 20202976
April 24, 20203329
May 20, 20203724
June 15, 20204071
July 17, 20204360
August 12, 20204529
September 7, 20204656
October 3, 20204832
October 29, 20205008
November 24, 20205359
December 19, 20205870
January 14, 20216474
February 9, 20216930
March 6, 20217330
April 1, 20217604
April 27, 20217935
May 26, 20218252
June 20, 20218594
July 16, 20218967
August 11, 20219224
September 9, 20219492
October 4, 20219997
November 4, 202110177
November 30, 202110572
December 31, 202110979
January 25, 202211324
February 20, 202211626
March 18, 202211893
April 13, 202212732
May 8, 202213291
June 3, 202213768
June 29, 202214715
July 24, 202215010
August 19, 202215363
September 14, 202215560
October 10, 202215752
November 4, 202215914
November 30, 202216039
December 26, 202216350
January 20, 202316508
February 15, 202316645
March 13, 202316765
April 8, 202316878
May 4, 202316964
June 5, 202317080
July 1, 202317199
July 28, 202317293
August 22, 202317403
September 19, 202317497
October 15, 202317622
November 10, 202317693
December 6, 202317777
January 2, 202417872
January 29, 202417941
February 26, 202418020
March 23, 202418106
April 19, 202418201
May 18, 202418283
June 12, 202418393
July 11, 202418489
August 10, 202418560
September 7, 202418684
October 2, 202418806
October 28, 202418928
November 29, 202419003
December 28, 202419075
January 26, 202519141
February 22, 202519212
March 23, 202519280
April 22, 202519331
May 24, 202519368
July 18, 202519407
September 13, 202519441
May 23, 202619468

How each series was read

  • vercel/next.js

    Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 2026

  • remix-run/react-router

    Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 2026

  • gatsbyjs/gatsby

    Historical star data · Covers through September 5, 2026

  • expo/expo

    Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 2026

  • redwoodjs/redwood

    Historical star data · Covers through May 23, 2026

Ranking

5 repositories

React meta-frameworks ranked by current total GitHub stars
#RepositoryStars+90dFirst starHealth
1vercel/next.js142,315~1272016debt charts
2remix-run/react-router56,573~142014debt charts
3gatsbyjs/gatsby55,940~142015debt charts
4expo/expo52,239~752016debt charts
5redwoodjs/redwood17,600~62019debt 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

Signalvercel/next.jsremix-run/react-routergatsbyjs/gatsbyexpo/exporedwoodjs/redwood
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 142,31556,57355,94052,23917,600
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +127+14+14+75+6
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Not 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 package
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.9.9 years12 years11 years10 years7.3 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalvercel/next.jsremix-run/react-routergatsbyjs/gatsbyexpo/exporedwoodjs/redwood
Dominant languageLargest share of analyzed code lines at current HEAD.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

Maintenance

Commit volume and recent operating cadence

Signalvercel/next.jsremix-run/react-routergatsbyjs/gatsbyexpo/exporedwoodjs/redwood
Repository commitsFull repository commit total reported by the analysis.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

Ownership

How broadly maintenance responsibility is distributed

Signalvercel/next.jsremix-run/react-routergatsbyjs/gatsbyexpo/exporedwoodjs/redwood
Bus factorFewest analyzed contributors carrying at least half the commits.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

Change signals

Debt markers and fix pressure in frequently changed files

Signalvercel/next.jsremix-run/react-routergatsbyjs/gatsbyexpo/exporedwoodjs/redwood
Fix-labelled share · frequently changed filesFix-labelled commits divided by commits across the analyzed high-frequency file set.Not 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 available

Head to head

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Frequently asked

Which of these react meta-frameworks has the most GitHub stars?

vercel/next.js is the most-starred of the react meta-frameworks gitdebt compares, with 142,315 GitHub stars as of Sep 2026. It earned its first star in 2016.

Which of these react meta-frameworks is growing the fastest?

vercel/next.js added the most stars over the last 90 days of its cached history — about 127 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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