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Star momentum, maintenance concentration, contributor health, and codebase change — one report built from public repository data.

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Current stars
40,061
Activity since
2016
Latest activity
Sep 2026

Public star activity

Last 30 days
+8
Last 90 days
+8
Actions / day
11
Public star actions
stars from June 14, 2016 to September 12, 2026, peaking at 41,006.41k STARS10 YR 3 MO41kSEP 2026JUN 2016

41,006 stars on September 12, 2026.

stars by date
Datestars
June 14, 20161
January 22, 202013
February 5, 202021
February 20, 20203,182
March 2, 20203,962
March 8, 20204,036
March 19, 20204,260
March 30, 20204,329
April 4, 20204,402
April 16, 20205,211
April 27, 20205,507
May 2, 20205,591
May 13, 20207,800
May 24, 20208,522
May 30, 20209,228
June 10, 20209,575
June 21, 20209,896
June 27, 202010,360
July 8, 202010,694
July 19, 202011,074
July 24, 202011,193
August 4, 202011,488
August 15, 202011,742
August 21, 202011,837
September 2, 202011,969
September 13, 202012,145
September 19, 202012,292
September 30, 202013,160
October 11, 202014,586
October 16, 202014,902
October 27, 202015,274
November 7, 202015,778
November 13, 202015,905
November 24, 202016,229
December 5, 202016,584
December 11, 202016,753
December 22, 202016,964
January 2, 202117,235
January 7, 202117,349
January 18, 202117,950
January 29, 202118,686
February 4, 202119,082
February 15, 202119,717
February 26, 202121,225
March 4, 202121,578
March 15, 202122,367
March 26, 202122,950
March 31, 202123,136
April 11, 202123,544
April 22, 202123,954
April 28, 202124,207
May 12, 202124,536
May 23, 202124,868
May 29, 202125,009
June 9, 202125,268
June 20, 202125,514
June 25, 202125,634
July 6, 202125,890
July 18, 202126,228
July 23, 202126,382
August 3, 202126,612
August 14, 202126,837
August 27, 202127,084
September 2, 202127,203
September 13, 202127,416
September 24, 202127,722
September 29, 202127,855
October 12, 202128,013
October 24, 202128,186
November 1, 202128,246
November 12, 202128,465
November 23, 202128,741
November 29, 202128,847
December 10, 202129,063
December 21, 202129,368
December 27, 202129,473
January 7, 202229,737
January 18, 202229,985
January 23, 202230,085
February 3, 202230,297
February 14, 202230,484
February 20, 202230,685
March 3, 202230,868
March 14, 202231,019
March 20, 202231,109
March 31, 202231,284
April 11, 202231,455
April 16, 202231,512
April 27, 202231,654
May 8, 202231,807
May 14, 202231,896
May 25, 202232,015
June 5, 202232,138
June 11, 202232,207
June 22, 202232,302
July 3, 202232,449
July 8, 202232,518
July 19, 202232,658
July 30, 202232,811
August 5, 202232,884
August 16, 202233,021
August 27, 202233,149
September 2, 202233,240
September 13, 202233,364
September 24, 202233,556
September 29, 202233,626
October 10, 202233,740
October 22, 202233,891
October 27, 202233,954
November 7, 202234,095
November 18, 202234,185
November 24, 202234,227
December 5, 202234,333
December 16, 202234,424
December 21, 202234,467
January 1, 202334,545
January 13, 202334,628
January 18, 202334,707
January 29, 202334,808
February 9, 202334,932
February 15, 202334,995
February 26, 202335,116
March 9, 202335,228
March 14, 202335,283
March 26, 202335,399
April 6, 202335,491
April 11, 202335,533
April 22, 202335,622
May 3, 202335,692
May 9, 202335,733
May 20, 202335,812
May 31, 202335,899
June 5, 202335,920
June 17, 202336,021
June 28, 202336,090
July 3, 202336,128
July 14, 202336,213
July 25, 202336,283
July 31, 202336,323
August 11, 202336,408
August 22, 202336,468
August 28, 202336,503
September 8, 202336,572
September 19, 202336,693
September 24, 202336,726
October 5, 202336,806
October 16, 202336,880
October 22, 202336,922
November 2, 202336,989
November 13, 202337,058
November 19, 202337,091
November 30, 202337,165
December 11, 202337,226
December 16, 202337,252
December 27, 202337,308
January 7, 202437,371
January 13, 202437,438
January 24, 202437,513
February 4, 202437,596
February 10, 202437,628
February 21, 202437,688
March 3, 202437,737
March 8, 202437,800
March 19, 202437,885
March 30, 202438,023
April 5, 202438,065
April 16, 202438,139
April 27, 202438,202
May 3, 202438,244
May 14, 202438,314
May 25, 202438,376
May 30, 202438,411
June 10, 202438,479
June 23, 202438,534
June 28, 202438,570
July 9, 202438,659
July 20, 202438,727
July 26, 202438,761
August 6, 202438,858
August 17, 202438,918
August 28, 202438,970
September 2, 202438,993
September 14, 202439,087
September 25, 202439,144
September 30, 202439,172
October 11, 202439,240
October 22, 202439,304
October 28, 202439,333
November 8, 202439,385
November 19, 202439,421
November 25, 202439,455
December 6, 202439,528
December 17, 202439,578
December 22, 202439,595
January 2, 202539,667
January 13, 202539,710
January 19, 202539,744
January 30, 202539,799
February 11, 202539,862
February 17, 202539,895
February 28, 202539,959
March 11, 202540,020
March 16, 202540,058
March 28, 202540,117
April 8, 202540,167
April 14, 202540,189
April 25, 202540,253
May 7, 202540,303
May 13, 202540,325
May 24, 202540,357
June 4, 202540,378
June 9, 202540,391
June 22, 202540,423
July 5, 202540,466
July 11, 202540,482
July 23, 202540,515
August 4, 202540,544
August 10, 202540,559
August 21, 202540,587
September 2, 202540,611
September 9, 202540,625
September 20, 202540,652
October 8, 202540,671
October 22, 202540,684
November 5, 202540,712
November 17, 202540,738
November 23, 202540,750
December 7, 202540,774
December 20, 202540,793
December 26, 202540,807
January 7, 202640,832
January 22, 202640,857
January 29, 202640,872
February 12, 202640,891
February 27, 202640,924
March 7, 202640,939
March 22, 202640,969
April 16, 202640,985
May 10, 202640,991
September 12, 202641,006

The last 90 days run behind its lifetime average, which is ordinary for a mature project.

Observed activity milestones: 100 around Feb 20201k around Feb 202010k around Jun 2020

The commit history reads evanw/esbuild a second time

methodology

Fix-labelled changes, file change frequency, ownership concentration and maintenance cadence, each computed from this repository's analyzed commit window. None of them is derived from stars, which is why they are allowed to disagree with the curve above.

Fix-labelled changes
Fix-labelled changes for evanw/esbuild
File change frequency
File change frequency for evanw/esbuild
Bus factor
Bus factor for evanw/esbuild
Maintenance pulse
Maintenance pulse for evanw/esbuild
Contributors
Contributors for evanw/esbuild
Language activity
Language activity for evanw/esbuild
Commit activity
Commit activity for evanw/esbuild
Recent TODO/FIXME movement
Recent TODO/FIXME movement for evanw/esbuild

Attention is not adoption.

Stars against usage

No published package was detected for this repository, so there is nothing to lay over star growth.

Earned badges

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Notes on evanw/esbuild

How many stars does evanw/esbuild have?
GitHub currently reports 40,061 stars for evanw/esbuild. The chart itself is rebuilt from historical star data, which records star actions and not unstars, so it reads as an attention signal rather than a net star count.
What does recent star activity look like for esbuild?
gitdebt observed about 8 public star actions for evanw/esbuild over the latest 90 days of archive coverage (about 8 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 esbuild still active?
Public archive data shows about 8 star actions for evanw/esbuild in the latest 30 days of coverage. For repository activity, use the commit heatmap, commit trend, and contributor charts on this page.
When was esbuild created?
evanw/esbuild was created on June 14, 2016. The first public star activity observed for evanw/esbuild is from Jun 2016.

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