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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
13,700
Activity since
2013
Latest activity
Sep 2026

Public star activity

Last 30 days
+11
Last 90 days
+11
Actions / day
3.0
Public star actions
stars from May 17, 2013 to September 15, 2026, peaking at 14,405.14k STARS13 YR 4 MO14kSEP 2026MAY 2013

14,405 stars on September 15, 2026.

stars by date
Datestars
May 17, 20134
June 10, 2013301
June 20, 2013373
July 18, 2013428
August 13, 2013466
August 30, 2013487
October 9, 2013545
November 14, 2013580
December 5, 2013600
January 10, 2014793
February 1, 2014886
February 12, 2014937
March 9, 2014988
April 2, 20141,661
April 12, 20141,733
May 4, 20141,836
May 25, 20141,897
June 6, 20141,925
July 1, 20141,964
July 31, 20142,009
August 13, 20142,037
September 8, 20142,094
October 12, 20142,138
October 27, 20142,155
November 23, 20142,212
December 18, 20142,265
December 30, 20142,281
January 25, 20152,318
February 21, 20152,364
March 5, 20152,382
March 30, 20152,540
April 21, 20152,666
May 2, 20152,694
May 23, 20152,768
June 14, 20152,825
June 24, 20152,859
July 16, 20152,926
August 7, 20152,998
August 17, 20153,055
September 8, 20153,156
September 29, 20153,287
October 10, 20153,338
October 30, 20153,451
November 20, 20153,526
December 1, 20153,573
December 22, 20153,672
January 13, 20163,767
January 23, 20163,827
February 13, 20163,894
March 4, 20163,979
March 15, 20164,020
April 5, 20164,143
April 26, 20164,235
May 8, 20164,273
May 28, 20164,370
June 17, 20164,458
June 27, 20164,493
July 18, 20164,580
August 7, 20164,661
August 17, 20164,699
September 7, 20164,787
September 28, 20164,888
October 20, 20164,958
October 30, 20164,995
November 19, 20165,080
December 10, 20165,184
December 22, 20165,224
January 13, 20175,294
February 3, 20175,400
February 13, 20175,441
March 7, 20175,516
March 27, 20175,614
April 7, 20175,648
April 28, 20175,753
May 20, 20175,843
May 30, 20175,882
June 19, 20175,952
July 10, 20176,044
July 21, 20176,081
August 11, 20176,148
September 1, 20176,223
September 13, 20176,270
October 4, 20176,336
October 28, 20176,397
November 7, 20176,434
November 27, 20176,501
December 20, 20176,572
December 31, 20176,615
January 21, 20186,702
February 11, 20186,783
February 22, 20186,816
March 14, 20186,893
April 6, 20186,986
April 16, 20187,045
May 7, 20187,117
May 27, 20187,225
June 8, 20187,262
June 29, 20187,333
July 20, 20187,406
July 31, 20187,432
August 22, 20187,503
September 11, 20187,601
September 21, 20187,653
October 11, 20187,712
November 1, 20187,783
November 12, 20187,823
December 2, 20187,896
December 26, 20187,957
January 5, 20197,979
January 29, 20198,048
February 21, 20198,123
March 3, 20198,161
March 23, 20198,286
April 13, 20198,373
April 24, 20198,403
May 16, 20198,468
June 8, 20198,528
June 19, 20198,555
July 11, 20198,613
July 31, 20198,676
August 10, 20198,706
August 30, 20198,772
September 23, 20198,837
October 3, 20198,865
October 25, 20198,935
November 14, 20199,002
November 26, 20199,025
December 19, 20199,091
January 10, 20209,146
January 20, 20209,207
February 9, 20209,274
March 1, 20209,357
March 12, 20209,388
April 1, 20209,475
April 22, 20209,572
May 3, 20209,613
May 24, 20209,701
June 14, 20209,795
June 25, 20209,826
July 17, 20209,891
August 7, 20209,968
August 18, 202010,025
September 10, 202010,098
October 1, 202010,147
October 12, 202010,189
November 5, 202010,234
November 27, 202010,285
December 7, 202010,333
December 31, 202010,393
January 22, 202110,444
February 1, 202110,484
February 22, 202110,536
March 16, 202110,591
March 28, 202110,632
April 17, 202110,701
May 9, 202110,771
May 23, 202110,794
June 13, 202110,847
July 7, 202110,896
July 18, 202110,918
August 9, 202110,965
September 3, 202111,021
September 15, 202111,063
October 9, 202111,128
November 10, 202111,177
November 21, 202111,201
December 14, 202111,268
January 5, 202211,328
January 18, 202211,358
February 7, 202211,408
March 1, 202211,470
March 11, 202211,500
April 2, 202211,556
April 24, 202211,611
May 5, 202211,635
May 31, 202211,682
June 22, 202211,748
July 2, 202211,787
July 24, 202211,858
August 21, 202211,911
September 15, 202211,959
September 29, 202211,979
October 22, 202212,070
November 16, 202212,143
November 26, 202212,169
December 19, 202212,222
January 11, 202312,277
January 25, 202312,317
February 15, 202312,370
March 11, 202312,423
March 21, 202312,450
April 11, 202312,520
May 6, 202312,568
May 17, 202312,593
June 9, 202312,630
June 30, 202312,681
July 12, 202312,701
August 3, 202312,743
August 30, 202312,795
September 14, 202312,821
October 12, 202312,878
November 3, 202312,923
November 15, 202312,938
December 7, 202312,978
December 30, 202313,016
January 10, 202413,034
February 3, 202413,089
February 24, 202413,137
March 7, 202413,165
April 1, 202413,205
April 22, 202413,259
May 3, 202413,284
May 28, 202413,338
June 19, 202413,382
June 29, 202413,405
July 26, 202413,484
August 21, 202413,555
September 3, 202413,593
September 30, 202413,649
October 22, 202413,731
November 1, 202413,758
November 22, 202413,809
December 17, 202413,870
December 28, 202413,888
January 22, 202513,935
February 16, 202513,979
February 26, 202514,000
March 23, 202514,047
April 20, 202514,089
May 4, 202514,107
June 2, 202514,155
July 7, 202514,186
July 20, 202514,204
August 12, 202514,262
October 3, 202514,294
October 30, 202514,310
December 12, 202514,346
January 26, 202614,371
February 21, 202614,383
September 15, 202614,405

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

Observed activity milestones: 100 around May 20131k around Mar 201410k around Aug 2020

The commit history reads facebook/watchman 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 facebook/watchman
File change frequency
File change frequency for facebook/watchman
Bus factor
Bus factor for facebook/watchman
Maintenance pulse
Maintenance pulse for facebook/watchman
Contributors
Contributors for facebook/watchman
Language activity
Language activity for facebook/watchman
Commit activity
Commit activity for facebook/watchman
Recent TODO/FIXME movement
Recent TODO/FIXME movement for facebook/watchman

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

badge studio

Maintenance, ownership and star-momentum signals, computed from the same commit and star history and embeddable as static images.

Reading badge evidence for facebook/watchman.

Notes on facebook/watchman

How many stars does facebook/watchman have?
GitHub currently reports 13,700 stars for facebook/watchman. 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 watchman?
gitdebt observed about 11 public star actions for facebook/watchman over the latest 90 days of archive coverage (about 11 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 watchman still active?
Public archive data shows about 11 star actions for facebook/watchman in the latest 30 days of coverage. For repository activity, use the commit heatmap, commit trend, and contributor charts on this page.
When was watchman created?
facebook/watchman was created on November 29, 2012. The first public star activity observed for facebook/watchman is from May 2013.

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