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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
39,530
Activity since
2015
Latest activity
Sep 2026

Public star activity

Last 30 days
+25
Last 90 days
+25
Actions / day
10
Public star actions
stars from August 10, 2015 to September 13, 2026, peaking at 41,622.42k STARS11 YR 1 MO42kSEP 2026AUG 2015

41,622 stars on September 13, 2026.

stars by date
Datestars
August 10, 20151
September 2, 2015147
September 12, 2015219
October 1, 2015396
October 21, 2015561
October 30, 2015628
November 19, 2015789
December 8, 2015951
December 18, 20151,051
January 8, 20161,232
January 27, 20161,411
February 6, 20161,485
February 25, 20161,616
March 16, 20161,780
March 25, 20161,887
April 14, 20162,033
May 3, 20162,187
May 13, 20162,272
June 2, 20162,437
June 21, 20162,566
July 1, 20162,659
July 20, 20162,819
August 9, 20162,954
August 18, 20163,018
September 7, 20163,194
September 26, 20163,372
October 6, 20163,441
October 26, 20163,603
November 14, 20163,782
November 24, 20163,865
December 13, 20164,027
January 2, 20174,153
January 11, 20174,235
January 31, 20174,402
February 19, 20174,590
March 1, 20174,692
March 21, 20174,898
April 9, 20175,090
April 19, 20175,212
May 8, 20175,362
May 29, 20175,535
June 7, 20175,604
June 27, 20175,752
July 16, 20175,953
July 26, 20176,046
August 15, 20176,225
September 3, 20176,378
September 13, 20176,462
October 2, 20176,625
October 22, 20176,780
October 31, 20176,857
November 20, 20177,053
December 9, 20177,243
December 19, 20177,345
January 8, 20187,501
January 27, 20187,676
February 6, 20187,778
February 25, 20187,948
March 17, 20188,178
March 26, 20188,265
April 17, 20188,453
May 6, 20188,602
May 26, 20188,773
June 5, 20188,865
June 24, 20189,044
July 14, 20189,214
July 23, 20189,303
August 12, 20189,469
August 31, 20189,634
September 10, 20189,724
September 29, 201810,028
October 19, 201810,188
October 29, 201810,289
November 17, 201810,482
December 7, 201810,663
December 16, 201810,729
January 5, 201910,913
January 24, 201911,072
February 3, 201911,159
February 22, 201911,332
March 14, 201911,578
March 24, 201911,709
April 12, 201911,991
May 2, 201912,293
May 11, 201912,370
May 31, 201912,560
June 19, 201912,742
June 29, 201912,879
July 18, 201913,240
August 7, 201913,441
August 17, 201913,607
September 5, 201913,783
September 25, 201913,948
October 4, 201914,053
October 24, 201914,467
November 12, 201914,689
November 22, 201914,827
December 11, 201915,074
December 31, 201915,248
January 10, 202015,326
January 29, 202015,511
February 18, 202015,702
February 27, 202015,795
March 18, 202015,977
April 6, 202016,194
April 16, 202016,357
May 5, 202016,599
May 25, 202016,891
June 4, 202017,049
June 23, 202017,315
July 13, 202017,553
July 22, 202017,649
August 11, 202017,866
August 31, 202018,324
September 10, 202018,418
September 29, 202019,473
October 19, 202019,875
October 29, 202019,987
November 17, 202020,317
December 7, 202021,272
December 16, 202021,372
January 5, 202121,714
January 24, 202121,910
February 3, 202122,034
February 23, 202122,579
March 14, 202123,398
March 24, 202123,496
April 12, 202123,670
May 2, 202124,010
May 14, 202124,074
June 3, 202124,696
June 22, 202124,960
July 2, 202125,050
July 22, 202125,259
August 10, 202125,688
August 20, 202125,771
September 10, 202126,016
September 30, 202126,183
October 10, 202126,225
November 4, 202126,324
November 23, 202126,523
December 3, 202126,594
December 23, 202126,842
January 11, 202227,145
January 21, 202227,246
February 9, 202227,403
March 1, 202227,740
March 10, 202227,821
March 30, 202227,999
April 18, 202228,148
April 28, 202228,238
May 18, 202228,902
June 6, 202229,097
June 16, 202229,214
July 5, 202229,420
July 25, 202229,707
August 3, 202229,821
August 23, 202230,034
September 11, 202230,299
September 21, 202230,381
October 11, 202230,842
October 30, 202231,088
November 9, 202231,163
November 28, 202231,305
December 18, 202231,449
December 27, 202231,501
January 16, 202331,691
February 4, 202331,821
February 14, 202331,901
March 6, 202332,091
March 25, 202332,262
April 4, 202332,334
April 23, 202332,491
May 13, 202332,663
May 22, 202332,738
June 11, 202332,889
June 30, 202333,225
July 10, 202333,336
July 31, 202333,519
August 19, 202333,730
September 8, 202333,920
September 17, 202334,032
October 7, 202334,241
October 26, 202334,473
November 5, 202334,640
November 24, 202334,849
December 14, 202335,011
December 24, 202335,092
January 12, 202435,280
February 1, 202435,458
February 10, 202435,511
March 1, 202435,658
March 20, 202435,953
March 30, 202436,054
April 18, 202436,553
May 8, 202436,718
May 18, 202436,802
June 6, 202437,074
June 26, 202437,272
July 5, 202437,342
July 25, 202437,508
August 13, 202437,758
August 23, 202437,865
September 11, 202438,064
October 1, 202438,348
October 11, 202438,416
October 30, 202438,583
November 19, 202438,718
November 28, 202438,850
December 18, 202439,013
January 6, 202539,138
January 16, 202539,328
February 5, 202539,438
February 25, 202539,586
March 7, 202539,646
March 26, 202539,790
April 15, 202539,988
April 24, 202540,038
May 14, 202540,174
June 2, 202540,267
June 12, 202540,299
July 1, 202540,358
July 21, 202540,492
July 31, 202540,532
August 21, 202540,628
September 10, 202540,896
September 19, 202540,960
October 9, 202541,028
November 4, 202541,091
November 16, 202541,135
December 8, 202541,192
December 31, 202541,247
January 10, 202641,394
January 30, 202641,464
February 20, 202641,500
March 2, 202641,518
March 26, 202641,556
April 23, 202641,587
May 9, 202641,597
September 13, 202641,622

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

Observed activity milestones: 100 around Sep 20151k around Dec 201510k around Sep 2018

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

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 google/googletest.

Notes on google/googletest

How many stars does google/googletest have?
GitHub currently reports 39,530 stars for google/googletest. 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 googletest?
gitdebt observed about 25 public star actions for google/googletest 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 googletest still active?
Public archive data shows about 25 star actions for google/googletest in the latest 30 days of coverage. For repository activity, use the commit heatmap, commit trend, and contributor charts on this page.
When was googletest created?
google/googletest was created on July 28, 2015. The first public star activity observed for google/googletest is from Aug 2015.

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