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helix-editor/helix

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

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Current stars
46,231
Activity since
2021
Latest activity
Sep 2026

Public star activity

Last 30 days
+36
Last 90 days
+53
Actions / day
22
Public star actions
stars from May 30, 2021 to September 15, 2026, peaking at 42,754.43k STARS5 YR 4 MO43kSEP 2026MAY 2021

42,754 stars on September 15, 2026.

stars by date
Datestars
May 30, 20216
June 8, 20212,286
June 12, 20212,461
June 22, 20212,691
July 1, 20212,822
July 5, 20212,848
July 15, 20212,918
July 24, 20212,980
July 28, 20213,048
August 8, 20213,103
August 17, 20213,275
August 21, 20213,335
September 2, 20213,442
September 11, 20213,492
September 15, 20213,505
September 25, 20213,556
October 4, 20213,580
October 9, 20213,596
October 30, 20213,631
November 8, 20213,915
November 12, 20214,026
November 22, 20214,117
December 1, 20214,394
December 5, 20214,439
December 15, 20214,671
December 24, 20214,878
December 28, 20214,912
January 7, 20225,029
January 16, 20225,116
January 20, 20225,360
January 30, 20225,501
February 9, 20225,560
February 14, 20225,590
February 23, 20225,673
March 4, 20225,777
March 9, 20225,837
March 18, 20225,881
March 27, 20225,964
April 1, 20226,391
April 10, 20227,619
April 19, 20228,148
April 24, 20228,386
May 3, 20228,636
May 12, 20228,818
May 17, 20228,887
May 26, 20228,973
June 4, 20229,533
June 9, 20229,768
June 18, 20229,993
June 27, 202210,132
July 2, 202210,227
July 11, 202210,468
July 20, 202210,661
July 25, 202210,752
August 3, 202210,939
August 12, 202211,141
August 17, 202211,229
August 26, 202211,404
September 4, 202212,124
September 9, 202212,469
September 18, 202212,743
September 27, 202213,029
October 6, 202213,637
October 11, 202214,494
October 20, 202215,184
October 29, 202215,507
November 3, 202215,661
November 12, 202216,240
November 21, 202216,460
November 26, 202216,575
December 5, 202216,757
December 14, 202217,175
December 19, 202217,315
December 28, 202217,512
January 6, 202317,760
January 11, 202317,974
January 20, 202318,401
January 29, 202318,641
February 3, 202318,782
February 12, 202318,988
February 21, 202319,286
February 26, 202319,434
March 7, 202319,684
March 16, 202320,001
March 21, 202320,138
March 30, 202320,316
April 8, 202321,082
April 13, 202321,233
April 22, 202321,474
May 1, 202321,690
May 6, 202321,826
May 15, 202322,015
May 25, 202322,425
May 29, 202322,514
June 7, 202322,693
June 17, 202323,202
June 21, 202323,273
June 30, 202323,470
July 10, 202323,687
July 14, 202323,751
July 23, 202323,923
August 2, 202324,116
August 6, 202324,224
August 15, 202324,428
August 25, 202324,672
August 29, 202324,739
September 7, 202324,902
September 17, 202325,140
September 21, 202325,228
September 30, 202325,405
October 10, 202325,580
October 14, 202325,648
October 23, 202325,800
November 2, 202326,332
November 6, 202326,437
November 15, 202326,658
November 25, 202326,948
November 29, 202327,054
December 8, 202327,207
December 18, 202327,414
December 22, 202327,495
January 1, 202427,716
January 10, 202427,908
January 14, 202427,985
January 24, 202428,254
February 2, 202428,573
February 6, 202428,677
February 16, 202428,910
February 25, 202429,190
February 29, 202429,292
March 10, 202429,494
March 19, 202429,703
March 23, 202429,776
April 2, 202430,328
April 11, 202430,588
April 15, 202430,669
April 25, 202430,930
May 4, 202431,091
May 8, 202431,158
May 18, 202431,300
May 27, 202431,504
May 31, 202431,602
June 10, 202431,818
June 19, 202431,981
June 23, 202432,051
July 3, 202432,230
July 12, 202432,443
July 16, 202432,711
July 26, 202432,990
August 4, 202433,169
August 9, 202433,275
August 18, 202433,462
August 27, 202433,647
September 1, 202433,717
September 10, 202433,947
September 19, 202434,216
September 24, 202434,296
October 3, 202434,502
October 12, 202434,677
October 17, 202434,775
October 26, 202434,918
November 4, 202435,055
November 9, 202435,138
November 18, 202435,310
November 27, 202435,466
December 2, 202435,538
December 11, 202435,682
December 20, 202435,894
December 25, 202435,991
January 3, 202536,175
January 12, 202536,483
January 17, 202536,685
January 26, 202536,971
February 4, 202537,176
February 9, 202537,307
February 18, 202537,541
February 27, 202537,723
March 4, 202537,788
March 13, 202537,963
March 22, 202538,194
March 31, 202538,342
April 5, 202538,454
April 14, 202538,597
April 23, 202538,742
April 28, 202538,816
May 7, 202538,966
May 16, 202539,278
May 21, 202539,359
May 30, 202539,477
June 8, 202539,577
June 13, 202539,617
June 22, 202539,701
July 1, 202539,817
July 6, 202539,892
July 15, 202540,028
July 24, 202540,268
July 29, 202540,342
August 7, 202540,477
August 16, 202540,595
August 21, 202540,682
August 30, 202540,783
September 8, 202540,864
September 13, 202540,906
September 22, 202540,991
October 1, 202541,056
October 6, 202541,110
October 19, 202541,174
October 28, 202541,259
November 2, 202541,368
November 11, 202541,517
November 21, 202541,614
November 25, 202541,650
December 4, 202541,727
December 14, 202541,796
December 18, 202541,828
December 27, 202541,935
January 6, 202642,009
January 10, 202642,031
January 19, 202642,104
January 29, 202642,170
February 2, 202642,190
February 11, 202642,250
February 21, 202642,325
February 25, 202642,352
March 6, 202642,395
March 16, 202642,457
March 20, 202642,475
March 30, 202642,517
April 9, 202642,568
April 13, 202642,580
April 22, 202642,601
May 3, 202642,624
May 8, 202642,635
May 19, 202642,663
May 31, 202642,678
June 8, 202642,689
June 26, 202642,706
August 7, 202642,718
September 2, 202642,722
September 15, 202642,754

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

Observed activity milestones: 100 around Jun 20211k around Jun 202110k around Jun 2022

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

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

Reading badge evidence for helix-editor/helix.

Notes on helix-editor/helix

How many stars does helix-editor/helix have?
GitHub currently reports 46,231 stars for helix-editor/helix. 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 helix?
gitdebt observed about 53 public star actions for helix-editor/helix over the latest 90 days of archive coverage (about 36 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 helix still active?
Public archive data shows about 36 star actions for helix-editor/helix in the latest 30 days of coverage. For repository activity, use the commit heatmap, commit trend, and contributor charts on this page.
When was helix created?
helix-editor/helix was created on June 1, 2020. The first public star activity observed for helix-editor/helix is from May 2021.

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