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k3s-io/k3s

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

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Current stars
33,960
Activity since
2018
Latest activity
Sep 2026

Public star activity

Last 30 days
+19
Last 90 days
+19
Actions / day
11
Public star actions
stars from September 22, 2018 to September 15, 2026, peaking at 32,437.32k STARS8 YR32kSEP 2026SEP 2018

32,437 stars on September 15, 2026.

stars by date
Datestars
September 22, 20183
October 6, 2018492
October 14, 2018505
November 22, 2018520
December 21, 2018566
December 29, 2018573
January 17, 2019608
February 3, 2019702
February 10, 2019855
February 23, 2019971
March 9, 20194,998
March 16, 20195,466
March 29, 20195,937
April 12, 20196,269
April 19, 20196,400
May 2, 20196,713
May 16, 20196,982
May 23, 20197,073
June 5, 20197,386
June 19, 20197,570
June 26, 20197,699
July 9, 20197,899
July 23, 20198,132
July 30, 20198,227
August 12, 20198,388
August 26, 20198,604
September 2, 20198,746
September 15, 20198,938
September 29, 20199,118
October 6, 20199,207
October 19, 20199,389
November 2, 20199,592
November 9, 20199,719
November 22, 201910,392
December 6, 201910,866
December 13, 201910,997
December 26, 201911,209
January 9, 202011,369
January 16, 202011,463
January 29, 202011,621
February 12, 202011,866
February 19, 202011,943
March 3, 202012,098
March 17, 202012,285
March 24, 202012,387
April 6, 202012,553
April 20, 202012,764
April 27, 202012,851
May 10, 202013,038
May 24, 202013,240
May 31, 202013,344
June 13, 202013,496
June 27, 202013,645
July 4, 202013,705
July 17, 202013,857
July 31, 202014,015
August 7, 202014,093
August 20, 202014,263
September 4, 202014,509
September 11, 202014,618
September 24, 202014,759
October 8, 202014,893
October 22, 202015,057
October 28, 202015,139
November 11, 202015,353
November 25, 202015,559
December 1, 202015,619
December 15, 202015,827
December 29, 202015,983
January 4, 202116,060
January 18, 202116,232
February 1, 202116,376
February 7, 202116,430
February 21, 202116,541
March 7, 202116,708
March 13, 202116,763
March 27, 202116,913
April 10, 202117,032
April 16, 202117,097
April 30, 202117,314
May 18, 202117,447
May 24, 202117,507
June 7, 202117,642
June 21, 202117,744
June 27, 202117,788
July 11, 202117,920
July 25, 202118,089
July 31, 202118,144
August 14, 202118,283
August 31, 202118,399
September 6, 202118,456
September 20, 202118,597
October 4, 202118,713
October 10, 202118,741
October 30, 202118,799
November 13, 202118,943
November 19, 202118,994
December 3, 202119,123
December 17, 202119,282
December 23, 202119,338
January 6, 202219,456
January 20, 202219,585
January 26, 202219,666
February 9, 202219,851
February 23, 202219,966
March 1, 202220,012
March 15, 202220,139
March 29, 202220,267
April 4, 202220,324
April 18, 202220,465
May 2, 202220,589
May 8, 202220,650
May 22, 202220,788
June 5, 202220,895
June 11, 202220,939
June 25, 202221,047
July 9, 202221,177
July 15, 202221,226
July 29, 202221,333
August 12, 202221,454
August 18, 202221,502
September 1, 202221,649
September 15, 202221,779
September 21, 202221,829
October 5, 202221,944
October 19, 202222,065
October 25, 202222,112
November 8, 202222,237
November 22, 202222,384
November 28, 202222,433
December 12, 202222,529
December 26, 202222,635
January 1, 202322,684
January 15, 202322,802
January 29, 202322,950
February 4, 202323,030
February 18, 202323,176
March 4, 202323,285
March 10, 202323,333
March 24, 202323,448
April 7, 202323,585
April 13, 202323,645
April 27, 202323,772
May 11, 202323,892
May 17, 202323,949
May 31, 202324,079
June 14, 202324,191
June 20, 202324,225
July 4, 202324,334
July 19, 202324,497
July 25, 202324,542
August 8, 202324,937
August 22, 202325,085
August 28, 202325,139
September 11, 202325,252
September 25, 202325,393
October 1, 202325,458
October 15, 202325,595
October 29, 202325,714
November 4, 202325,772
November 18, 202325,906
December 2, 202326,030
December 8, 202326,077
December 22, 202326,222
January 5, 202426,370
January 11, 202426,420
January 25, 202426,569
February 8, 202426,755
February 14, 202426,815
February 28, 202426,948
March 13, 202427,072
March 19, 202427,123
April 2, 202427,267
April 17, 202427,376
April 23, 202427,434
May 7, 202427,559
May 21, 202427,671
May 27, 202427,710
June 10, 202427,821
June 24, 202427,954
July 7, 202428,059
July 14, 202428,114
July 28, 202428,257
August 10, 202428,392
August 17, 202428,461
August 31, 202428,585
September 13, 202428,741
September 20, 202428,833
October 4, 202428,953
October 17, 202429,067
October 24, 202429,133
November 7, 202429,251
November 20, 202429,339
November 27, 202429,393
December 11, 202429,524
December 24, 202429,626
December 31, 202429,678
January 14, 202529,805
January 27, 202529,903
February 3, 202529,948
February 17, 202530,073
March 2, 202530,183
March 9, 202530,248
March 23, 202530,354
April 5, 202530,505
April 12, 202530,572
April 26, 202530,706
May 9, 202530,849
May 16, 202530,920
May 30, 202531,049
June 12, 202531,120
June 19, 202531,165
July 3, 202531,252
July 16, 202531,322
July 23, 202531,361
August 7, 202531,439
August 20, 202531,511
August 27, 202531,542
September 10, 202531,623
September 23, 202531,710
October 1, 202531,733
October 21, 202531,787
November 4, 202531,842
November 11, 202531,867
November 25, 202531,927
December 8, 202531,988
December 15, 202532,018
December 29, 202532,096
January 12, 202632,144
January 19, 202632,172
February 2, 202632,208
February 16, 202632,261
February 24, 202632,282
March 15, 202632,322
April 3, 202632,349
April 11, 202632,361
May 3, 202632,391
May 30, 202632,409
June 17, 202632,418
September 15, 202632,437

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

Observed activity milestones: 100 around Sep 20181k around Mar 201910k around Nov 2019

The commit history reads k3s-io/k3s 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 k3s-io/k3s
File change frequency
File change frequency for k3s-io/k3s
Bus factor
Bus factor for k3s-io/k3s
Maintenance pulse
Maintenance pulse for k3s-io/k3s
Contributors
Contributors for k3s-io/k3s
Language activity
Language activity for k3s-io/k3s
Commit activity
Commit activity for k3s-io/k3s
Recent TODO/FIXME movement
Recent TODO/FIXME movement for k3s-io/k3s

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 k3s-io/k3s.

Notes on k3s-io/k3s

How many stars does k3s-io/k3s have?
GitHub currently reports 33,960 stars for k3s-io/k3s. 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 k3s?
gitdebt observed about 19 public star actions for k3s-io/k3s over the latest 90 days of archive coverage (about 19 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 k3s still active?
Public archive data shows about 19 star actions for k3s-io/k3s in the latest 30 days of coverage. For repository activity, use the commit heatmap, commit trend, and contributor charts on this page.
When was k3s created?
k3s-io/k3s was created on May 31, 2018. The first public star activity observed for k3s-io/k3s is from Sep 2018.

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