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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
34,905
Activity since
2016
Latest activity
Sep 2026

Public star activity

Last 30 days
+44
Last 90 days
+54
Actions / day
8.9
Public star actions
stars from December 6, 2016 to September 15, 2026, peaking at 31,943.32k STARS9 YR 9 MO32kSEP 2026DEC 2016

31,943 stars on September 15, 2026.

stars by date
Datestars
December 6, 20162
January 22, 2017636
February 1, 2017662
February 19, 2017694
March 20, 2017726
April 3, 2017740
May 4, 2017767
June 11, 2017804
June 24, 2017829
July 18, 2017862
August 11, 2017921
August 20, 2017936
September 10, 2017968
September 27, 20171,013
October 5, 20171,036
October 23, 20171,082
November 10, 20171,147
November 18, 20171,168
December 5, 20171,401
December 22, 20171,478
December 31, 20171,523
January 17, 20181,622
February 3, 20181,894
February 11, 20181,981
February 28, 20182,149
March 17, 20182,332
March 25, 20182,385
April 12, 20182,522
April 29, 20182,773
May 7, 20182,868
May 24, 20183,068
June 10, 20183,231
June 18, 20183,277
July 7, 20183,387
July 24, 20183,461
August 1, 20183,566
August 18, 20183,649
September 3, 20183,754
September 12, 20184,619
September 29, 20184,850
October 15, 20184,982
October 24, 20185,045
November 10, 20185,148
November 26, 20185,264
December 5, 20185,313
December 21, 20185,400
January 8, 20195,539
January 17, 20195,606
February 2, 20195,726
February 19, 20195,865
February 28, 20196,000
March 16, 20196,135
April 2, 20196,267
April 10, 20196,309
April 27, 20196,473
May 14, 20196,615
May 22, 20196,672
June 8, 20196,838
June 25, 20196,925
July 3, 20196,979
July 20, 20197,067
August 6, 20197,242
August 23, 20197,381
August 31, 20197,485
September 17, 20197,567
October 4, 20197,669
October 12, 20197,717
October 29, 20197,864
November 15, 20197,975
November 23, 20198,036
December 10, 20198,147
December 26, 20198,234
January 4, 20208,299
January 21, 20208,412
February 6, 20208,546
February 15, 20208,615
March 3, 20208,698
March 19, 20208,794
March 28, 20208,895
April 13, 20208,996
April 30, 20209,147
May 9, 20209,217
May 25, 20209,333
June 11, 20209,442
June 20, 20209,489
July 6, 20209,578
July 23, 20209,690
July 31, 20209,737
August 17, 20209,836
September 5, 20209,927
September 13, 20209,964
September 30, 202010,104
October 17, 202010,341
October 25, 202010,396
November 11, 202010,502
November 28, 202010,628
December 6, 202010,688
December 23, 202010,804
January 9, 202110,962
January 17, 202111,050
February 3, 202111,169
February 20, 202111,293
February 28, 202111,349
March 17, 202111,477
April 3, 202111,616
April 11, 202111,680
April 28, 202111,830
May 18, 202111,981
May 26, 202112,057
June 12, 202112,201
June 29, 202112,327
July 7, 202112,385
July 24, 202112,515
August 9, 202112,622
August 18, 202112,688
September 7, 202112,833
September 23, 202112,947
October 2, 202113,009
October 20, 202113,076
November 13, 202113,237
November 22, 202113,345
December 8, 202113,560
December 25, 202113,760
January 3, 202213,837
January 19, 202214,092
February 5, 202214,281
February 14, 202214,350
March 2, 202214,618
March 19, 202214,821
March 27, 202214,909
April 13, 202215,141
April 30, 202215,343
May 8, 202215,438
May 25, 202215,612
June 11, 202215,784
June 19, 202215,848
July 6, 202216,014
July 23, 202216,180
July 31, 202216,266
August 17, 202216,572
September 3, 202216,774
September 11, 202216,867
September 28, 202217,032
October 15, 202217,232
October 23, 202217,308
November 9, 202217,497
November 26, 202217,671
December 4, 202217,731
December 21, 202217,916
January 7, 202318,310
January 15, 202318,405
February 1, 202318,605
February 18, 202318,819
February 26, 202318,894
March 15, 202319,090
March 31, 202319,262
April 9, 202319,358
April 26, 202319,553
May 12, 202319,722
May 21, 202319,806
June 7, 202319,972
June 23, 202320,111
July 2, 202320,303
July 18, 202320,458
August 4, 202320,649
August 13, 202320,727
August 29, 202320,906
September 15, 202321,068
September 24, 202321,140
October 10, 202321,262
October 27, 202321,415
November 5, 202321,510
November 21, 202321,693
December 8, 202321,865
December 16, 202321,941
January 2, 202422,121
January 19, 202422,304
January 27, 202422,398
February 13, 202422,593
March 1, 202422,803
March 18, 202423,005
March 26, 202423,110
April 12, 202423,316
April 29, 202423,503
May 7, 202423,593
May 24, 202423,831
June 10, 202424,060
June 18, 202424,158
July 5, 202424,375
July 21, 202424,546
July 30, 202424,777
August 16, 202425,145
September 1, 202425,377
September 10, 202425,489
September 27, 202425,720
October 13, 202425,947
October 22, 202426,076
November 7, 202426,313
November 24, 202426,536
December 3, 202426,646
December 19, 202426,893
January 5, 202527,561
January 14, 202527,680
January 30, 202528,033
February 16, 202528,234
February 25, 202528,353
March 13, 202528,638
March 30, 202528,858
April 7, 202528,958
April 24, 202529,165
May 11, 202529,376
May 19, 202529,491
June 5, 202529,629
June 22, 202529,744
July 1, 202529,801
July 18, 202529,943
August 4, 202530,089
August 12, 202530,145
August 29, 202530,323
September 15, 202530,460
September 23, 202530,528
October 16, 202530,662
November 2, 202530,758
November 10, 202530,836
November 27, 202530,954
December 14, 202531,044
December 22, 202531,097
January 8, 202631,252
January 25, 202631,375
February 2, 202631,434
February 19, 202631,543
March 7, 202631,629
March 16, 202631,666
April 2, 202631,733
April 19, 202631,799
April 28, 202631,816
May 18, 202631,858
June 8, 202631,889
July 3, 202631,899
September 15, 202631,943

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

Observed activity milestones: 100 around Jan 20171k around Sep 201710k around Sep 2020

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

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 kovidgoyal/kitty.

Notes on kovidgoyal/kitty

How many stars does kovidgoyal/kitty have?
GitHub currently reports 34,905 stars for kovidgoyal/kitty. 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 kitty?
gitdebt observed about 54 public star actions for kovidgoyal/kitty over the latest 90 days of archive coverage (about 44 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 kitty still active?
Public archive data shows about 44 star actions for kovidgoyal/kitty in the latest 30 days of coverage. For repository activity, use the commit heatmap, commit trend, and contributor charts on this page.
When was kitty created?
kovidgoyal/kitty was created on October 16, 2016. The first public star activity observed for kovidgoyal/kitty is from Dec 2016.

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