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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
33,692
Activity since
2016
Latest activity
Sep 2026

Public star activity

Last 30 days
+27
Last 90 days
+27
Actions / day
8.1
Public star actions
stars from April 6, 2016 to September 15, 2026, peaking at 30,786.31k STARS10 YR 5 MO31kSEP 2026APR 2016

30,786 stars on September 15, 2026.

stars by date
Datestars
April 6, 20166
April 24, 2016570
May 3, 2016673
May 21, 2016830
June 9, 2016944
June 18, 20161,002
July 6, 20161,106
July 24, 20161,498
August 3, 20161,674
August 21, 20162,169
September 8, 20162,407
September 17, 20162,487
October 6, 20162,706
October 24, 20162,868
November 2, 20162,967
November 21, 20163,147
December 9, 20163,277
December 18, 20163,335
January 5, 20173,458
January 24, 20173,595
February 2, 20173,645
February 20, 20173,765
March 10, 20173,934
March 20, 20174,012
April 7, 20174,188
April 25, 20174,430
May 4, 20174,556
May 23, 20174,762
June 10, 20174,918
June 19, 20174,978
July 8, 20175,111
July 26, 20175,244
August 4, 20175,319
August 22, 20175,441
September 10, 20175,557
September 19, 20175,626
October 7, 20175,731
October 25, 20175,885
November 4, 20175,938
November 22, 20176,044
December 10, 20176,151
December 19, 20176,202
January 7, 20186,288
January 25, 20186,385
February 3, 20186,430
February 23, 20186,504
March 13, 20186,612
March 22, 20186,665
April 11, 20186,757
April 30, 20186,858
May 9, 20186,894
May 27, 20187,003
June 14, 20187,110
June 24, 20187,155
July 14, 20187,237
August 1, 20187,321
August 10, 20187,356
August 29, 20187,436
September 16, 20187,498
September 25, 20187,531
October 14, 20187,616
November 3, 20187,685
November 21, 20187,777
December 2, 20187,811
December 21, 20187,884
January 8, 20197,960
January 18, 20197,991
February 5, 20198,046
February 24, 20198,135
March 5, 20198,170
March 23, 20198,244
April 11, 20198,339
April 20, 20198,377
May 8, 20198,503
May 26, 20198,636
June 5, 20198,674
June 23, 20198,816
July 11, 20198,927
July 20, 20198,958
August 9, 20199,065
August 28, 20199,134
September 8, 20199,169
September 26, 20199,242
October 16, 20199,335
October 25, 20199,367
November 12, 20199,445
December 2, 20199,546
December 11, 20199,585
December 30, 20199,668
January 17, 20209,748
January 28, 20209,789
February 15, 20209,891
March 4, 20209,967
March 13, 202010,026
April 1, 202010,157
April 19, 202010,286
April 28, 202010,343
May 16, 202010,478
June 4, 202010,685
June 13, 202010,764
July 1, 202010,918
July 20, 202011,035
July 29, 202011,098
August 16, 202011,216
September 4, 202011,350
September 14, 202011,427
October 2, 202011,559
October 20, 202011,692
October 29, 202011,746
November 17, 202011,861
December 5, 202011,971
December 14, 202012,025
January 1, 202112,138
January 20, 202112,250
January 29, 202112,295
February 16, 202112,403
March 7, 202112,535
March 16, 202112,572
April 3, 202112,660
April 21, 202112,751
May 1, 202112,839
May 22, 202112,940
June 9, 202113,039
June 18, 202113,086
July 8, 202113,185
July 27, 202113,274
August 6, 202113,330
August 28, 202113,416
September 15, 202113,510
September 24, 202113,556
October 15, 202113,620
November 9, 202113,709
November 18, 202113,805
December 6, 202113,889
December 24, 202113,985
January 3, 202214,029
January 22, 202214,144
February 9, 202214,230
February 18, 202214,274
March 9, 202214,360
March 28, 202214,461
April 6, 202214,507
April 25, 202214,613
May 13, 202214,691
May 22, 202214,721
June 10, 202214,783
June 29, 202214,856
July 10, 202214,900
July 29, 202214,979
August 16, 202215,103
August 26, 202215,151
September 13, 202215,217
October 1, 202215,450
October 10, 202215,514
October 29, 202215,640
November 16, 202215,804
November 25, 202216,064
December 14, 202216,193
January 1, 202316,304
January 10, 202316,342
January 28, 202316,431
February 16, 202316,576
February 25, 202316,634
March 15, 202316,754
April 2, 202316,864
April 12, 202316,930
April 30, 202317,055
May 18, 202317,156
May 27, 202317,191
June 15, 202317,277
July 3, 202317,362
July 12, 202317,396
August 2, 202317,460
August 21, 202317,523
August 31, 202317,544
September 22, 202317,751
October 11, 202317,885
October 20, 202317,931
November 7, 202318,016
November 25, 202318,119
December 14, 202318,209
December 23, 202318,255
January 10, 202418,327
January 29, 202418,403
February 7, 202418,448
February 26, 202418,519
March 15, 202418,598
March 26, 202418,674
April 13, 202418,753
May 2, 202418,822
May 11, 202418,863
May 30, 202418,951
June 17, 202419,038
June 26, 202419,073
July 15, 202419,147
August 3, 202419,285
August 12, 202419,335
August 31, 202419,424
September 20, 202419,505
September 29, 202419,544
October 17, 202419,622
November 5, 202419,704
November 15, 202419,748
December 3, 202419,850
December 21, 202419,942
December 30, 202419,982
January 18, 202520,052
February 5, 202520,125
February 14, 202520,188
March 5, 202520,301
March 24, 202520,418
April 2, 202520,465
April 21, 202520,557
May 11, 202520,650
May 20, 202524,704
June 7, 202528,813
June 25, 202529,270
July 5, 202529,384
July 23, 202529,535
August 10, 202529,662
August 19, 202529,732
September 7, 202529,831
September 25, 202529,947
October 4, 202529,982
October 26, 202530,057
November 14, 202530,136
November 23, 202530,170
December 11, 202530,233
December 31, 202530,328
January 9, 202630,366
January 27, 202630,417
February 17, 202630,483
February 27, 202630,519
March 19, 202630,586
April 7, 202630,631
April 16, 202630,665
May 6, 202630,713
May 29, 202630,746
June 13, 202630,759
September 15, 202630,786

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

Observed activity milestones: 100 around Apr 20161k around Jun 201610k around Mar 2020

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

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 microsoft/wsl.

Notes on microsoft/wsl

How many stars does microsoft/wsl have?
GitHub currently reports 33,692 stars for microsoft/wsl. 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 wsl?
gitdebt observed about 27 public star actions for microsoft/wsl over the latest 90 days of archive coverage (about 27 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 wsl still active?
Public archive data shows about 27 star actions for microsoft/wsl in the latest 30 days of coverage. For repository activity, use the commit heatmap, commit trend, and contributor charts on this page.
When was wsl created?
microsoft/wsl was created on April 6, 2016. The first public star activity observed for microsoft/wsl is from Apr 2016.

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