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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
20,708
Activity since
2013
Latest activity
Sep 2026

Public star activity

Last 30 days
+15
Last 90 days
+15
Actions / day
4.1
Public star actions
stars from October 18, 2013 to September 15, 2026, peaking at 19,111.19k STARS12 YR 11 MO19kSEP 2026OCT 2013

19,111 stars on September 15, 2026.

stars by date
Datestars
October 18, 201319
November 20, 2013274
January 12, 2014290
March 13, 2014324
April 30, 2014383
May 11, 2014416
June 5, 2014471
July 16, 2014526
July 28, 2014544
August 21, 2014654
September 21, 2014691
October 6, 2014720
November 3, 2014761
December 8, 2014805
December 26, 2014828
January 29, 2015881
February 25, 2015945
March 9, 2015972
March 31, 20151,025
April 29, 20151,062
May 15, 20151,087
June 14, 20151,132
July 14, 20151,175
July 25, 20151,195
August 17, 20151,279
September 8, 20151,421
September 19, 20151,489
October 13, 20151,537
November 4, 20151,582
November 17, 20151,601
December 9, 20151,671
January 2, 20161,732
January 15, 20161,749
February 9, 20161,810
March 3, 20161,879
March 16, 20161,974
April 9, 20162,054
April 30, 20162,123
May 13, 20162,159
June 2, 20162,251
June 29, 20162,316
July 11, 20162,349
August 6, 20162,409
August 29, 20162,455
September 9, 20162,476
October 2, 20162,548
October 24, 20162,611
November 3, 20162,637
November 28, 20162,690
December 19, 20162,767
December 31, 20162,792
January 25, 20172,837
February 18, 20172,907
March 1, 20172,944
March 23, 20173,007
April 14, 20173,065
April 24, 20173,125
May 17, 20173,197
June 8, 20173,270
June 20, 20173,311
July 11, 20173,368
August 1, 20173,453
August 24, 20173,543
September 6, 20173,569
September 30, 20173,625
October 24, 20173,690
November 5, 20173,727
November 26, 20173,797
December 19, 20173,864
December 31, 20173,900
January 23, 20183,967
February 13, 20184,027
February 23, 20184,056
March 18, 20184,138
April 10, 20184,243
April 20, 20184,287
May 12, 20184,372
June 3, 20184,441
June 13, 20184,486
July 5, 20184,551
July 26, 20184,643
August 6, 20184,680
August 27, 20184,766
September 17, 20184,849
September 27, 20184,888
October 19, 20184,971
November 9, 20185,049
November 19, 20185,084
December 10, 20185,183
January 1, 20195,273
January 11, 20195,315
February 2, 20195,396
February 24, 20195,487
March 7, 20195,531
March 28, 20195,635
April 17, 20195,738
April 28, 20195,803
May 19, 20195,921
June 9, 20196,030
June 19, 20196,084
July 11, 20196,240
August 1, 20196,581
August 11, 20196,628
September 2, 20196,718
September 23, 20196,826
October 4, 20196,885
October 24, 20197,051
November 15, 20197,160
November 26, 20197,237
December 17, 20197,333
January 7, 20207,431
January 17, 20207,478
February 8, 20207,582
February 29, 20207,667
March 10, 20207,708
March 31, 20207,794
April 21, 20207,909
May 1, 20207,978
May 22, 20208,105
June 12, 20208,210
June 23, 20208,253
July 14, 20208,363
August 4, 20208,483
August 15, 20208,545
September 7, 20208,626
September 28, 20208,719
October 9, 20208,760
October 31, 20208,880
November 21, 20208,978
December 1, 20209,020
December 22, 20209,111
January 12, 20219,204
January 23, 20219,260
February 14, 20219,351
March 6, 20219,442
March 19, 20219,488
April 9, 20219,606
April 30, 20219,743
May 15, 20219,784
June 6, 20219,913
June 27, 202110,016
July 7, 202110,064
July 29, 202110,159
August 19, 202110,262
September 3, 202110,317
September 23, 202110,412
October 16, 202110,512
November 4, 202110,550
November 26, 202110,641
December 17, 202110,738
December 27, 202110,793
January 19, 202210,902
February 9, 202211,023
February 20, 202211,067
March 13, 202211,160
April 3, 202211,269
April 13, 202211,321
May 4, 202211,417
May 26, 202211,511
June 7, 202211,560
June 28, 202211,644
July 20, 202211,782
July 30, 202211,842
August 20, 202211,944
September 10, 202212,059
September 20, 202212,116
October 11, 202212,248
November 1, 202212,355
November 11, 202212,398
December 2, 202212,500
December 24, 202212,579
January 4, 202312,632
January 25, 202312,742
February 14, 202312,883
February 25, 202312,953
March 18, 202313,101
April 8, 202313,222
April 18, 202313,271
May 9, 202313,390
May 30, 202313,478
June 20, 202313,576
June 30, 202313,627
July 21, 202313,736
August 11, 202313,984
August 21, 202314,033
September 11, 202314,147
October 3, 202314,290
October 14, 202314,351
November 4, 202314,441
November 24, 202314,524
December 5, 202314,587
December 27, 202314,743
January 17, 202414,856
January 27, 202414,904
February 17, 202415,011
March 9, 202415,189
March 19, 202415,243
April 9, 202415,359
April 30, 202415,505
May 11, 202415,565
June 2, 202415,670
June 22, 202415,780
July 3, 202415,858
July 24, 202416,012
August 15, 202416,131
August 25, 202416,188
September 16, 202416,292
October 7, 202416,473
October 17, 202416,546
November 7, 202416,686
November 28, 202416,817
December 9, 202416,889
December 29, 202416,982
January 19, 202517,128
January 30, 202517,192
February 21, 202517,291
March 14, 202517,457
March 24, 202517,523
April 14, 202517,636
May 5, 202517,861
May 15, 202517,930
June 5, 202518,023
June 27, 202518,089
July 7, 202518,117
July 28, 202518,205
August 18, 202518,323
August 29, 202518,437
September 19, 202518,592
October 16, 202518,664
October 28, 202518,698
November 18, 202518,759
December 11, 202518,821
December 21, 202518,847
January 13, 202618,903
February 5, 202618,950
February 19, 202618,974
March 12, 202619,026
April 16, 202619,065
May 10, 202619,082
September 15, 202619,111

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

Observed activity milestones: 100 around Oct 20131k around Mar 201510k around Jun 2021

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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 nats-io/nats-server
File change frequency
File change frequency for nats-io/nats-server
Bus factor
Bus factor for nats-io/nats-server
Maintenance pulse
Maintenance pulse for nats-io/nats-server
Contributors
Contributors for nats-io/nats-server
Language activity
Language activity for nats-io/nats-server
Commit activity
Commit activity for nats-io/nats-server
Recent TODO/FIXME movement
Recent TODO/FIXME movement for nats-io/nats-server

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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Notes on nats-io/nats-server

How many stars does nats-io/nats-server have?
GitHub currently reports 20,708 stars for nats-io/nats-server. 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 nats-server?
gitdebt observed about 15 public star actions for nats-io/nats-server over the latest 90 days of archive coverage (about 15 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 nats-server still active?
Public archive data shows about 15 star actions for nats-io/nats-server in the latest 30 days of coverage. For repository activity, use the commit heatmap, commit trend, and contributor charts on this page.
When was nats-server created?
nats-io/nats-server was created on October 29, 2012. The first public star activity observed for nats-io/nats-server is from Oct 2013.

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