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torvalds/linux

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

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Current stars
249,093
Activity since
2011
Latest activity
Sep 2026

Public star activity

Last 30 days
+533
Last 90 days
+669
Actions / day
44
Public star actions
stars from September 4, 2011 to September 15, 2026, peaking at 241,432.241k STARS15 YR241kSEP 2026SEP 2011

241,432 stars on September 15, 2026.

stars by date
Datestars
September 4, 201126
September 30, 20112,759
October 13, 20112,912
November 8, 20113,127
December 4, 20113,344
December 18, 20113,435
January 14, 20123,584
February 9, 20123,742
February 22, 20123,830
September 30, 20124,071
October 26, 20124,277
November 8, 20124,414
December 4, 20124,639
December 31, 20124,850
January 13, 20134,968
February 8, 20135,305
March 6, 20135,665
March 19, 20135,873
April 15, 20136,337
May 11, 20136,701
May 24, 20136,927
June 19, 20137,272
July 16, 20137,700
July 29, 20137,932
August 24, 20138,366
September 19, 20138,785
October 2, 20138,992
October 29, 20139,403
November 24, 20139,858
December 7, 201310,180
January 2, 201410,585
January 29, 201411,046
February 11, 201411,255
March 9, 201411,837
April 4, 201412,311
April 17, 201412,529
May 14, 201413,011
June 9, 201413,470
June 22, 201413,699
July 18, 201414,176
August 14, 201414,748
August 27, 201414,987
September 22, 201415,558
October 18, 201416,305
November 1, 201416,811
November 27, 201417,554
December 23, 201418,333
January 5, 201518,640
February 1, 201519,543
February 27, 201520,285
March 12, 201520,743
April 7, 201521,763
May 3, 201522,957
May 17, 201523,405
June 12, 201524,180
July 8, 201524,922
July 21, 201525,388
August 17, 201526,134
September 12, 201526,974
September 25, 201527,578
October 21, 201528,597
November 17, 201529,548
December 13, 201530,402
December 26, 201530,796
January 22, 201631,555
February 18, 201632,495
March 2, 201632,870
March 28, 201633,687
April 23, 201634,649
May 6, 201635,146
June 2, 201636,132
June 28, 201637,024
July 11, 201637,395
August 6, 201638,332
September 2, 201639,909
September 15, 201640,650
October 11, 201641,709
November 6, 201643,027
November 19, 201643,500
December 16, 201644,769
January 11, 201745,911
January 24, 201746,758
February 19, 201748,273
March 18, 201749,663
March 31, 201750,261
April 26, 201751,383
May 22, 201752,415
June 4, 201752,856
July 1, 201753,838
July 27, 201754,930
August 9, 201755,511
September 4, 201756,690
October 1, 201758,134
October 14, 201758,918
November 9, 201760,173
December 5, 201761,452
December 19, 201761,979
January 14, 201863,267
February 9, 201864,516
February 22, 201864,972
March 21, 201866,262
April 17, 201867,342
April 30, 201867,880
May 26, 201868,881
June 21, 201870,122
July 5, 201870,653
July 31, 201871,635
August 26, 201872,705
September 8, 201873,309
October 5, 201874,820
October 31, 201875,930
November 13, 201876,499
December 9, 201877,464
January 5, 201978,462
January 18, 201979,147
February 13, 201980,271
March 11, 201981,765
March 24, 201982,509
April 20, 201985,415
May 16, 201986,960
May 29, 201987,723
June 24, 201989,006
July 21, 201990,355
August 3, 201991,299
August 29, 201992,636
September 24, 201993,837
October 7, 201994,442
November 3, 201995,726
November 29, 201997,212
December 12, 201997,840
January 7, 202099,171
February 3, 2020100,406
February 16, 2020101,051
March 13, 2020102,774
April 8, 2020104,135
April 22, 2020105,043
May 18, 2020106,607
June 13, 2020108,144
June 26, 2020108,889
July 22, 2020110,835
August 18, 2020112,464
September 1, 2020113,277
September 27, 2020114,833
October 23, 2020116,638
November 6, 2020117,627
December 2, 2020119,049
December 28, 2020120,628
January 10, 2021121,365
February 6, 2021122,982
March 4, 2021124,485
March 17, 2021125,695
April 12, 2021127,368
May 12, 2021130,159
May 25, 2021131,066
June 20, 2021132,485
July 16, 2021134,186
July 29, 2021134,960
August 27, 2021136,391
September 22, 2021138,105
October 5, 2021138,764
November 4, 2021139,570
December 1, 2021141,235
December 14, 2021142,055
January 9, 2022143,541
February 4, 2022146,696
February 17, 2022147,496
March 16, 2022149,208
April 11, 2022151,105
April 24, 2022151,856
May 20, 2022153,291
June 16, 2022154,742
June 29, 2022155,499
July 25, 2022157,004
August 20, 2022158,896
September 2, 2022159,698
September 29, 2022161,374
October 25, 2022163,162
November 7, 2022163,874
December 3, 2022165,459
December 30, 2022166,873
January 25, 2023168,529
February 7, 2023169,271
March 5, 2023171,022
April 1, 2023172,777
April 14, 2023173,569
May 10, 2023175,173
June 5, 2023177,020
June 19, 2023177,734
July 15, 2023179,046
August 10, 2023180,417
August 23, 2023181,109
September 18, 2023182,705
October 15, 2023184,255
October 28, 2023185,062
November 23, 2023187,033
December 19, 2023188,440
January 2, 2024189,214
January 28, 2024190,924
February 23, 2024192,735
March 7, 2024193,652
April 3, 2024195,668
April 29, 2024197,662
May 12, 2024198,562
June 7, 2024200,303
July 4, 2024201,976
July 17, 2024202,849
August 12, 2024204,505
September 7, 2024206,548
September 20, 2024207,559
October 17, 2024209,589
November 12, 2024211,714
November 25, 2024212,635
December 21, 2024214,213
January 17, 2025216,001
January 30, 2025216,816
February 25, 2025218,818
March 23, 2025220,663
April 5, 2025221,602
May 2, 2025223,480
May 28, 2025225,254
June 10, 2025225,927
July 6, 2025227,164
August 2, 2025228,454
August 15, 2025229,142
September 10, 2025230,431
October 6, 2025232,056
October 23, 2025232,435
November 19, 2025233,344
December 15, 2025234,752
December 28, 2025235,343
January 23, 2026236,611
February 19, 2026237,609
March 4, 2026238,384
March 30, 2026239,380
April 25, 2026240,265
May 9, 2026240,498
June 5, 2026240,763
July 1, 2026240,868
August 7, 2026240,899
September 15, 2026241,432

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

Observed activity milestones: 100 around Sep 20111k around Sep 201110k around Dec 2013100k around Feb 2020

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

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 torvalds/linux.

Notes on torvalds/linux

How many stars does torvalds/linux have?
GitHub currently reports 249,093 stars for torvalds/linux. 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 linux?
gitdebt observed about 669 public star actions for torvalds/linux over the latest 90 days of archive coverage (about 533 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 linux still active?
Public archive data shows about 533 star actions for torvalds/linux in the latest 30 days of coverage. For repository activity, use the commit heatmap, commit trend, and contributor charts on this page.
When was linux created?
torvalds/linux was created on September 4, 2011. The first public star activity observed for torvalds/linux is from Sep 2011.

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