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apache/arrow vs pola-rs/polars

  • apache/arrow

    Stars

    17,110

    First recorded star in 2016.

  • pola-rs/polars

    Stars

    39,733

    First recorded star in 2020.

Star history overlay
35k STARS10 YR 7 MOapache/arrow17kpola-rs/polars35k

apache/arrow: 16,539 stars on September 13, 2026. pola-rs/polars: 35,432 stars on September 15, 2026.

Star history for apache/arrow
DateStars
February 17, 201665
April 3, 2016499
May 22, 2016582
August 9, 2016653
November 8, 2016720
January 18, 2017793
March 15, 2017873
May 10, 2017959
July 12, 20171041
September 8, 20171156
November 3, 20171403
December 21, 20171526
February 7, 20181675
March 25, 20181826
May 8, 20182016
June 23, 20182162
August 8, 20182346
September 22, 20182530
November 6, 20182693
December 20, 20183004
February 2, 20193214
March 17, 20193540
April 29, 20193826
June 11, 20194113
July 24, 20194331
September 4, 20194555
October 18, 20194751
December 1, 20194938
January 15, 20205106
February 28, 20205292
April 22, 20205525
June 4, 20205749
July 17, 20205957
September 1, 20206329
October 13, 20206548
November 26, 20206888
January 8, 20217129
February 20, 20217515
April 4, 20217970
May 19, 20218229
July 1, 20218415
August 12, 20218592
September 30, 20218768
November 19, 20218934
December 31, 20219164
February 12, 20229398
March 27, 20229620
May 8, 20229808
June 19, 202210016
August 1, 202210267
September 21, 202210598
November 4, 202210960
December 16, 202211158
January 28, 202311384
March 13, 202311680
April 24, 202311968
June 5, 202312189
July 19, 202312406
August 30, 202312749
October 11, 202312974
November 23, 202313169
January 5, 202413367
February 18, 202413553
April 2, 202413785
May 15, 202414027
June 26, 202414246
August 8, 202414462
September 20, 202414735
November 1, 202414954
December 13, 202415176
February 2, 202515410
March 17, 202515596
April 30, 202515791
June 15, 202515990
July 30, 202516129
September 15, 202516228
November 15, 202516331
January 4, 202616405
March 4, 202616481
September 13, 202616539
Star history for pola-rs/polars
DateStars
June 17, 20201
August 7, 2020159
September 21, 2020228
October 24, 2020294
November 23, 2020410
December 22, 2020538
January 19, 2021626
February 19, 2021679
March 20, 20211239
April 15, 20211419
May 19, 20211634
June 14, 20211784
July 10, 20211915
August 6, 20212037
September 6, 20212196
October 2, 20212504
November 6, 20212637
December 2, 20212974
December 28, 20213695
January 23, 20224121
February 19, 20224426
March 17, 20224729
April 12, 20224967
May 8, 20225461
June 3, 20225928
June 29, 20226271
July 25, 20226837
August 21, 20227208
September 16, 20227575
October 12, 20228215
November 12, 20228783
December 8, 20229251
January 3, 202310990
January 30, 202312700
February 25, 202313908
March 23, 202315003
April 18, 202315873
May 14, 202316436
June 9, 202317040
July 5, 202317671
August 1, 202318255
August 27, 202319108
September 22, 202319695
October 18, 202320274
November 13, 202320842
December 9, 202321409
January 4, 202422057
January 31, 202423262
February 26, 202423816
March 23, 202424584
April 23, 202425430
May 19, 202425968
June 14, 202426492
July 11, 202427315
August 6, 202427820
September 1, 202428379
September 27, 202428888
October 23, 202429378
November 18, 202429870
December 14, 202430339
January 10, 202530791
February 5, 202531210
March 3, 202531652
March 29, 202532183
April 24, 202532706
May 20, 202533141
June 15, 202533355
July 12, 202533602
August 7, 202533875
September 2, 202534157
October 3, 202534391
November 4, 202534537
December 1, 202534700
December 27, 202534856
January 22, 202635021
February 17, 202635148
March 16, 202635229
April 16, 202635328
May 20, 202635388
September 15, 202635432
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Repository health compared

Live analysis · unavailable data stays labelled

Popularity is only one axis. Compare technical scale, maintenance cadence, ownership resilience and change pressure against the same completed analysis that sits behind each report.

Reach

Popularity and real-world adoption

Signalapache/arrowpola-rs/polars
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.17,110Best result in this row: 39,733
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.+23Best result in this row: +28
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Not availableNot available
Largest package audienceLargest resolved registry total; sources are shown explicitly.No resolved packageNo resolved package
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.11 years6.3 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalapache/arrowpola-rs/polars
Dominant languageLargest share of analyzed code lines at current HEAD.Not availableNot available
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.Not availableNot available
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.Not availableNot available

Maintenance

Commit volume and recent operating cadence

Signalapache/arrowpola-rs/polars
Repository commitsFull repository commit total reported by the analysis.Not availableNot available
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.Not availableNot available

Ownership

How broadly maintenance responsibility is distributed

Signalapache/arrowpola-rs/polars
Bus factorFewest analyzed contributors carrying at least half the commits.Not availableNot available
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.Not availableNot available

Change signals

Debt markers and fix pressure in frequently changed files

Signalapache/arrowpola-rs/polars
Fix-labelled share · frequently changed filesFix-labelled commits divided by commits across the analyzed high-frequency file set.Not availableNot available
Recent TODO/FIXME movementLatest cumulative marker count and its change over the trailing 90 days.Not availableNot available

Both curves are drawn on shared axes. They are not drawn from a shared source: each series names its own below.

One axis, two sources

The overlay puts both repositories on one axis. It does not put them on one source: since July 2026 a stargazer-list series stops on a fixed date, while a series rebuilt from public archive events keeps receiving points. Each column below states its own reading.

How the star series for apache/arrow and pola-rs/polars were read
Fieldapache/arrowpola-rs/polars
SourceHistorical star dataHistorical star data
CoverageCovers through September 13, 2026Covers through September 15, 2026
StateStill updatingStill updating

No row states how much of a history is missing. An archive series records star actions and not unstars, so it can exceed a repository's own star total, and a figure for the difference would be wrong exactly where it looks most precise.

Notes on this comparison

  • Which has more GitHub stars, apache/arrow or pola-rs/polars?

    GitHub reports 39,733 stars for pola-rs/polars and 17,110 for apache/arrow.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. apache/arrow — Historical star data · Covers through September 13, 2026 · Still updating. pola-rs/polars — Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 2026 · Still updating. Since July 2026 GitHub serves a repository's stargazer list only to its own admins and collaborators, so one series can stop on a fixed date while the other keeps flowing from public archive events.

  • How is this comparison computed?

    Star totals come from public repository metadata. The two curves are each repository's stored star series drawn on shared axes, from whichever source is named above. Repository-health figures are computed independently from each project's commit history.