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apache/kafka vs nats-io/nats-server

  • apache/kafka

    Stars

    33,726

    First recorded star in 2011.

  • nats-io/nats-server

    Stars

    20,708

    First recorded star in 2013.

Star history overlay
34k STARS15 YR 1 MOapache/kafka34knats-io/nats-server19k

apache/kafka: 34,048 stars on September 15, 2026. nats-io/nats-server: 19,111 stars on September 15, 2026.

Star history for apache/kafka
DateStars
August 16, 20111
November 2, 201273
March 27, 2013158
August 12, 2013241
November 20, 2013340
February 11, 2014442
May 12, 2014548
July 30, 2014662
October 12, 2014797
December 19, 2014983
March 13, 20151206
May 15, 20151448
July 15, 20151680
September 12, 20151916
November 10, 20152231
January 8, 20162531
March 8, 20162815
May 5, 20163156
July 3, 20163483
August 30, 20163838
October 29, 20164188
December 28, 20164570
February 24, 20174895
April 24, 20175339
June 21, 20175757
August 18, 20176239
October 15, 20176730
December 12, 20177321
February 8, 20187845
April 9, 20188428
June 17, 20189135
August 14, 20189772
October 12, 201810308
December 9, 201810883
February 5, 201911521
April 4, 201912191
June 1, 201912966
July 29, 201913785
September 25, 201914464
November 22, 201915057
January 20, 202015676
March 18, 202016142
May 15, 202016805
July 12, 202017440
September 11, 202018060
November 8, 202018541
January 5, 202119098
March 4, 202119610
May 3, 202120227
July 3, 202120788
September 12, 202121384
November 18, 202121842
January 15, 202222430
March 14, 202222993
May 11, 202223543
July 8, 202224078
September 4, 202224698
November 1, 202225186
December 29, 202225587
February 25, 202326077
April 25, 202326625
June 22, 202327103
August 19, 202327600
October 16, 202328048
December 14, 202328479
February 10, 202428934
April 8, 202429373
June 5, 202429869
August 3, 202430372
September 30, 202430896
December 8, 202431484
February 5, 202531940
April 4, 202532432
June 1, 202532846
July 29, 202533130
September 26, 202533394
December 3, 202533617
February 3, 202633799
April 9, 202633948
September 15, 202634048
Star history for nats-io/nats-server
DateStars
October 18, 201319
March 13, 2014324
June 5, 2014471
August 21, 2014654
November 3, 2014761
January 29, 2015881
March 31, 20151025
June 14, 20151132
August 17, 20151279
October 13, 20151537
December 20, 20151708
February 20, 20161842
April 20, 20162091
June 16, 20162281
August 18, 20162432
October 12, 20162583
December 9, 20162734
February 8, 20172872
April 3, 20173030
May 27, 20173235
July 22, 20173419
September 20, 20173598
November 16, 20173768
January 11, 20183932
March 6, 20184087
May 1, 20184327
June 24, 20184524
August 16, 20184729
October 8, 20184927
November 30, 20185136
February 2, 20195396
March 28, 20195635
May 19, 20195921
July 11, 20196240
September 2, 20196718
October 24, 20197051
December 17, 20197333
February 8, 20207582
March 31, 20207794
May 22, 20208105
July 14, 20208363
September 7, 20208626
October 31, 20208880
December 22, 20209111
February 14, 20219351
April 9, 20219606
June 6, 20219913
July 29, 202110159
September 23, 202110412
November 26, 202110641
January 29, 202210965
March 24, 202211228
May 16, 202211456
July 9, 202211698
August 30, 202211990
October 22, 202212316
December 13, 202212547
February 4, 202312782
March 28, 202313155
May 19, 202313441
July 11, 202313668
September 1, 202314092
October 24, 202314393
December 15, 202314639
February 7, 202414970
March 30, 202415308
May 21, 202415613
July 13, 202415946
September 6, 202416252
October 28, 202416624
December 29, 202416982
February 21, 202517291
April 14, 202517636
June 5, 202518023
July 28, 202518205
September 19, 202518592
November 18, 202518759
January 13, 202618903
March 12, 202619026
September 15, 202619111
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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/kafkanats-io/nats-server
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 33,72620,708
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +38+15
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.15 years14 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalapache/kafkanats-io/nats-server
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/kafkanats-io/nats-server
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/kafkanats-io/nats-server
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/kafkanats-io/nats-server
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/kafka and nats-io/nats-server were read
Fieldapache/kafkanats-io/nats-server
SourceHistorical star dataHistorical star data
CoverageCovers through September 15, 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/kafka or nats-io/nats-server?

    GitHub reports 33,726 stars for apache/kafka and 20,708 for nats-io/nats-server.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. apache/kafka — Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 2026 · Still updating. nats-io/nats-server — 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.