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apache/kafka vs rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server

  • apache/kafka

    Stars

    33,726

    First recorded star in 2011.

  • rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server

    Stars

    13,850

    First recorded star in 2011.

Star history overlay
34k STARS15 YR 7 MOapache/kafka34krabbitmq/rabbitmq-server14k

apache/kafka: 34,048 stars on September 15, 2026. rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server: 14,427 stars on September 5, 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 rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server
DateStars
February 16, 20111
January 7, 201259
February 23, 2013129
June 21, 2013197
October 24, 2013266
February 16, 2014340
June 9, 2014421
September 16, 2014502
December 27, 2014578
March 18, 2015676
June 5, 2015818
August 8, 2015940
October 7, 20151058
December 3, 20151218
February 1, 20161405
March 28, 20161558
May 22, 20161724
July 19, 20161882
September 14, 20162042
November 8, 20162220
January 5, 20172390
March 1, 20172558
April 25, 20172757
June 23, 20172957
August 15, 20173177
October 9, 20173384
November 30, 20173611
January 25, 20183799
March 19, 20184026
May 17, 20184263
July 22, 20184512
September 14, 20184768
November 8, 20185038
January 2, 20195261
February 25, 20195522
April 19, 20195812
June 11, 20196112
August 4, 20196368
September 27, 20196612
November 21, 20196832
January 12, 20207096
March 9, 20207278
May 1, 20207506
June 23, 20207746
August 15, 20207979
October 11, 20208197
December 6, 20208408
January 31, 20218625
March 28, 20218832
May 25, 20219042
July 30, 20219292
September 25, 20219515
December 1, 20219716
January 25, 20229915
March 18, 202210110
May 12, 202210317
July 6, 202210499
August 30, 202210680
October 26, 202210912
December 20, 202211088
February 16, 202311265
April 10, 202311459
June 3, 202311655
July 27, 202311813
September 24, 202311975
November 20, 202312136
January 21, 202412314
March 16, 202412491
May 8, 202412693
July 5, 202412916
September 10, 202413156
November 2, 202413393
December 28, 202413548
February 20, 202513712
April 16, 202513873
June 12, 202514045
August 17, 202514169
October 23, 202514272
January 3, 202614359
September 5, 202614427
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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/kafkarabbitmq/rabbitmq-server
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 33,72613,850
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 years16 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalapache/kafkarabbitmq/rabbitmq-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/kafkarabbitmq/rabbitmq-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/kafkarabbitmq/rabbitmq-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/kafkarabbitmq/rabbitmq-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 rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server were read
Fieldapache/kafkarabbitmq/rabbitmq-server
SourceHistorical star dataHistorical star data
CoverageCovers through September 15, 2026Covers through September 5, 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 rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server?

    GitHub reports 33,726 stars for apache/kafka and 13,850 for rabbitmq/rabbitmq-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. rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server — Historical star data · Covers through September 5, 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.