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cockroachdb/cockroach vs postgres/postgres

  • cockroachdb/cockroach

    Stars

    32,459

    First recorded star in 2014.

  • postgres/postgres

    Stars

    22,106

    First recorded star in 2011.

Star history overlay
35k STARS15 YR 7 MOcockroachdb/cockroach35kpostgres/postgres21k

cockroachdb/cockroach: 34,568 stars on September 13, 2026. postgres/postgres: 20,680 stars on September 14, 2026.

Star history for cockroachdb/cockroach
DateStars
February 12, 20143
July 21, 2014483
September 13, 20141548
November 14, 20142433
January 9, 20152667
March 6, 20153087
April 30, 20153486
June 24, 20154956
August 17, 20155224
October 10, 20155651
December 13, 20156147
February 5, 20166481
March 29, 20166817
May 22, 20167341
July 15, 20167700
September 6, 20168018
November 2, 20168342
December 26, 20168678
February 18, 20179267
April 12, 20179885
June 4, 201711124
July 27, 201711515
September 18, 201711877
November 10, 201712504
January 2, 201813038
February 25, 201813593
April 20, 201814151
June 12, 201814552
August 4, 201814897
September 26, 201815323
November 28, 201815748
January 21, 201916225
March 15, 201916625
May 7, 201917183
June 29, 201917715
August 21, 201918093
October 14, 201918415
December 6, 201918761
January 30, 202019062
March 23, 202019350
May 18, 202019689
July 10, 202019983
September 3, 202020303
October 26, 202020865
December 18, 202021226
February 9, 202121604
April 4, 202121966
May 30, 202122365
July 22, 202123051
September 17, 202123927
November 27, 202124340
January 20, 202225049
March 14, 202225870
May 6, 202226443
June 28, 202226980
August 21, 202227448
October 13, 202227936
December 5, 202228305
January 27, 202328625
March 21, 202328993
May 13, 202329334
July 5, 202329655
August 27, 202329994
October 19, 202330348
December 11, 202330655
February 2, 202431031
March 26, 202431387
May 18, 202431755
July 10, 202432134
September 1, 202432495
November 5, 202432893
December 29, 202433200
February 22, 202533464
April 16, 202533711
June 11, 202533940
August 7, 202534082
October 18, 202534229
December 20, 202534358
March 2, 202634486
September 13, 202634568
Star history for postgres/postgres
DateStars
February 12, 20112
April 29, 2011128
September 3, 2011218
December 2, 2011313
October 11, 2012400
January 24, 2013496
May 9, 2013587
October 17, 2013663
February 6, 2014742
May 23, 2014826
September 19, 2014941
December 10, 20141046
February 28, 20151188
May 10, 20151314
July 19, 20151440
September 30, 20151644
December 8, 20151781
February 13, 20161913
April 19, 20162051
June 22, 20162184
August 27, 20162369
October 30, 20162503
January 13, 20172624
March 16, 20172794
May 14, 20172953
July 17, 20173107
September 21, 20173317
November 19, 20173535
January 19, 20183784
March 22, 20184037
June 3, 20184296
August 4, 20184466
October 7, 20184663
December 6, 20184880
February 5, 20195092
April 4, 20195394
June 2, 20195709
July 31, 20196038
September 27, 20196305
November 24, 20196530
January 23, 20206816
March 22, 20207048
May 19, 20207325
July 18, 20207613
September 15, 20207912
November 12, 20208226
January 10, 20218476
March 11, 20218778
May 12, 20219080
July 9, 20219401
September 19, 20219751
November 25, 202110018
January 22, 202210370
March 21, 202210739
May 18, 202211065
July 15, 202211486
September 11, 202211849
November 8, 202212210
January 5, 202312542
March 4, 202312925
May 2, 202313353
June 29, 202313747
August 26, 202314136
October 23, 202314538
December 20, 202314967
February 17, 202415370
April 15, 202415919
June 12, 202416364
August 10, 202416859
October 7, 202417374
December 15, 202417940
February 12, 202518346
April 11, 202518865
June 8, 202519263
August 5, 202519558
October 2, 202519875
December 6, 202520115
February 2, 202620345
April 6, 202620548
September 14, 202620680
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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

Signalcockroachdb/cockroachpostgres/postgres
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 32,45922,106
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.+13Best result in this row: +38
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.13 years16 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalcockroachdb/cockroachpostgres/postgres
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

Signalcockroachdb/cockroachpostgres/postgres
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

Signalcockroachdb/cockroachpostgres/postgres
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

Signalcockroachdb/cockroachpostgres/postgres
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 cockroachdb/cockroach and postgres/postgres were read
Fieldcockroachdb/cockroachpostgres/postgres
SourceHistorical star dataHistorical star data
CoverageCovers through September 13, 2026Covers through September 14, 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, cockroachdb/cockroach or postgres/postgres?

    GitHub reports 32,459 stars for cockroachdb/cockroach and 22,106 for postgres/postgres.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. cockroachdb/cockroach — Historical star data · Covers through September 13, 2026 · Still updating. postgres/postgres — Historical star data · Covers through September 14, 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.