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containers/podman vs docker/compose

  • containers/podman

    Stars

    32,867

    First recorded star in 2017.

  • docker/compose

    Stars

    38,165

    First recorded star in 2013.

Star history overlay
40k STARS12 YR 9 MOcontainers/podman29kdocker/compose40k

containers/podman: 29,491 stars on September 15, 2026. docker/compose: 39,975 stars on September 14, 2026.

Star history for containers/podman
DateStars
November 1, 20171
February 27, 201852
May 1, 2018101
July 4, 2018160
September 10, 2018244
October 25, 2018368
December 2, 2018528
January 19, 2019669
February 28, 2019926
April 7, 20191164
May 20, 20191563
June 29, 20191759
August 5, 20192261
September 10, 20192513
October 17, 20192918
November 22, 20193440
December 29, 20193688
February 3, 20203934
March 11, 20204165
April 17, 20204362
May 23, 20204599
June 30, 20204862
August 6, 20205108
September 14, 20205382
October 20, 20205762
November 26, 20206224
January 2, 20217025
February 7, 20217396
March 17, 20217769
April 22, 20218037
June 8, 20218385
July 16, 20218665
August 21, 20218921
September 30, 202110775
November 11, 202111072
December 18, 202111535
January 24, 202212153
March 1, 202212923
April 7, 202213462
May 13, 202213903
June 19, 202214404
July 25, 202214769
August 31, 202215260
October 6, 202215639
November 12, 202216066
December 19, 202216467
January 24, 202316813
March 2, 202317242
April 7, 202317705
May 14, 202318068
June 27, 202318537
August 2, 202318867
September 8, 202319235
October 14, 202319634
November 20, 202320010
December 27, 202320416
February 1, 202420939
March 9, 202421414
April 14, 202421864
May 21, 202422271
June 26, 202422626
August 2, 202422989
September 8, 202423347
October 14, 202423830
November 20, 202424244
December 26, 202424638
February 1, 202525428
March 9, 202526012
April 15, 202526687
May 22, 202527223
July 4, 202527620
August 10, 202528114
September 16, 202528472
October 27, 202528712
December 3, 202528890
January 8, 202629073
February 14, 202629237
March 23, 202629335
May 4, 202629426
September 15, 202629491
Star history for docker/compose
DateStars
December 10, 20132
February 21, 2014806
April 18, 20141936
June 19, 20142162
August 15, 20142725
October 10, 20143309
December 5, 20144110
January 30, 20154762
March 27, 20155563
May 22, 20156010
July 28, 20156455
September 22, 20156779
November 17, 20157106
January 13, 20167414
March 9, 20167768
May 4, 20168123
June 29, 20168397
August 24, 20168765
October 19, 20169081
December 15, 20169382
February 10, 20179757
April 7, 201710172
June 2, 201710586
July 28, 201711036
September 22, 201711465
November 17, 201712000
January 12, 201812586
March 9, 201813165
May 6, 201813728
July 2, 201814231
September 7, 201814814
November 2, 201815440
December 28, 201815969
February 22, 201916511
April 19, 201917168
June 14, 201917782
August 9, 201918448
October 4, 201919018
November 29, 201919616
January 24, 202020137
March 20, 202020736
May 15, 202021353
July 10, 202021964
September 6, 202022503
November 1, 202022988
December 27, 202023495
February 21, 202124017
April 19, 202124555
June 17, 202124975
August 12, 202125405
October 24, 202126071
December 24, 202126667
February 18, 202227220
April 15, 202227789
June 10, 202228532
August 5, 202229121
September 30, 202229729
November 25, 202230255
January 20, 202330776
March 17, 202331383
May 12, 202331985
July 7, 202332517
September 1, 202333032
October 27, 202333496
December 22, 202334012
February 16, 202434700
April 12, 202435181
June 7, 202435700
August 2, 202436303
September 27, 202436865
December 3, 202437438
January 28, 202537914
March 25, 202538429
May 20, 202538861
July 16, 202539137
September 11, 202539382
November 13, 202539591
January 15, 202639749
March 28, 202639889
September 14, 202639975
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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

Signalcontainers/podmandocker/compose
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.32,867Best result in this row: 38,165
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +37+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.8.9 years13 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalcontainers/podmandocker/compose
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

Signalcontainers/podmandocker/compose
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

Signalcontainers/podmandocker/compose
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

Signalcontainers/podmandocker/compose
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 containers/podman and docker/compose were read
Fieldcontainers/podmandocker/compose
SourceHistorical star dataHistorical star data
CoverageCovers through September 15, 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, containers/podman or docker/compose?

    GitHub reports 38,165 stars for docker/compose and 32,867 for containers/podman.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. containers/podman — Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 2026 · Still updating. docker/compose — 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.