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containers/podman vs k3s-io/k3s

  • containers/podman

    Stars

    32,867

    First recorded star in 2017.

  • k3s-io/k3s

    Stars

    33,960

    First recorded star in 2018.

Star history overlay
32k STARS8 YR 10 MOcontainers/podman29kk3s-io/k3s32k

containers/podman: 29,491 stars on September 15, 2026. k3s-io/k3s: 32,437 stars on September 15, 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 k3s-io/k3s
DateStars
September 22, 20183
November 22, 2018520
January 17, 2019608
February 23, 2019971
March 29, 20195937
May 2, 20196713
June 5, 20197386
July 9, 20197899
August 12, 20198388
September 15, 20198938
October 26, 20199500
November 29, 201910733
January 2, 202011293
February 5, 202011770
March 10, 202012179
April 13, 202012656
May 17, 202013163
June 20, 202013574
July 24, 202013937
August 28, 202014374
October 1, 202014834
November 4, 202015219
December 8, 202015713
January 11, 202116146
February 14, 202116486
March 20, 202116837
April 23, 202117198
May 31, 202117569
July 4, 202117852
August 7, 202118210
September 20, 202118597
October 30, 202118799
December 3, 202119123
January 6, 202219456
February 9, 202219851
March 15, 202220139
April 18, 202220465
May 22, 202220788
June 25, 202221047
July 29, 202221333
September 1, 202221649
October 5, 202221944
November 8, 202222237
December 12, 202222529
January 15, 202322802
February 18, 202323176
March 24, 202323448
April 27, 202323772
May 31, 202324079
July 4, 202324334
August 15, 202325015
September 18, 202325338
October 22, 202325640
November 25, 202325971
December 29, 202326310
February 1, 202426641
March 6, 202427016
April 9, 202427323
May 14, 202427623
June 17, 202427886
July 21, 202428184
August 24, 202428525
September 27, 202428905
October 31, 202429193
December 4, 202429462
January 7, 202529737
February 10, 202530011
March 16, 202530306
April 19, 202530646
May 23, 202531002
July 3, 202531252
August 7, 202531439
September 10, 202531623
October 21, 202531787
November 25, 202531927
December 29, 202532096
February 2, 202632208
March 15, 202632322
May 3, 202632391
September 15, 202632437
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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/podmank3s-io/k3s
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.32,867Best result in this row: 33,960
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +37+19
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 years8.3 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalcontainers/podmank3s-io/k3s
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/podmank3s-io/k3s
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/podmank3s-io/k3s
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/podmank3s-io/k3s
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 k3s-io/k3s were read
Fieldcontainers/podmank3s-io/k3s
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, containers/podman or k3s-io/k3s?

    GitHub reports 33,960 stars for k3s-io/k3s 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. k3s-io/k3s — 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.