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evanw/esbuild vs swc-project/swc

  • evanw/esbuild

    Stars

    40,061

    First recorded star in 2016.

  • swc-project/swc

    Stars

    34,191

    First recorded star in 2018.

Star history overlay
41k STARS10 YR 3 MOevanw/esbuild41kswc-project/swc34k

evanw/esbuild: 41,006 stars on September 12, 2026. swc-project/swc: 33,543 stars on September 12, 2026.

Star history for evanw/esbuild
DateStars
June 14, 20161
February 20, 20203182
March 19, 20204260
April 16, 20205211
May 13, 20207800
June 10, 20209575
July 8, 202010694
August 4, 202011488
September 2, 202011969
September 30, 202013160
November 2, 202015603
November 30, 202016387
December 27, 202017040
January 24, 202118339
February 21, 202120858
March 20, 202122633
April 17, 202123785
May 18, 202124712
June 14, 202125361
July 12, 202126046
August 9, 202126730
September 7, 202127304
October 5, 202127968
November 7, 202128360
December 4, 202128946
January 1, 202229588
January 29, 202230220
February 25, 202230794
March 25, 202231199
April 22, 202231592
May 25, 202232015
June 22, 202232302
July 19, 202232658
August 16, 202233021
September 13, 202233364
October 10, 202233740
November 7, 202234095
December 5, 202234333
January 1, 202334545
January 29, 202334808
February 26, 202335116
March 26, 202335399
April 22, 202335622
May 20, 202335812
June 17, 202336021
July 14, 202336213
August 11, 202336408
September 8, 202336572
October 5, 202336806
November 2, 202336989
December 5, 202337191
January 2, 202437342
January 30, 202437563
February 26, 202437713
March 25, 202437937
April 22, 202438173
May 19, 202438339
June 17, 202438503
July 15, 202438698
August 11, 202438882
September 8, 202439056
October 6, 202439203
November 2, 202439354
November 30, 202439495
December 28, 202439633
January 24, 202539774
February 22, 202539929
March 23, 202540095
April 19, 202540218
May 18, 202540335
June 22, 202540423
July 23, 202540515
August 21, 202540587
September 20, 202540652
November 5, 202540712
December 7, 202540774
January 7, 202640832
February 12, 202640891
March 22, 202640969
September 12, 202641006
Star history for swc-project/swc
DateStars
January 14, 20181
December 30, 20182298
February 1, 20192809
March 5, 20194771
April 7, 20195080
May 9, 20195376
June 15, 20195604
July 18, 20195696
August 28, 20195779
October 11, 20195868
November 29, 20195993
January 2, 20206555
February 4, 20206804
March 7, 20207388
April 10, 20207594
May 14, 20207844
June 16, 20208175
July 18, 20208525
August 20, 20208993
September 24, 20209204
October 27, 20209487
November 28, 20209886
December 31, 202010261
February 2, 202110797
March 6, 202111191
April 8, 202111525
May 13, 202112002
June 15, 202112450
July 17, 202112777
August 19, 202114545
September 29, 202115448
November 6, 202116214
December 9, 202117690
January 10, 202218704
February 12, 202219750
March 17, 202220494
April 18, 202221043
May 21, 202221584
June 22, 202222043
July 25, 202222544
August 26, 202223104
September 28, 202223523
October 30, 202224061
December 2, 202224540
January 3, 202324966
February 5, 202325433
March 10, 202326079
April 11, 202326515
May 14, 202326882
June 15, 202327239
July 24, 202327605
August 26, 202327934
September 27, 202328250
October 30, 202328513
December 1, 202328808
January 4, 202429056
February 5, 202429366
March 9, 202429641
April 11, 202429897
May 13, 202430156
June 15, 202430387
July 17, 202430774
August 19, 202431070
September 20, 202431275
October 23, 202431507
November 25, 202431704
December 28, 202431874
January 29, 202532054
March 3, 202532299
April 5, 202532544
May 14, 202532754
June 15, 202532905
July 20, 202533042
August 25, 202533132
October 3, 202533227
November 17, 202533281
December 24, 202533366
February 2, 202633439
April 9, 202633483
September 12, 202633543
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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

Signalevanw/esbuildswc-project/swc
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 40,06134,191
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.+8Best result in this row: +20
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.10 years8.7 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalevanw/esbuildswc-project/swc
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

Signalevanw/esbuildswc-project/swc
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

Signalevanw/esbuildswc-project/swc
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

Signalevanw/esbuildswc-project/swc
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 evanw/esbuild and swc-project/swc were read
Fieldevanw/esbuildswc-project/swc
SourceHistorical star dataHistorical star data
CoverageCovers through September 12, 2026Covers through September 12, 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, evanw/esbuild or swc-project/swc?

    GitHub reports 40,061 stars for evanw/esbuild and 34,191 for swc-project/swc.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. evanw/esbuild — Historical star data · Covers through September 12, 2026 · Still updating. swc-project/swc — Historical star data · Covers through September 12, 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.