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evanw/esbuild vs vitejs/vite

  • evanw/esbuild

    Stars

    40,061

    First recorded star in 2016.

  • vitejs/vite

    Stars

    82,823

    First recorded star in 2020.

Star history overlay
79k STARS10 YR 3 MOevanw/esbuild41kvitejs/vite79k

evanw/esbuild: 41,006 stars on September 12, 2026. vitejs/vite: 79,163 stars on September 15, 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 vitejs/vite
DateStars
April 21, 2020607
May 19, 20204673
June 16, 20206880
July 14, 20208842
August 11, 20209977
September 9, 202010892
October 7, 202012206
November 4, 202013038
December 3, 202013736
December 31, 202014464
February 2, 202117369
March 3, 202121620
March 31, 202123886
April 28, 202125575
May 29, 202127171
June 26, 202128679
July 24, 202130043
August 21, 202131216
September 21, 202132321
October 19, 202133138
November 19, 202134075
December 17, 202135257
January 14, 202236450
February 11, 202237782
March 11, 202239342
April 8, 202240697
May 7, 202241887
June 4, 202243106
July 2, 202244141
July 30, 202245853
September 2, 202247507
September 30, 202248573
October 28, 202249554
November 25, 202250506
December 23, 202251461
January 20, 202352469
February 18, 202353757
March 18, 202354821
April 15, 202355988
May 13, 202357002
June 10, 202357827
July 8, 202358603
August 5, 202359305
September 2, 202360250
October 1, 202361021
October 29, 202361782
November 26, 202362598
December 24, 202363325
January 21, 202464032
February 18, 202464782
March 23, 202465629
April 20, 202466290
May 18, 202466913
June 15, 202467444
July 14, 202468098
August 11, 202468678
September 8, 202469270
October 6, 202469971
November 3, 202470681
December 1, 202471350
December 29, 202472055
January 26, 202572733
February 24, 202573465
March 24, 202574231
April 21, 202574876
May 19, 202575448
June 16, 202575848
July 14, 202576387
August 11, 202576752
September 9, 202577081
October 17, 202577462
November 14, 202577754
December 13, 202577987
January 10, 202678218
February 7, 202678437
March 7, 202678633
April 5, 202678859
May 4, 202679012
June 9, 202679090
September 15, 202679163
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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/esbuildvitejs/vite
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.40,061Best result in this row: 82,823
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.+8Best result in this row: +73
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 years6.4 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalevanw/esbuildvitejs/vite
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/esbuildvitejs/vite
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/esbuildvitejs/vite
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/esbuildvitejs/vite
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 vitejs/vite were read
Fieldevanw/esbuildvitejs/vite
SourceHistorical star dataHistorical star data
CoverageCovers through September 12, 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, evanw/esbuild or vitejs/vite?

    GitHub reports 82,823 stars for vitejs/vite and 40,061 for evanw/esbuild.

  • 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. vitejs/vite — 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.