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ghostty-org/ghostty vs microsoft/terminal

  • ghostty-org/ghostty

    Stars

    61,129

    First recorded star in 2024.

  • microsoft/terminal

    Stars

    104,900

    First recorded star in 2017.

Star history overlay
115k STARS9 YR 1 MOghostty-org/ghostty37kmicrosoft/terminal115k

ghostty-org/ghostty: 36,968 stars on September 15, 2026. microsoft/terminal: 114,739 stars on September 14, 2026.

Star history for ghostty-org/ghostty
DateStars
December 26, 20242283
January 2, 202517651
January 9, 202520474
January 16, 202521980
January 23, 202522930
January 30, 202523469
February 7, 202524134
February 14, 202524602
February 21, 202525047
February 28, 202525430
March 9, 202525837
March 16, 202526145
March 23, 202526477
March 30, 202526767
April 6, 202527016
April 14, 202527284
April 21, 202527522
April 28, 202527771
May 5, 202528004
May 12, 202528212
May 20, 202528464
May 27, 202528646
June 3, 202528785
June 10, 202528940
June 17, 202529092
June 24, 202529442
July 2, 202529701
July 9, 202529904
July 16, 202530050
July 23, 202530190
August 1, 202530407
August 8, 202530565
August 15, 202530705
August 22, 202530977
August 30, 202531149
September 6, 202531267
September 13, 202531497
September 20, 202531703
September 27, 202531910
October 4, 202532038
October 16, 202532180
October 23, 202532286
October 30, 202532387
November 6, 202532525
November 13, 202532619
November 20, 202532717
November 28, 202532819
December 5, 202532943
December 12, 202533083
December 19, 202533220
December 28, 202533460
January 4, 202633637
January 11, 202633850
January 18, 202634011
January 26, 202634191
February 2, 202634377
February 9, 202634587
February 16, 202634759
February 23, 202634928
March 2, 202635143
March 10, 202635332
March 17, 202635616
March 24, 202635815
March 31, 202635933
April 7, 202636091
April 15, 202636246
April 22, 202636342
April 29, 202636444
May 6, 202636600
May 13, 202636681
May 22, 202636736
May 29, 202636787
June 5, 202636818
June 14, 202636841
June 25, 202636852
July 5, 202636865
July 25, 202636872
August 23, 202636882
September 6, 202636931
September 15, 202636968
Star history for microsoft/terminal
DateStars
August 12, 201740
October 6, 2017162
November 24, 2017274
January 10, 2018363
March 3, 2018443
April 24, 2018534
June 6, 2018650
July 23, 2018753
September 6, 2018874
October 23, 2018990
December 17, 20181148
January 25, 20191317
March 7, 20191475
April 15, 20191661
May 25, 201941513
July 3, 201949314
August 11, 201951899
September 19, 201953853
October 28, 201955759
December 6, 201957609
January 14, 202059287
February 22, 202061040
April 1, 202062886
May 10, 202064979
June 18, 202068981
July 27, 202070889
September 5, 202072315
October 14, 202073508
November 22, 202074859
December 31, 202076101
February 16, 202177843
March 27, 202178971
May 5, 202180159
June 16, 202181619
July 25, 202182980
September 4, 202184183
October 14, 202185065
November 27, 202185942
January 5, 202287076
February 13, 202288721
March 24, 202289930
May 2, 202291023
June 10, 202292051
July 19, 202292731
August 27, 202293830
October 5, 202294576
November 13, 202295305
December 22, 202296110
January 30, 202396898
March 10, 202397624
April 26, 202398450
June 4, 202399155
July 13, 202399840
August 21, 2023100478
September 29, 2023101305
November 7, 2023102058
December 16, 2023102774
January 24, 2024103346
March 3, 2024104372
April 11, 2024104985
May 20, 2024105660
June 28, 2024106247
August 6, 2024106843
September 14, 2024107441
October 23, 2024108177
December 1, 2024108882
January 9, 2025109524
February 17, 2025110386
March 28, 2025111038
May 6, 2025111689
June 22, 2025112280
July 31, 2025112588
September 8, 2025113234
October 23, 2025113681
December 1, 2025113873
January 9, 2026114098
February 17, 2026114325
March 30, 2026114499
May 11, 2026114656
September 14, 2026114739
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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

Signalghostty-org/ghosttymicrosoft/terminal
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.61,129Best result in this row: 104,900
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +127+51
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.4.5 years9.1 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalghostty-org/ghosttymicrosoft/terminal
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

Signalghostty-org/ghosttymicrosoft/terminal
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

Signalghostty-org/ghosttymicrosoft/terminal
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

Signalghostty-org/ghosttymicrosoft/terminal
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 ghostty-org/ghostty and microsoft/terminal were read
Fieldghostty-org/ghosttymicrosoft/terminal
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, ghostty-org/ghostty or microsoft/terminal?

    GitHub reports 104,900 stars for microsoft/terminal and 61,129 for ghostty-org/ghostty.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. ghostty-org/ghostty — Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 2026 · Still updating. microsoft/terminal — 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.