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helix-editor/helix vs microsoft/vscode

  • helix-editor/helix

    Stars

    46,231

    First recorded star in 2021.

  • microsoft/vscode

    Stars

    192,577

    First recorded star in 2015.

Star history overlay
207k STARS10 YR 10 MOhelix-editor/helix43kmicrosoft/vscode207k

helix-editor/helix: 42,755 stars on September 15, 2026. microsoft/vscode: 206,617 stars on September 15, 2026.

Star history for helix-editor/helix
DateStars
May 30, 20216
June 22, 20212691
July 15, 20212918
August 8, 20213103
September 2, 20213442
September 25, 20213556
October 30, 20213631
November 22, 20214117
December 15, 20214671
January 7, 20225029
February 3, 20225526
February 27, 20225696
March 22, 20225910
April 14, 20227873
May 7, 20228734
May 30, 20229289
June 22, 202210055
July 15, 202210587
August 7, 202211024
August 30, 202211470
September 23, 202212848
October 16, 202214965
November 8, 202216073
December 1, 202216687
December 24, 202217414
January 16, 202318276
February 8, 202318891
March 3, 202319584
March 26, 202320226
April 18, 202321371
May 15, 202322015
June 7, 202322693
June 30, 202323470
July 23, 202323923
August 15, 202324428
September 7, 202324902
September 30, 202325405
October 23, 202325800
November 15, 202326658
December 8, 202327207
January 1, 202427716
January 24, 202428254
February 16, 202428910
March 10, 202429494
April 2, 202430328
April 25, 202430930
May 18, 202431300
June 10, 202431818
July 3, 202432230
July 26, 202432990
August 22, 202433573
September 14, 202434106
October 7, 202434578
October 30, 202434982
November 22, 202435402
December 15, 202435774
January 7, 202536347
January 30, 202537056
February 22, 202537646
March 17, 202538088
April 10, 202538545
May 3, 202538898
May 26, 202539436
June 18, 202539660
July 11, 202539965
August 3, 202540424
August 26, 202540735
September 18, 202540953
October 15, 202541134
November 7, 202541471
December 4, 202541727
December 27, 202541935
January 19, 202642104
February 11, 202642250
March 6, 202642395
March 30, 202642517
April 22, 202642601
May 19, 202642663
June 26, 202642706
September 15, 202642755
Star history for microsoft/vscode
DateStars
November 18, 20152383
January 6, 20169844
February 24, 201611449
April 13, 201613155
June 1, 201615783
July 19, 201617247
September 6, 201618574
October 25, 201620356
December 13, 201622180
January 30, 201724612
March 30, 201728582
May 18, 201731557
July 6, 201733893
August 23, 201736590
October 11, 201739547
November 29, 201744285
January 17, 201847509
March 6, 201850885
April 25, 201854186
June 13, 201858557
August 1, 201861975
September 18, 201865364
November 6, 201869270
December 25, 201872163
February 12, 201975137
April 2, 201979355
May 20, 201983587
July 8, 201987051
August 26, 201990007
October 14, 201992887
December 11, 201997381
January 29, 2020100332
March 18, 2020103094
May 5, 2020106405
June 23, 2020109893
August 11, 2020113224
September 30, 2020116336
November 18, 2020119286
January 5, 2021122301
February 23, 2021125574
April 13, 2021128953
June 4, 2021131517
July 22, 2021134434
September 11, 2021137002
November 2, 2021138713
December 21, 2021141403
February 8, 2022143933
March 28, 2022146380
May 16, 2022149159
July 4, 2022151403
August 31, 2022154286
October 19, 2022156699
December 7, 2022158819
January 25, 2023160996
March 14, 2023163335
May 2, 2023165740
June 20, 2023167906
August 8, 2023169896
September 26, 2023172752
November 13, 2023174594
January 1, 2024176518
February 19, 2024178784
April 8, 2024180716
May 26, 2024182696
July 14, 2024184828
September 1, 2024186747
October 20, 2024188886
December 7, 2024190800
January 25, 2025192810
March 15, 2025195429
May 13, 2025197984
June 30, 2025200534
August 18, 2025201944
October 6, 2025202997
November 29, 2025203872
January 16, 2026204754
March 6, 2026205410
April 24, 2026205924
June 13, 2026206154
September 15, 2026206617
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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

Signalhelix-editor/helixmicrosoft/vscode
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.46,231Best result in this row: 192,577
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.+54Best result in this row: +463
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.6.3 years11 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalhelix-editor/helixmicrosoft/vscode
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

Signalhelix-editor/helixmicrosoft/vscode
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

Signalhelix-editor/helixmicrosoft/vscode
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

Signalhelix-editor/helixmicrosoft/vscode
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 helix-editor/helix and microsoft/vscode were read
Fieldhelix-editor/helixmicrosoft/vscode
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, helix-editor/helix or microsoft/vscode?

    GitHub reports 192,577 stars for microsoft/vscode and 46,231 for helix-editor/helix.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

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