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helix-editor/helix vs zed-industries/zed

  • helix-editor/helix

    Stars

    46,231

    First recorded star in 2021.

  • zed-industries/zed

    Stars

    90,265

    First recorded star in 2024.

Star history overlay
70k STARS5 YR 4 MOhelix-editor/helix43kzed-industries/zed70k

helix-editor/helix: 42,755 stars on September 15, 2026. zed-industries/zed: 70,464 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 zed-industries/zed
DateStars
January 24, 20242246
February 4, 202418272
February 15, 202421240
February 27, 202425187
March 9, 202427170
March 21, 202428170
April 1, 202428824
April 12, 202429525
April 24, 202431374
May 5, 202432178
May 19, 202433585
May 30, 202434337
June 11, 202435123
June 22, 202437851
July 3, 202438662
July 15, 202440910
July 26, 202441960
August 7, 202442932
August 18, 202443565
August 29, 202445409
September 10, 202446363
September 21, 202447047
October 3, 202447695
October 14, 202448230
October 25, 202448801
November 6, 202449530
November 17, 202450262
November 29, 202450915
December 10, 202451463
December 21, 202451875
January 4, 202552722
January 16, 202553394
January 27, 202553925
February 7, 202554421
February 19, 202555059
March 2, 202555551
March 14, 202556164
March 25, 202556782
April 5, 202557276
April 17, 202557839
April 28, 202558289
May 10, 202559786
May 21, 202560865
June 1, 202561343
June 13, 202561701
June 24, 202562058
July 6, 202562327
July 17, 202562635
July 28, 202562959
August 9, 202563357
August 23, 202563823
September 3, 202564245
September 14, 202564617
September 26, 202565090
October 7, 202565378
October 23, 202565877
November 3, 202566230
November 14, 202566545
November 26, 202566830
December 7, 202567074
December 19, 202567388
December 30, 202567667
January 10, 202667976
January 22, 202668309
February 2, 202668551
February 14, 202668815
February 25, 202669020
March 8, 202669210
March 20, 202669375
March 31, 202669479
April 14, 202669677
April 25, 202669795
May 7, 202670049
May 18, 202670180
May 29, 202670251
June 11, 202670287
June 23, 202670307
July 17, 202670330
September 3, 202670346
September 15, 202670464
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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/helixzed-industries/zed
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.46,231Best result in this row: 90,265
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.+54Best result in this row: +168
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 years5.6 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalhelix-editor/helixzed-industries/zed
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/helixzed-industries/zed
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/helixzed-industries/zed
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/helixzed-industries/zed
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 zed-industries/zed were read
Fieldhelix-editor/helixzed-industries/zed
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 zed-industries/zed?

    GitHub reports 90,265 stars for zed-industries/zed 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. zed-industries/zed — 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.