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kovidgoyal/kitty vs microsoft/terminal

  • kovidgoyal/kitty

    Stars

    34,905

    First recorded star in 2016.

  • microsoft/terminal

    Stars

    104,900

    First recorded star in 2017.

Star history overlay
115k STARS9 YR 9 MOkovidgoyal/kitty32kmicrosoft/terminal115k

kovidgoyal/kitty: 31,943 stars on September 15, 2026. microsoft/terminal: 114,739 stars on September 14, 2026.

Star history for kovidgoyal/kitty
DateStars
December 6, 20162
February 19, 2017694
May 4, 2017767
July 18, 2017862
September 10, 2017968
October 23, 20171082
December 5, 20171401
January 17, 20181622
February 28, 20182149
April 12, 20182522
June 1, 20183170
July 15, 20183428
August 26, 20183692
October 7, 20184915
November 18, 20185224
December 31, 20185485
February 11, 20195794
March 25, 20196204
May 6, 20196562
June 17, 20196879
July 28, 20197141
September 8, 20197529
October 20, 20197775
December 1, 20198099
January 12, 20208339
February 23, 20208657
April 5, 20208943
May 17, 20209265
June 28, 20209529
August 9, 20209787
September 30, 202010104
November 11, 202010502
December 23, 202010804
February 3, 202111169
March 17, 202111477
April 28, 202111830
June 12, 202112201
July 24, 202112515
September 7, 202112833
October 20, 202113076
December 8, 202113560
January 19, 202214092
March 2, 202214618
April 13, 202215141
May 25, 202215612
July 6, 202216014
August 17, 202216572
September 28, 202217032
November 9, 202217497
December 21, 202217916
February 9, 202318699
March 23, 202319190
May 4, 202319633
June 15, 202320040
July 27, 202320563
September 7, 202320985
October 19, 202321343
November 30, 202321789
January 11, 202422229
February 22, 202422702
April 3, 202423205
May 15, 202423676
June 26, 202424273
August 7, 202424961
September 18, 202425589
October 30, 202426201
December 11, 202426799
January 22, 202527942
March 5, 202528463
April 16, 202529084
June 5, 202529629
July 18, 202529943
August 29, 202530323
October 16, 202530662
November 27, 202530954
January 8, 202631252
February 19, 202631543
April 2, 202631733
May 18, 202631858
September 15, 202631943
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

Signalkovidgoyal/kittymicrosoft/terminal
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.34,905Best 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: +54+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.9.9 years9.1 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalkovidgoyal/kittymicrosoft/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

Signalkovidgoyal/kittymicrosoft/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

Signalkovidgoyal/kittymicrosoft/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

Signalkovidgoyal/kittymicrosoft/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 kovidgoyal/kitty and microsoft/terminal were read
Fieldkovidgoyal/kittymicrosoft/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, kovidgoyal/kitty or microsoft/terminal?

    GitHub reports 104,900 stars for microsoft/terminal and 34,905 for kovidgoyal/kitty.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. kovidgoyal/kitty — 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.