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  • microsoft/terminal

    Stars

    104,900

    First recorded star in 2017.

  • zellij-org/zellij

    Stars

    35,420

    First recorded star in 2020.

Star history overlay
115k STARS9 YR 1 MOmicrosoft/terminal115kzellij-org/zellij28k

microsoft/terminal: 114,739 stars on September 14, 2026. zellij-org/zellij: 27,598 stars on September 15, 2026.

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
Star history for zellij-org/zellij
DateStars
November 1, 202027
December 25, 2020194
February 21, 2021384
April 23, 20212010
May 20, 20212764
June 14, 20213071
July 9, 20213170
August 2, 20213416
August 29, 20213546
September 22, 20213714
November 5, 20213854
November 30, 20214035
December 27, 20214244
January 20, 20224455
February 13, 20224701
March 10, 20225593
April 3, 20225814
April 27, 20226110
May 21, 20226385
June 14, 20226694
July 9, 20226902
August 2, 20227185
August 26, 20227946
September 19, 20228179
October 13, 20228448
November 7, 20228783
December 1, 20229067
December 25, 20229247
January 18, 20239517
February 11, 20239918
March 13, 202310727
April 6, 202311157
April 30, 202311538
May 24, 202311840
June 17, 202312201
July 12, 202312831
August 5, 202313183
August 29, 202313459
September 22, 202313756
October 16, 202314036
November 10, 202314367
December 4, 202314750
December 28, 202315075
January 21, 202415438
February 14, 202416010
March 10, 202416627
April 3, 202416970
April 27, 202417582
May 21, 202418177
June 15, 202418966
July 14, 202419508
August 7, 202419967
August 31, 202420318
September 24, 202420749
October 18, 202421208
November 12, 202421707
December 6, 202422146
December 30, 202422489
January 23, 202522788
February 16, 202523138
March 13, 202523482
April 6, 202523820
April 30, 202524091
May 24, 202524370
June 18, 202524559
July 12, 202524892
August 5, 202525136
August 29, 202525443
September 22, 202525699
October 22, 202525875
November 20, 202526048
December 14, 202526197
January 7, 202626376
January 31, 202626583
February 24, 202626867
March 21, 202627084
April 14, 202627330
May 10, 202627454
June 4, 202627542
September 15, 202627598
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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

Signalmicrosoft/terminalzellij-org/zellij
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 104,90035,420
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +51+40
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.9.1 years6.0 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalmicrosoft/terminalzellij-org/zellij
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

Signalmicrosoft/terminalzellij-org/zellij
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

Signalmicrosoft/terminalzellij-org/zellij
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

Signalmicrosoft/terminalzellij-org/zellij
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 microsoft/terminal and zellij-org/zellij were read
Fieldmicrosoft/terminalzellij-org/zellij
SourceHistorical star dataHistorical star data
CoverageCovers through September 14, 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, microsoft/terminal or zellij-org/zellij?

    GitHub reports 104,900 stars for microsoft/terminal and 35,420 for zellij-org/zellij.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. microsoft/terminal — Historical star data · Covers through September 14, 2026 · Still updating. zellij-org/zellij — 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.