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  • microsoft/vscode

    Stars

    192,577

    First recorded star in 2015.

  • zed-industries/zed

    Stars

    90,265

    First recorded star in 2024.

Star history overlay
207k STARS10 YR 10 MOmicrosoft/vscode207kzed-industries/zed70k

microsoft/vscode: 206,617 stars on September 15, 2026. zed-industries/zed: 70,463 stars on September 15, 2026.

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
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, 202670463
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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/vscodezed-industries/zed
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 192,57790,265
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +463+167
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.11 years5.6 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalmicrosoft/vscodezed-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

Signalmicrosoft/vscodezed-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

Signalmicrosoft/vscodezed-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

Signalmicrosoft/vscodezed-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 microsoft/vscode and zed-industries/zed were read
Fieldmicrosoft/vscodezed-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, microsoft/vscode or zed-industries/zed?

    GitHub reports 192,577 stars for microsoft/vscode and 90,265 for zed-industries/zed.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. microsoft/vscode — 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.