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  • nats-io/nats-server

    Stars

    20,708

    First recorded star in 2013.

  • redpanda-data/redpanda

    Stars

    12,546

    First recorded star in 2020.

Star history overlay
19k STARS12 YR 11 MOnats-io/nats-server19kredpanda-data/redpanda11k

nats-io/nats-server: 19,111 stars on September 15, 2026. redpanda-data/redpanda: 11,124 stars on September 15, 2026.

Star history for nats-io/nats-server
DateStars
October 18, 201319
March 13, 2014324
June 5, 2014471
August 21, 2014654
November 3, 2014761
January 29, 2015881
March 31, 20151025
June 14, 20151132
August 17, 20151279
October 13, 20151537
December 20, 20151708
February 20, 20161842
April 20, 20162091
June 16, 20162281
August 18, 20162432
October 12, 20162583
December 9, 20162734
February 8, 20172872
April 3, 20173030
May 27, 20173235
July 22, 20173419
September 20, 20173598
November 16, 20173768
January 11, 20183932
March 6, 20184087
May 1, 20184327
June 24, 20184524
August 16, 20184729
October 8, 20184927
November 30, 20185136
February 2, 20195396
March 28, 20195635
May 19, 20195921
July 11, 20196240
September 2, 20196718
October 24, 20197051
December 17, 20197333
February 8, 20207582
March 31, 20207794
May 22, 20208105
July 14, 20208363
September 7, 20208626
October 31, 20208880
December 22, 20209111
February 14, 20219351
April 9, 20219606
June 6, 20219913
July 29, 202110159
September 23, 202110412
November 26, 202110641
January 29, 202210965
March 24, 202211228
May 16, 202211456
July 9, 202211698
August 30, 202211990
October 22, 202212316
December 13, 202212547
February 4, 202312782
March 28, 202313155
May 19, 202313441
July 11, 202313668
September 1, 202314092
October 24, 202314393
December 15, 202314639
February 7, 202414970
March 30, 202415308
May 21, 202415613
July 13, 202415946
September 6, 202416252
October 28, 202416624
December 29, 202416982
February 21, 202517291
April 14, 202517636
June 5, 202518023
July 28, 202518205
September 19, 202518592
November 18, 202518759
January 13, 202618903
March 12, 202619026
September 15, 202619111
Star history for redpanda-data/redpanda
DateStars
November 12, 202040
December 5, 20201240
December 31, 20201356
January 25, 20211578
February 18, 20211742
March 18, 20211838
April 11, 20211976
May 5, 20212172
June 2, 20212260
June 27, 20212365
July 26, 20212482
August 21, 20212570
September 19, 20212709
October 15, 20212783
November 16, 20212879
December 12, 20213019
January 6, 20223134
January 31, 20223248
February 23, 20223427
March 19, 20223546
April 12, 20223741
May 6, 20223986
May 30, 20224141
June 23, 20224297
July 17, 20224417
August 10, 20224575
September 3, 20224696
September 27, 20224823
October 20, 20224996
November 13, 20225249
December 12, 20225554
January 5, 20235697
January 29, 20235915
February 23, 20236088
March 19, 20236230
April 11, 20236372
May 5, 20236533
May 29, 20236703
June 22, 20236847
July 17, 20237235
August 10, 20237390
September 3, 20237507
September 28, 20237638
October 22, 20237793
November 15, 20237916
December 8, 20238033
January 1, 20248111
January 26, 20248246
February 19, 20248377
March 14, 20248505
April 12, 20248650
May 7, 20248808
May 30, 20248928
June 23, 20249063
July 18, 20249162
August 11, 20249246
September 4, 20249347
September 28, 20249456
October 24, 20249584
November 18, 20249656
December 12, 20249749
January 6, 20259824
January 30, 20259934
February 23, 202510035
March 22, 202510119
April 15, 202510218
May 10, 202510306
June 5, 202510375
June 29, 202510450
July 26, 202510518
August 23, 202510628
September 16, 202510738
October 17, 202510792
November 13, 202510839
December 9, 202510906
January 4, 202610961
February 4, 202611016
March 5, 202611060
April 19, 202611095
September 15, 202611124
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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

Signalnats-io/nats-serverredpanda-data/redpanda
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 20,70812,546
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +15+11
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.14 years5.9 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalnats-io/nats-serverredpanda-data/redpanda
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

Signalnats-io/nats-serverredpanda-data/redpanda
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

Signalnats-io/nats-serverredpanda-data/redpanda
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

Signalnats-io/nats-serverredpanda-data/redpanda
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 nats-io/nats-server and redpanda-data/redpanda were read
Fieldnats-io/nats-serverredpanda-data/redpanda
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, nats-io/nats-server or redpanda-data/redpanda?

    GitHub reports 20,708 stars for nats-io/nats-server and 12,546 for redpanda-data/redpanda.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. nats-io/nats-server — Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 2026 · Still updating. redpanda-data/redpanda — 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.