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  • pandas-dev/pandas

    Stars

    49,732

    First recorded star in 2011.

  • pola-rs/polars

    Stars

    39,733

    First recorded star in 2020.

Star history overlay
52k STARS15 YR 7 MOpandas-dev/pandas52kpola-rs/polars35k

pandas-dev/pandas: 51,816 stars on September 14, 2026. pola-rs/polars: 35,432 stars on September 15, 2026.

Star history for pandas-dev/pandas
DateStars
February 20, 20111
September 20, 2011119
January 6, 2012242
October 11, 2012459
December 23, 2012660
March 4, 2013853
May 9, 20131088
July 19, 20131289
September 28, 20131576
December 3, 20131901
February 23, 20142233
April 30, 20142489
July 7, 20142754
September 10, 20142971
November 16, 20143267
January 21, 20153597
March 26, 20153924
May 29, 20154212
July 31, 20154524
October 4, 20154873
December 7, 20155277
February 12, 20165605
April 16, 20166052
June 18, 20166505
August 21, 20166947
October 24, 20167401
December 27, 20167855
February 28, 20178921
May 3, 20179791
July 6, 201710543
September 21, 201711429
November 23, 201712380
January 26, 201813331
March 31, 201814407
June 4, 201815285
August 6, 201816174
October 9, 201817096
December 12, 201818081
February 14, 201918928
April 19, 201920018
June 21, 201921082
August 24, 201922125
October 27, 201923276
December 30, 201924266
March 3, 202025384
May 5, 202026501
July 8, 202027570
September 11, 202028492
November 14, 202029379
January 16, 202130359
April 3, 202131638
June 9, 202132446
August 12, 202133241
October 17, 202133920
December 25, 202134696
February 27, 202235618
May 2, 202236603
July 4, 202237341
September 6, 202238142
November 9, 202238974
January 12, 202339682
March 17, 202340566
May 19, 202341743
July 22, 202342509
September 24, 202343335
November 27, 202344102
January 30, 202444822
April 2, 202445654
June 5, 202446340
August 8, 202447111
October 23, 202447965
December 26, 202448603
February 28, 202549302
May 3, 202549960
July 6, 202550421
September 7, 202550874
November 18, 202551173
January 23, 202651441
April 3, 202651664
September 14, 202651816
Star history for pola-rs/polars
DateStars
June 17, 20201
August 7, 2020159
September 21, 2020228
October 24, 2020294
November 23, 2020410
December 22, 2020538
January 19, 2021626
February 19, 2021679
March 20, 20211239
April 15, 20211419
May 19, 20211634
June 14, 20211784
July 10, 20211915
August 6, 20212037
September 6, 20212196
October 2, 20212504
November 6, 20212637
December 2, 20212974
December 28, 20213695
January 23, 20224121
February 19, 20224426
March 17, 20224729
April 12, 20224967
May 8, 20225461
June 3, 20225928
June 29, 20226271
July 25, 20226837
August 21, 20227208
September 16, 20227575
October 12, 20228215
November 12, 20228783
December 8, 20229251
January 3, 202310990
January 30, 202312700
February 25, 202313908
March 23, 202315003
April 18, 202315873
May 14, 202316436
June 9, 202317040
July 5, 202317671
August 1, 202318255
August 27, 202319108
September 22, 202319695
October 18, 202320274
November 13, 202320842
December 9, 202321409
January 4, 202422057
January 31, 202423262
February 26, 202423816
March 23, 202424584
April 23, 202425430
May 19, 202425968
June 14, 202426492
July 11, 202427315
August 6, 202427820
September 1, 202428379
September 27, 202428888
October 23, 202429378
November 18, 202429870
December 14, 202430339
January 10, 202530791
February 5, 202531210
March 3, 202531652
March 29, 202532183
April 24, 202532706
May 20, 202533141
June 15, 202533355
July 12, 202533602
August 7, 202533875
September 2, 202534157
October 3, 202534391
November 4, 202534537
December 1, 202534700
December 27, 202534856
January 22, 202635021
February 17, 202635148
March 16, 202635229
April 16, 202635328
May 20, 202635388
September 15, 202635432
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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

Signalpandas-dev/pandaspola-rs/polars
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 49,73239,733
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +58+28
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.16 years6.3 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalpandas-dev/pandaspola-rs/polars
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

Signalpandas-dev/pandaspola-rs/polars
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

Signalpandas-dev/pandaspola-rs/polars
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

Signalpandas-dev/pandaspola-rs/polars
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 pandas-dev/pandas and pola-rs/polars were read
Fieldpandas-dev/pandaspola-rs/polars
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, pandas-dev/pandas or pola-rs/polars?

    GitHub reports 49,732 stars for pandas-dev/pandas and 39,733 for pola-rs/polars.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. pandas-dev/pandas — Historical star data · Covers through September 14, 2026 · Still updating. pola-rs/polars — 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.