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Stars say a repository is popular
Its commits say whether it is alive

One drawing per repository: the star curve, where it was read from, and what the commit history says about maintenance and repair load.

Star history for facebook/react: 291k stars, May 29, 2013 to September 17, 2026.13 YR 4 MO291kSEPTEMBER 17, 2026MAY 29, 2013

Source
Historical star data

Coverage
Covers through September 17, 2026

State
Still updating

Star history for facebook/react
DateStars
May 29, 2013168
June 22, 20131436
July 4, 20131527
July 30, 20131661
August 25, 20131804
September 6, 20131910
September 30, 20132049
October 24, 20132185
November 5, 20132342
November 29, 20132575
December 23, 20133304
January 4, 20143720
January 28, 20144410
February 21, 20144828
March 5, 20145004
March 29, 20145407
April 22, 20145753
May 4, 20146112
May 28, 20146926
June 21, 20147374
July 3, 20147615
July 27, 20148155
August 20, 20148722
September 1, 20148991
September 25, 20149543
October 19, 201410144
October 31, 201410819
November 24, 201411770
December 18, 201412761
December 30, 201413237
January 23, 201514026
February 16, 201516937
February 28, 201517827
March 24, 201519299
April 17, 201521358
April 29, 201522231
May 23, 201523518
June 16, 201524794
June 28, 201525326
July 22, 201526659
August 15, 201527937
August 27, 201528528
September 20, 201529854
October 14, 201531399
October 26, 201532096
November 19, 201533612
December 13, 201535129
December 25, 201535874
January 19, 201637459
February 12, 201638766
February 24, 201639502
March 19, 201641305
April 12, 201643221
April 24, 201644086
May 18, 201645496
June 11, 201646903
June 23, 201647704
July 17, 201649206
August 10, 201650923
August 22, 201651639
September 15, 201653322
October 9, 201655820
November 2, 201657844
November 14, 201658773
December 8, 201660585
January 1, 201762211
January 13, 201763385
February 6, 201765707
March 2, 201768261
March 14, 201769281
April 7, 201771465
May 1, 201773693
May 13, 201774806
June 6, 201776857
June 30, 201779107
July 12, 201780207
August 5, 201782561
August 29, 201784565
September 10, 201785660
October 4, 201788216
October 28, 201790856
November 9, 201792063
December 3, 201794265
December 27, 201796337
January 8, 201897343
February 1, 201899913
February 25, 2018101908
March 9, 2018103196
April 2, 2018105797
April 27, 2018107911
May 9, 2018108813
June 2, 2018110943
June 26, 2018119356
July 8, 2018120631
August 1, 2018122823
August 25, 2018124891
September 6, 2018126008
September 30, 2018128070
October 24, 2018129830
November 5, 2018130834
November 29, 2018132904
December 23, 2018134646
January 4, 2019135434
January 28, 2019137523
February 21, 2019139824
March 5, 2019140854
March 29, 2019143326
April 22, 2019145863
May 4, 2019146987
May 28, 2019149107
June 21, 2019150960
July 3, 2019151751
July 27, 2019153523
August 20, 2019155295
September 1, 2019156016
September 25, 2019157672
October 19, 2019159355
October 31, 2019160172
November 24, 2019161837
December 18, 2019163441
December 30, 2019164116
January 23, 2020165620
February 16, 2020166920
February 28, 2020167755
March 23, 2020169336
April 16, 2020171038
April 28, 2020171974
May 22, 2020173818
June 15, 2020175672
June 27, 2020176494
July 21, 2020178432
August 14, 2020180470
August 27, 2020181288
September 20, 2020182951
October 14, 2020184501
October 26, 2020185412
November 19, 2020187034
December 13, 2020188711
December 25, 2020189568
January 18, 2021191026
February 11, 2021192806
February 23, 2021193669
March 19, 2021195202
April 12, 2021196848
April 24, 2021197617
May 21, 2021199170
June 14, 2021200751
June 26, 2021201573
July 20, 2021203135
August 13, 2021204772
August 28, 2021205599
September 21, 2021207208
October 15, 2021208257
October 30, 2021208492
November 23, 2021210077
December 17, 2021211695
December 29, 2021212484
January 22, 2022214248
February 15, 2022215871
February 27, 2022216627
March 23, 2022219027
April 16, 2022221116
April 28, 2022222117
May 22, 2022223639
June 15, 2022225213
June 27, 2022226243
July 21, 2022227648
August 14, 2022229469
August 26, 2022230346
September 19, 2022232163
October 13, 2022233477
October 25, 2022234251
November 18, 2022235724
December 12, 2022237082
December 24, 2022237705
January 17, 2023239142
February 10, 2023240630
February 22, 2023241750
March 18, 2023243422
April 11, 2023245217
May 5, 2023246717
May 17, 2023247557
June 10, 2023249105
July 4, 2023250473
July 16, 2023251144
August 9, 2023252460
September 2, 2023253782
September 14, 2023254512
October 8, 2023255635
November 1, 2023256801
November 13, 2023257382
December 7, 2023258384
December 31, 2023259384
January 12, 2024260104
February 5, 2024261346
February 29, 2024262721
March 12, 2024263583
April 5, 2024264880
April 29, 2024266218
May 11, 2024266889
June 4, 2024268484
June 28, 2024269681
July 10, 2024270320
August 3, 2024271425
August 27, 2024272560
September 8, 2024273122
October 2, 2024274317
October 26, 2024275373
November 7, 2024275891
December 1, 2024276855
December 25, 2024278051
January 6, 2025278563
January 30, 2025279546
February 23, 2025280616
March 7, 2025281183
March 31, 2025282365
April 24, 2025283464
May 6, 2025283959
May 30, 2025284717
June 23, 2025285362
July 5, 2025285772
July 29, 2025286386
August 22, 2025286929
September 3, 2025287196
September 27, 2025287698
October 26, 2025288107
November 7, 2025288281
December 1, 2025288614
December 25, 2025289075
January 6, 2026289221
January 30, 2026289500
February 23, 2026289801
March 7, 2026289955
March 31, 2026290144
April 24, 2026290295
May 6, 2026290371
June 1, 2026290449
June 29, 2026290501
August 12, 2026290523
September 17, 2026290828

Four readings taken from the repository's own commit history

None of these come from stars. They are measured from commits, which is why they can disagree with the star curve — and why it matters when they do.

Maintenance
Commit cadence
How regularly work actually lands, not when the last release was tagged.

Ownership
Author concentration
Whether the work is spread across a team or resting on one person.

Repair load
Fix-labelled share
How much of recent work is fixing rather than building.

Debt markers
TODO / FIXME movement
Whether the markers left in the code are being cleared or accumulating.

Ranked by stars gained in the last 30 days across 5,859 analyzed repositories · updated Sep 17, 2026

8 health charts and 15 embeddable assets in total. One snippet carries a light and a dark drawing behind it, and every URL is cacheable and renders without JavaScript.

One snippet — two drawingsIllustrative specimens; not a repository's values

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facebook/react

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facebook/react

README.md · facebook/react

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