Star History vs Repohistory

Star History

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Analyzed October 14, 2026

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Pick Star History when

Open source maintainers tracking growth
DevRel teams comparing repo traction
README badge embedders
Writers sizing project popularity

When Star History is not a fit

Teams judging code quality or security from stars
Buyers wanting deep GitHub analytics beyond star counts
Enterprise procurement: free tool, no vendor, no SLA
Anyone needing guaranteed uptime from charts

Sources

GitHub Star History . Track & Compare Open Source Star Growthstar-history.com
official
A Message to GitHub Star History Users about Ongoing...star-history.com
official
After GitHub's stars API broke star-history, I built a self-hosted...reddit.com
review
GitHub limits star-history accessnews.lavx.hu
news
New API endpoint provides privacy-safe star history datagithub.blog
news
When 4800 GitHub Stars Taught Me to Distrust Popularitymedium.com
review
How to add a live star history chart to your GitHub READMEdev.to
review
OSS Insight vs star-historydevrel.directory
review
Security pagestar-history.com
security
GitHub Star History and Stats (StarTrack-js)seladb.github.io
official
GitHub Repo Star History Chart Generator (Repohistory)app.repohistory.com
official
backstage/backstage on Star Historystar-history.com
official