deno

node takes it 3–1 on popularity and shipping momentum. Numbers straight from GitHub.Stats only — numbers straight from GitHub, no AI verdict.

nodejs/nodeJavaScript

🚀Rocketship

Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨

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3–1

narrow win

denoland/denoRust

🚀Rocketship

A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript.

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The commentary

Node.js dominates popularity; Deno shipping faster

nodejs/node flexes massive star and fork advantages, proving its entrenched ecosystem lead. But denoland/deno steals momentum with higher recent shipping velocity and more commits over the past year—the underdog's moving quick while the establishment coasts.

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Head to head

Shape of the matchup

Each axis is scaled to the bigger of the two — the leader always reaches the edge. It shows who leads on each dimension, not by how much; hover an axis (or read the bars) for the real numbers.

nodedeno

Stars
119.0k
108.3k
Forks

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Days since last push

36.5k

6.3k

Shipped last 4 weeks

403

158

Commits last year

3.0k

3.1k

Days since last push

today

Lines of code (est.)not scored

1.0m

1.1m

Open issuesnot scored

1.4k

1.5k

Languagesnot scored

Bars are scaled within each row — they compare the two repos on that metric, not across metrics. Size rows (lines of code, open issues, languages) are facts, not victories, so they are never scored. Shipping counts show “—” while GitHub warms its weekly stats cache.

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The commentary

Node.js dominates popularity; Deno shipping faster

AI-generated from the stats below.