Reading the repo — stats and the shipped feed land in about ten seconds…
vitejs/vite leads 5–0 on popularity and shipping momentum. Stats only — numbers straight from GitHub, no AI verdict.
| Metric | vite | esbuild |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 81.8k | 40.0k |
| Forks | 8.4k | 1.3k |
| Shipped last 4 weeks | 107 | 13 |
| Commits last year | 1.3k | 163 |
| Days since last push | 1d | 23d |
| Lines of code (est.) | 100.9k | 226.9k |
| Open issues | 719 | 626 |
| Languages | 14 | 7 |
Highlighted cells win their row. Size rows (lines of code, open issues, languages) are facts, not victories — nobody wins those. Shipping counts come from GitHub's weekly participation stats and show “—” while GitHub warms that cache.