Nginx has a massive lead with 29097 stars. Its growth has stalled, showing 0 stars in the last 30 days. KGateway, however, gained 86 stars in the last 30 days. This translates to a monthly velocity of 86.00/month for KGateway, while Nginx's is 0.00/month. The gap is clearly closing as KGateway gains traction.
nginx/nginx is barely moving with 0.00 stars/month. kgateway-dev/kgateway is seeing 86.00 stars/month. That’s a massive difference.
The Nginx audience skews slightly more junior at 78% middle/senior developers. Kgateway leans more towards executive influence, with 10% directors/CXOs. Kgateway also shows a stronger founder/co-founder presence at 10%, compared to Nginx's 8%. This suggests Kgateway might be capturing the attention of those building early-stage companies. Nginx's larger middle/senior group indicates broad adoption among established engineering teams.
Nginx has 29,097 stars, but zero new ones monthly. Kgatesway, with 5,335 stars, gained 86 monthly, showing current traction. Both projects target middle to senior developers, but only one is seeing fresh interest.