The two most-starred repos in the charts: 562k ★ vs 535k ★.
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spring-boot vs spring-boot-demo
Spring rivals. Both tagged spring, spring-boot. Six rounds of real GitHub data, an AI referee, and the crowd picks a side.

spring-projects/spring-boot: 81,852 stars, Java. Spring Boot helps you to create Spring-powered, production-grade applications and services with absolute minimum fuss.
xkcoding/spring-boot-demo: 34,036 stars, Java. 🚀一个用来深入学习并实战 Spring Boot 的项目。
spring-boot vs spring-boot-demo: tale of the tape
GitHub data as of November 11, 2026spring-boot has 2.4 times as many GitHub stars as spring-boot-demo (81,852 vs 34,036). In the last 6 days, spring-boot gained more stars: +111 (+0.1%) against +-12 (-0.0%) for spring-boot-demo. spring-boot saw more development in the last 52 weeks with 5,278 commits, against 0 for spring-boot-demo. spring-boot is the older project (created October 2012), spring-boot-demo started in November 2017. Both are written mainly in Java.
| spring-projects/spring-boot | xkcoding/spring-boot-demo | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 81,852 | 34,036 |
| Stars gained, last 6 days | +111 | +-12 |
| Growth, last 6 days | +0.1% | -0.0% |
| Avg. stars per day since creation | 16 | 10 |
| Forks | 42,741 | 10,820 |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 5,278 | 0 |
| Open issues | 536 | 144 |
| Best Repocharts rank today | #4 in Java | #35 in Java |
| Language | Java | Java |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Created | Oct 19, 2012 | Nov 10, 2017 |
| Last push | Nov 11, 2026 | Jul 24, 2024 |
Quick answers
Which is more popular, spring-boot or spring-boot-demo?
spring-boot has 2.4 times as many GitHub stars as spring-boot-demo (81,852 vs 34,036) (Repocharts data as of November 11, 2026).
Which is growing faster, spring-boot or spring-boot-demo?
In the last 6 days, spring-boot gained more stars: +111 (+0.1%) against +-12 (-0.0%) for spring-boot-demo.
Which is more actively developed?
spring-boot saw more development in the last 52 weeks with 5,278 commits, against 0 for spring-boot-demo.
What languages are spring-boot and spring-boot-demo written in?
Both are written mainly in Java.
How does RepoClash compare spring-boot and spring-boot-demo?
RepoClash scores both repositories in six rounds (popularity, momentum, activity, community, maintenance and freshness) from public GitHub data, adds an AI referee's verdict and lets developers vote for their favorite. Star counts are updated daily.