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Pester vs keep-the-why
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Recorded Stars Comparison
● nriley/Pester (164)
● oliver-zehentleitner/keep-the-why (225)
☆ 164Pester stars
☆ 225keep-the-why stars
+61Difference
keep-the-whyStar Leader (1.4x)
⚖️ Comparison Verdict
Star Popularity
keep-the-why Leads
+61 stars (1.4x ratio)
Forks & Derivatives
Pester Leads
17 total community forks
Recent Maintenance
keep-the-why
Pushed 21d ago
Licensing
Different
Pester: BSD-2-Clause vs keep-the-why: MIT
Side-by-Side Facts
| Metric | nriley/Pester ↗ | oliver-zehentleitner/keep-the-why ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Simple, disposable alarms and timers for macOS. | The why layer of repo-native project memory: the reasoning behind a codebase as Markdown in the repo, versioned by Git, for coding agents and humans, so nothing rejected is proposed twice. No database, no daemon, no account. |
| GitHub Stars | ☆ 164 | ☆ 225 |
| Forks | 17 | 13 |
| Open Issues | 10 | 2 |
| Main Language | Perl | Python |
| License | BSD-2-Clause | MIT |
| Last Push | Aug 8, 2021 | Oct 12, 2026 |
| GitHub Source | Open Source ↗ | Open Source ↗ |
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