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Website
konghq.com
Repository
Kong/insomnia
First commit
Stars today
39,984
Forks
2,365

The round

Funding announced 6 Aug 2024

$80.0M
Source: database, sec.gov

The repository was 99 months old on the day the round was announced.

Monthly reconstruction

GitHub stars, 1 May 2017 – 1 Jun 2026

110 observations · one per month

8,81017,61026,42035,230 6 Aug 2024 — round announced 35,986 39,714 Jun ’17Sep ’17Dec ’17Mar ’18Jun ’18Sep ’18Dec ’18Mar ’19Jun ’19Sep ’19Dec ’19Mar ’20Jun ’20Sep ’20Dec ’20Mar ’21Jun ’21Sep ’21Dec ’21Mar ’22Jun ’22Sep ’22Dec ’22Mar ’23Jun ’23Sep ’23Dec ’23Mar ’24Jun ’24Sep ’24Dec ’24Mar ’25Jun ’25Sep ’25Dec ’25Mar ’26Jun ’26
Stars, reconstructed month by month Funding announcement

What the curve says

Growth was faster before the announcement

In the 366 days to 1 Aug 2024 the repository added 5,437 stars. In the 365 days after, it added 3,145 — a rate 1.7× lower.

35,986
stars on 1 Aug 2024, the last reading before the round
14.9/day
1 Aug 2023 – 1 Aug 2024, before
8.6/day
1 Aug 2024 – 1 Aug 2025, after

What this does not show

  • Stars measure attention, not revenue, adoption or retention.
  • Each point is a month-end reading reconstructed from public event data, not a direct observation. Movement inside a month is invisible here, and the level can be understated.
  • A single launch post can produce a step like this without any change in usage.

We have been recording Kong/insomnia since 1 May 2017.

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