Health Scores
Overall package health from 0-100 based on maintenance activity, release frequency, community engagement, and documentation quality.
High downloads, low stars
High-download packages (100K-10M/month) with relatively few GitHub stars. Often well-maintained but underappreciated by the community.
High stars, unique repos only
Packages with high GitHub stars relative to downloads (>5 stars per 1k downloads). Often CLI tools, GUI apps, or developer utilities. Only includes packages with a unique GitHub repo.
5K+ downloads, >10% growth
Packages with strong download momentum - week-over-week growth indicating increasing adoption.
Stale maintenance
Popular packages with stale maintenance - high downloads but no recent commits or releases. May need community attention or alternatives.
Few contributors, high downloads
Packages with few contributors relative to their popularity. High downloads with limited maintainers is a sustainability concern.
Popular packages, >12/year avg
Packages with frequent releases (12+ per year). Often indicates active development and quick bug fixes.
Popular packages, oldest releases
Packages with infrequent releases (less than 1 per year). May be stable or may indicate declining maintenance.
>5 issues per 1k stars
Packages with many open issues relative to their popularity (issues per 1K stars). May indicate maintenance backlog.
Most discussions per 1k stars
Packages with high discussion engagement relative to stars. Indicates active community and maintainer communication.