Popularity score factors

Popularity scores indicate how popular is the repository. Popularity information is based on metadata gathered from a code hosting and version control system such as GitHub. Popular repositories are more likely to be maintained.

The following factors have a positive contribution to the popularity score:

• A large number of reputable contributors affiliated with the project indicates that the project is reliable. An account is considered reputable if it participates in multiple open-source projects and has a high rating on GitHub.
• The project includes many stars indicating an interest in the project.
• Having subscribers indicates interest in the project.
• Includes many subscribers
• Includes a high number of dependent projects.
• Includes many forks.
• Some of the released artifacts of the repository are downloaded many times indicating the project is popular.

The following factors have a negative contribution to the activity score:

• Very few forks may indicate a lack of interest in the project.
• Few subscribers may mean a lack of interest in the project.
• Few stars may mean a lack of interest in the project.