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NixOS/nixpkgs

Establishedrank #95

Nix Packages collection & NixOS

25.8k+78 · 7d 19.8k 630est. MITNixpushed 12m ago
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Composite

71

conf 65%

Momentum

60

conf 60%

Vitality (PVI)

75

conf 67%

Community

67

conf 60%

Security & maint.

91

conf 85%

Ecosystem influence

74

conf 60%

Opportunity

56

conf 60%

Breakout · 7d

64%

conf 71%

Executive summary

nixpkgs is currently classified as established with a composite score of 71/100. Momentum (60) and vitality (75) are aligned — growth is backed by sustained maintenance. Estimated 7-day gain of 78 stars against a 25.8k-star base. Risk is assessed as low; the interpretable model puts its probability of entering the top trend cohort within 7 days at 64%.

90-day trajectory

+282 · 30d
2026-05-172026-08-14

Score breakdown

Every input, weight and normalized value — nothing hidden. Inputs marked est. are estimated until the full ingestion pipeline lands.

Momentum

Star velocityest.25%53
Star accelerationest.15%59
Fork velocityest.10%42
Contributor growthest.10%100
Issue activity growthest.10%100
PR activity growthest.10%68
External mention velocityest.10%3
Release event impactest.5%72
Trending-rank persistenceest.5%59

Model tn-interpretable-1.0.0 · confidence 60% · coverage 100%

Project Vitality Index

Commit consistency20%100
Release cadenceest.15%64
PR responsivenessest.15%95
Issue responsivenessest.15%31
Contributor diversityest.10%100
Maintainer continuityest.10%79
Documentation qualityest.5%59
Dependency freshnessest.5%60
Security hygieneest.5%45

Model tn-interpretable-1.0.0 · confidence 67% · coverage 100%

Security & maintenance

Release recency25%100
License clarity20%92
Maintenance status25%100
Dependency stalenessest.15%52
Bus factorest.15%97

Model tn-interpretable-1.0.0 · confidence 85% · coverage 100%

Ecosystem influence

Dependent repositoriesest.30%100
Quality-weighted dependentsest.20%77
Documentation citationsest.15%52
Contributor overlapest.15%45
Registry adoptionest.10%45
Topic centralityest.10%100

Model tn-interpretable-1.0.0 · confidence 60% · coverage 92% · missing: packageRegistryAdoption