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k3s-io/k3s

Coolingrank #63

Lightweight Kubernetes

34.3k+75 · 7d 2.8k 143est. Apache-2.0Gopushed 8m ago

Composite

67

conf 65%

Momentum

48

conf 60%

Vitality (PVI)

81

conf 67%

Community

62

conf 60%

Security & maint.

89

conf 85%

Ecosystem influence

68

conf 60%

Opportunity

63

conf 60%

Breakout · 7d

23%

conf 71%

Executive summary

k3s is currently classified as cooling with a composite score of 67/100. Momentum (48) and vitality (81) are aligned — growth is backed by sustained maintenance. Estimated 7-day gain of 75 stars against a 34.3k-star base. Risk is assessed as low; the interpretable model puts its probability of entering the top trend cohort within 7 days at 23%.

90-day trajectory

+413 · 30d
2026-08-012026-10-29

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%52
Star accelerationest.15%39
Fork velocityest.10%41
Contributor growthest.10%75
Issue activity growthest.10%62
PR activity growthest.10%47
External mention velocityest.10%2
Release event impactest.5%60
Trending-rank persistenceest.5%68

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

Project Vitality Index

Commit consistency20%100
Release cadenceest.15%87
PR responsivenessest.15%76
Issue responsivenessest.15%63
Contributor diversityest.10%80
Maintainer continuityest.10%81
Documentation qualityest.5%88
Dependency freshnessest.5%70
Security hygieneest.5%66

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

Security & maintenance

Release recency25%100
License clarity20%92
Maintenance status25%100
Dependency stalenessest.15%58
Bus factorest.15%76

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

Ecosystem influence

Dependent repositoriesest.30%85
Quality-weighted dependentsest.20%63
Documentation citationsest.15%51
Contributor overlapest.15%60
Registry adoptionest.10%46
Topic centralityest.10%86

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