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paperclipai/paperclip

Establishedrank #6

The open-source app everyone uses to manage agents at work

88.4k+14.7k · 7d 15.5k 388est. MITTypeScriptpushed 15h ago

Composite

77

conf 65%

Momentum

80

conf 60%

Vitality (PVI)

73

conf 67%

Community

70

conf 60%

Security & maint.

96

conf 85%

Ecosystem influence

70

conf 60%

Opportunity

66

conf 60%

Breakout · 7d

53%

conf 71%

Executive summary

paperclip is currently classified as established with a composite score of 77/100. Momentum (80) and vitality (73) diverge — attention is running ahead of maintenance depth. Estimated 7-day gain of 14,657 stars against a 88.4k-star base. Risk is assessed as low; the interpretable model puts its probability of entering the top trend cohort within 7 days at 53%.

Analyst note

AI-drafted · numbers from tracked data

The momentum-vs-vitality relationship suggests that a project with high vitality (73/100) and moderate momentum (80/100) is more attractive to adopt or build on now. However, the relatively low vitality score of 73/100 indicates that this project may not be as stable or sustainable in the long run. A higher momentum score also implies that the project has gained significant traction and attention from users, which could be a deciding factor for adopting or building on it.

90-day trajectory

+48k · 30d
2026-07-012026-09-28

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%100
Star accelerationest.15%48
Fork velocityest.10%100
Contributor growthest.10%99
Issue activity growthest.10%100
PR activity growthest.10%64
External mention velocityest.10%56
Release event impactest.5%66
Trending-rank persistenceest.5%44

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

Project Vitality Index

Commit consistency20%98
Release cadenceest.15%76
PR responsivenessest.15%65
Issue responsivenessest.15%33
Contributor diversityest.10%96
Maintainer continuityest.10%74
Documentation qualityest.5%61
Dependency freshnessest.5%81
Security hygieneest.5%57

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

Security & maintenance

Release recency25%99
License clarity20%92
Maintenance status25%98
Dependency stalenessest.15%89
Bus factorest.15%100

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

Ecosystem influence

Dependent repositoriesest.30%100
Quality-weighted dependentsest.20%91
Documentation citationsest.15%44
Contributor overlapest.15%51
Registry adoptionest.10%65
Topic centralityest.10%4

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