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pollen-robotics/microduck

Establishedrank #79

A Tiny biped duck robot 🦆

11.3k+1.9k · 7d 1.4k 99est. Apache-2.0Rustpushed 1d ago
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Composite

73

conf 65%

Momentum

71

conf 60%

Vitality (PVI)

79

conf 67%

Community

64

conf 60%

Security & maint.

86

conf 85%

Ecosystem influence

66

conf 60%

Opportunity

61

conf 60%

Breakout · 7d

55%

conf 71%

Executive summary

microduck is currently classified as established with a composite score of 73/100. Momentum (71) and vitality (79) are aligned — growth is backed by sustained maintenance. Estimated 7-day gain of 1,850 stars against a 11.3k-star base. Risk is assessed as low; the interpretable model puts its probability of entering the top trend cohort within 7 days at 55%.

90-day trajectory

+6.1k · 30d
2026-07-282026-10-25

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%85
Star accelerationest.15%51
Fork velocityest.10%81
Contributor growthest.10%71
Issue activity growthest.10%62
PR activity growthest.10%56
External mention velocityest.10%100
Release event impactest.5%62
Trending-rank persistenceest.5%43

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

Project Vitality Index

Commit consistency20%97
Release cadenceest.15%77
PR responsivenessest.15%95
Issue responsivenessest.15%64
Contributor diversityest.10%74
Maintainer continuityest.10%74
Documentation qualityest.5%68
Dependency freshnessest.5%79
Security hygieneest.5%39

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

Security & maintenance

Release recency25%97
License clarity20%92
Maintenance status25%97
Dependency stalenessest.15%47
Bus factorest.15%79

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

Ecosystem influence

Dependent repositoriesest.30%79
Quality-weighted dependentsest.20%75
Documentation citationsest.15%71
Contributor overlapest.15%59
Registry adoptionest.10%80
Topic centralityest.10%2

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