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videolan/vlc

Establishedrank #196

VLC media player - plays everything, runs anywhere. Code here: https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc

19.3k+29 · 7d 6.1k 257est. GPL-2.0Cpushed 13m ago
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Composite

63

conf 65%

Momentum

38

conf 60%

Vitality (PVI)

73

conf 67%

Community

57

conf 60%

Security & maint.

90

conf 85%

Ecosystem influence

75

conf 60%

Opportunity

56

conf 60%

Breakout · 7d

29%

conf 71%

Executive summary

vlc is currently classified as established with a composite score of 63/100. Momentum (38) and vitality (73) are aligned — growth is backed by sustained maintenance. Estimated 7-day gain of 29 stars against a 19.3k-star base. Risk is assessed as low; the interpretable model puts its probability of entering the top trend cohort within 7 days at 29%.

90-day trajectory

+138 · 30d
2026-05-182026-08-15

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%41
Star accelerationest.15%45
Fork velocityest.10%28
Contributor growthest.10%62
Issue activity growthest.10%14
PR activity growthest.10%41
External mention velocityest.10%1
Release event impactest.5%61
Trending-rank persistenceest.5%56

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

Project Vitality Index

Commit consistency20%100
Release cadenceest.15%65
PR responsivenessest.15%39
Issue responsivenessest.15%81
Contributor diversityest.10%89
Maintainer continuityest.10%80
Documentation qualityest.5%62
Dependency freshnessest.5%56
Security hygieneest.5%52

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

Security & maintenance

Release recency25%100
License clarity20%92
Maintenance status25%100
Dependency stalenessest.15%41
Bus factorest.15%100

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

Ecosystem influence

Dependent repositoriesest.30%92
Quality-weighted dependentsest.20%76
Documentation citationsest.15%39
Contributor overlapest.15%66
Registry adoptionest.10%67
Topic centralityest.10%100

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