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xiaolai/the-craft-of-selfteaching

Establishedrank #105

One has no future if one couldn't teach themself.

18.4k+829 · 7d 17.9k 564est. NOASSERTIONJupyter Notebookpushed 5mo ago
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Composite

53

conf 65%

Momentum

52

conf 60%

Vitality (PVI)

55

conf 67%

Community

59

conf 60%

Security & maint.

28

conf 85%

Ecosystem influence

71

conf 60%

Opportunity

56

conf 60%

Breakout · 7d

56%

conf 71%

Executive summary

the-craft-of-selfteaching is currently classified as established with a composite score of 53/100. Momentum (52) and vitality (55) are aligned — growth is backed by sustained maintenance. Estimated 7-day gain of 829 stars against a 18.4k-star base. Risk is assessed as elevated; the interpretable model puts its probability of entering the top trend cohort within 7 days at 56%.

90-day trajectory

+2.7k · 30d
2026-07-312026-10-28

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%51
Star accelerationest.15%56
Fork velocityest.10%36
Contributor growthest.10%100
Issue activity growthest.10%57
PR activity growthest.10%65
External mention velocityest.10%3
Release event impactest.5%41
Trending-rank persistenceest.5%60

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

Project Vitality Index

Commit consistency20%0
Release cadenceest.15%39
PR responsivenessest.15%95
Issue responsivenessest.15%57
Contributor diversityest.10%100
Maintainer continuityest.10%73
Documentation qualityest.5%58
Dependency freshnessest.5%85
Security hygieneest.5%44

Model tn-interpretable-1.0.0 · confidence 67% · coverage 92% · missing: licenseClarity

Security & maintenance

Release recency25%0
License clarity20%30
Maintenance status25%0
Dependency stalenessest.15%72
Bus factorest.15%75

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

Ecosystem influence

Dependent repositoriesest.30%100
Quality-weighted dependentsest.20%65
Documentation citationsest.15%67
Contributor overlapest.15%71
Registry adoptionest.10%50
Topic centralityest.10%20

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