Key Metrics
Core Health Factors
- Health Score: Overall rating with confidence level
- Lottery Factor: Knowledge concentration risk (20% weight)
- Self-Selection: How contributors choose their work
- Response Time: Average PR merge duration (10% weight)
- Activity Level: Repository engagement intensity
Enhanced Contributor Metrics (New)
- Contributor Diversity: Comprehensive team distribution including:
- Pull request authors
- Issue creators
- Code reviewers
- Discussion participants
- Issue Engagement: Unique issue authors engaging with the project (15% weight)
- Review & Discussion Quality: Combined review coverage and reviewer diversity (15% weight)
- Tracks percentage of PRs receiving reviews
- Rewards having multiple diverse reviewers (2 points per unique reviewer, max 20 points)
Confidence Score Calculation
The repository confidence score evaluates contribution sustainability through:- Star/Fork Conversion: How effectively stars and forks convert to contributions
- Engagement Conversion: Issue and comment engagement leading to contributions
- Contributor Retention: Retention rates over time windows
- Contribution Quality: PR success rates and merge patterns
Visual Indicators
🟢 Green = Healthy (Score > 70)🟡 Yellow = Needs attention (Score 40-70)
🔴 Red = Critical (Score < 40) Trend arrows show if metrics are improving or declining.
Data Sources
Health metrics now pull from multiple sources for comprehensive analysis:- Pull requests and reviews
- GitHub events cache (issues, reviews, comments)
- Discussion participation
- Contributor activity patterns