Tracking the growth and decay of open-source packages left without active maintainers.
Observations
192
Tracking since
Last updated
Orphaned Package Count
Number of repositories tagged as 'abandoned' on GitHub
30 observations · measured in count
1,133 count
Orphaned Package Count
▬ 0.0% vs previous
31 Oct 2026 11:15
Orphaned Package Count (count)
— summary, last 30 days.
Orphaned Package Count (count)
— line, last 30 days.
Orphaned Package Count (count)
— area, last 30 days.
Orphaned Package Count (count)
— distribution, last 30 days.
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Darker = higher orphaned package count. Empty cells are hours with no collection.
Orphaned Package Count (count)
— heatmap, last 30 days.
Orphaned Package Count observations
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Orphaned Package Count
1,133 count
1,133 count
1,133 count
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1,133 count
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1,134 count
1,133 count
1,133 count
1,131 count
1,149 count
1,149 count
1,149 count
1,149 count
1,149 count
1,149 count
1,149 count
1,149 count
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1,149 count
1,149 count
1,149 count
1,149 count
1,148 count
1,148 count
1,152 count
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1,152 count
Orphaned Package Count (count)
— table, last 30 days.
Median Time Since Last Commit
Median number of days since the last push in abandoned repositories
30 observations · measured in days
1,955.5 days
Median Time Since Last Commit
▲ 0.1% vs previous
31 Oct 2026 11:15
Median Time Since Last Commit (days)
— summary, last 30 days.
Median Time Since Last Commit (days)
— line, last 30 days.
Median Time Since Last Commit (days)
— area, last 30 days.
Median Time Since Last Commit (days)
— distribution, last 30 days.
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Darker = higher median time since last commit. Empty cells are hours with no collection.
Median Time Since Last Commit (days)
— heatmap, last 30 days.
Median Time Since Last Commit observations
When
Median Time Since Last Commit
1,955.5 days
1,954.5 days
1,953.5 days
1,952.5 days
1,951.5 days
1,950.5 days
1,949.5 days
1,948.5 days
1,947.5 days
1,946.5 days
1,945.5 days
1,944.5 days
1,943.5 days
1,942.5 days
1,941.5 days
1,940.5 days
1,939.5 days
1,938 days
1,937 days
1,936 days
1,935 days
1,934 days
1,933 days
1,932 days
1,931 days
1,930 days
1,929 days
1,928 days
1,927 days
1,926 days
Median Time Since Last Commit (days)
— table, last 30 days.
About this data
This page monitors the prevalence of orphaned open-source packages. We measure the total number of packages that have seen no maintainer activity for a defined period, alongside the median time elapsed since their last commit.
Our data is aggregated directly from public repository metadata. By identifying projects that are still downloaded but no longer managed, we highlight a critical but often overlooked gap in the software supply chain.
While most industry metrics focus on growth and adoption, these statistics provide a unique look at software attrition and the long-term sustainability of the open-source ecosystem.
Sources
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