About this subject

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.

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