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cmzmasek/forester

forester is a collection of open-source libraries and tools for genomics and evolutionary biology research. It includes the tree viewer Archaeopteryx.

4217Java4141d old

Summary

The available public data is mixed. More sustained activity or a broader contributor base would strengthen the score.

cmzmasek/forester recorded 161 commits in the past 30 days, has 1 public contributors, and has averaged 0 stars a day since launch.

73

Repository health

82

Maintainer track record

84

Repository quality

44

Catalyst Score

Contributors

Public track record

Christian Zmasek GitHub avatar
Christian Zmasek

@cmzmasek · Repository owner

82/100

Established maintainer with a long public history and active community.

43 followers34 public repos17y history486 contributions
34 public repositories43 followers17 years of public history

Score breakdown

How the Catalyst Score was calculated

Star growth since launch+0
Fork growth since launch+0
Freshness+0
30-day commit activity+12
Contributor breadth+3
Maintainer track record+10
Topic activity+4
Repository quality+7
Topic novelty+11
Risk penalty3

Activity

Recent repository activity

161

Commits · 30d

1

Public contributors

0

Lifetime stars/day

1

Pull requests · 90d

Findings

What we found

161 commits in the last 30 days

1 public contributors

1 issues and 1 pull requests opened in 90 days

8 documentation and structure checks passed

Related repositories

archaeopteryx · 0 created in the past 30 days

Risk review

What needs watching

Contributor concentration is high

Public GitHub data cannot verify private work, employment claims, code security, or identity. Use the track-record score as research context, not proof of identity or trustworthiness.

Growth quality

Recent attention and maintainer concentration

Recent timestamps and contribution patterns help distinguish sustained adoption from a single headline number.

Contributor concentration

Top 1 public contributors

Top contributor share
100%
Top three share
100%
Contributors checked
1
Concentration
High

Shares use the contribution totals reported for the contributors checked, not private or unlinked activity.

Recent commit sample

Latest 100 commits

Unique authors
1
Verified commits
0%
Merge commits
0%
Median time between commits
55 min

Repository footprint

Default branch: master

Repository size
236.4 MB
Branches
2
Tags
178
Watchers
5
Issue tracking

Deeper GitHub data

Delivery, collaboration, and project readiness

These metrics use the latest public records GitHub makes available for this repository.

Language composition

Share of detected source bytes

Java75.6%
HTML17%
Ruby4.3%
Perl2.1%
Raku0.4%
Shell0.3%

Community readiness

GitHub community health 42%

README
License
Contributing guide
Code of conduct
Issue template
Pull request template

Pull request health

Latest 3 pull requests

Merge rate
0%
Median merge time
Not enough data
Open
3
Stale over 30 days
3

Issue health

Latest 21 issues

Closure rate
43%
Median close time
19.9 days
Open
12
Open without replies
7

Release cadence

Latest 3 release records

Latest release
0.11.93
Published in 90 days
3
Median cadence
0.4 days
Asset downloads
0

CI reliability

Latest 50 workflow runs

Success rate
100%
Workflows represented
1
Failed runs
0
Median duration
1.9 min

Last checked

8/26/2026, 1:57:59 AM

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