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laude-institute/headlong

An open source agent microharness featuring persistent agency and recursive LLMs. Of bash, by bash, for bash; it's shells all the way down.

70456Shell140d old

Summary

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

laude-institute/headlong recorded 316 commits in the past 30 days, has 6 public contributors, and has averaged 5 stars a day since launch.

85

Repository health

46

Maintainer track record

78

Repository quality

54

Catalyst Score

Contributors

Public track record

Laude Institute GitHub avatar
Laude Institute

@laude-institute · Repository organization

46/100

This account has a limited public history, so the track-record score is less certain.

166 followers7 public repos1y history0 contributions
7 public repositories166 followers1 years of public history
Nick Jalbert GitHub avatar
Nick Jalbert

@nickjalbert · Top contributor

75/100

Active maintainer with a growing open-source track record.

11 followers46 public repos9y history334 contributions
46 public repositories11 followers9 years of public history
Andy Konwinski GitHub avatar
Andy Konwinski

@andyk · Top contributor

100/100

Established maintainer with a long public history and active community.

578 followers51 public repos16y history107 contributions
51 public repositories578 followers16 years of public history
bobbyhwilder GitHub avatar
bobbyhwilder

@bobbyhwilder · Top contributor

17/100

This account has a limited public history, so the track-record score is less certain.

2 followers2 public repos0y history60 contributions
2 public repositories2 followers0 years of public history

Score breakdown

How the Catalyst Score was calculated

Star growth since launch+7
Fork growth since launch+1
Freshness+1
30-day commit activity+12
Contributor breadth+7
Maintainer track record+6
Topic activity+4
Repository quality+6
Topic novelty+10
Risk penalty0

Activity

Recent repository activity

316

Commits · 30d

6

Public contributors

5

Lifetime stars/day

0

Pull requests · 90d

Findings

What we found

316 commits in the last 30 days

6 public contributors

0 issues and 0 pull requests opened in 90 days

7 documentation and structure checks passed

Related repositories

ai-agents · 0 created in the past 30 days

Risk review

What needs watching

No material structural red flags detected; monitor maintainer concentration

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 6 public contributors

Top contributor share
66%
Top three share
99%
Contributors checked
6
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
6
Verified commits
11%
Merge commits
9%
Median time between commits
16 min

Repository footprint

Default branch: main

Repository size
2.7 MB
Branches
15
Tags
0
Watchers
0
WikiIssue 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

Shell53.4%
Python23.2%
TypeScript17.7%
Rust2.3%
HCL1.5%
Swift1.3%

Community readiness

GitHub community health 37%

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

Pull request health

Latest 50 pull requests

Merge rate
79%
Median merge time
0.4 hours
Open
12
Stale over 30 days
0

Issue health

Latest 13 issues

Closure rate
8%
Median close time
5.7 hours
Open
12
Open without replies
11

CI reliability

Latest 50 workflow runs

Success rate
62%
Workflows represented
1
Failed runs
15
Median duration
2.3 min

Last checked

8/26/2026, 2:15:17 AM

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