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mmcguffi/pLannotate

Webserver and command line tool for annotating engineered plasmids

14634Python2626d old

Summary

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

mmcguffi/pLannotate recorded 5 commits in the past 30 days, has 6 public contributors, and has averaged 0.1 stars a day since launch.

59

Repository health

64

Maintainer track record

91

Repository quality

38

Catalyst Score

Contributors

Public track record

Matt McGuffie GitHub avatar
Matt McGuffie

@mmcguffi · Repository owner

64/100

Active maintainer with a growing open-source track record.

14 followers13 public repos10y history342 contributions
13 public repositories14 followers10 years of public history
Jeffrey Barrick GitHub avatar
Jeffrey Barrick

@jeffreybarrick · Top contributor

53/100

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

29 followers0 public repos12y history11 contributions
0 public repositories29 followers12 years of public history
Chris Wright GitHub avatar
Chris Wright

@cjw85 · Top contributor

75/100

Active maintainer with a growing open-source track record.

103 followers28 public repos13y history10 contributions
28 public repositories103 followers13 years of public history
Nils Homer GitHub avatar
Nils Homer

@nh13 · Top contributor

99/100

Established maintainer with a long public history and active community.

409 followers227 public repos15y history2 contributions
227 public repositories409 followers15 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+2
Contributor breadth+7
Maintainer track record+8
Topic activity+4
Repository quality+7
Topic novelty+10
Risk penalty0

Activity

Recent repository activity

5

Commits · 30d

6

Public contributors

0.1

Lifetime stars/day

0

Pull requests · 90d

Findings

What we found

5 commits in the last 30 days

6 public contributors

0 issues and 0 pull requests opened in 90 days

10 documentation and structure checks passed

Related repositories

plasmid-annotation · 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
93%
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
5
Verified commits
26%
Merge commits
8%
Median time between commits
20 min

Repository footprint

Default branch: master

Repository size
49.7 MB
Branches
10
Tags
12
Watchers
10
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

Python99%
HTML0.7%
Jupyter Notebook0.3%

Community readiness

GitHub community health 42%

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

Pull request health

Latest 42 pull requests

Merge rate
63%
Median merge time
4.8 hours
Open
1
Stale over 30 days
0

Issue health

Latest 43 issues

Closure rate
93%
Median close time
166.2 days
Open
3
Open without replies
1

Release cadence

Latest 12 release records

Latest release
v2.0.0
Published in 90 days
3
Median cadence
97.7 days
Asset downloads
23K

CI reliability

Latest 50 workflow runs

Success rate
82%
Workflows represented
4
Failed runs
8
Median duration
0.9 min

Last checked

8/25/2026, 11:13:44 PM

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