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palewire/amateur-satellite-database

The amateur satellites in space

486Python1411d old

Summary

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

palewire/amateur-satellite-database recorded 31 commits in the past 30 days, has 2 public contributors, and has averaged 0 stars a day since launch.

53

Repository health

100

Maintainer track record

60

Repository quality

42

Catalyst Score

Contributors

Public track record

Ben Welsh GitHub avatar
Ben Welsh

@palewire · Repository owner

100/100

Established maintainer with a long public history and active community.

1K followers232 public repos18y history1757 contributions
232 public repositories1017 followers18 years of public history
dependabot[bot] GitHub avatar
dependabot[bot]

@dependabot[bot] · Top contributor

21/100

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

0 followers0 public repos7y history33 contributions
0 public repositories0 followers7 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+4
Maintainer track record+12
Topic activity+4
Repository quality+5
Topic novelty+11
Risk penalty6

Activity

Recent repository activity

31

Commits · 30d

2

Public contributors

0

Lifetime stars/day

0

Pull requests · 90d

Findings

What we found

31 commits in the last 30 days

2 public contributors

0 issues and 0 pull requests opened in 90 days

4 documentation and structure checks passed

Related repositories

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Risk review

What needs watching

Contributor concentration is highRepository documentation or structure is incomplete

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 2 public contributors

Top contributor share
98%
Top three share
100%
Contributors checked
2
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
12.3 hours

Repository footprint

Default branch: main

Repository size
12.7 MB
Branches
7
Tags
0
Watchers
2
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

Python100%

Community readiness

GitHub community health 71%

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

Pull request health

Latest 50 pull requests

Merge rate
66%
Median merge time
30.6 days
Open
6
Stale over 30 days
5

Issue health

Latest 3 issues

Closure rate
67%
Median close time
6.9 hours
Open
1
Open without replies
1

CI reliability

Latest 50 workflow runs

Success rate
98%
Workflows represented
1
Failed runs
1
Median duration
0.9 min

Last checked

8/27/2026, 4:25:00 AM

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