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w3cj/how-llms-work

An interactive app that walks through every stage of the LLM pipeline, from pattern matching to training a transformer from scratch, with working code you can run locally.

531155TypeScript47d old

Summary

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

w3cj/how-llms-work recorded 0 commits in the past 30 days, has 3 public contributors, and has averaged 11.3 stars a day since launch.

31

Repository health

100

Maintainer track record

69

Repository quality

58

Catalyst Score

Contributors

Public track record

CJ GitHub avatar
CJ

@w3cj · Repository owner

100/100

Established maintainer with a long public history and active community.

6.4K followers188 public repos10y history2 contributions
188 public repositories6441 followers10 years of public history
Cesar William Alvarenga GitHub avatar
Cesar William Alvarenga

@cesarwbr · Top contributor

83/100

Established maintainer with a long public history and active community.

49 followers68 public repos16y history1 contributions
68 public repositories49 followers16 years of public history
Daniel Ohnesorge GitHub avatar
Daniel Ohnesorge

@danohn · Top contributor

60/100

Active maintainer with a growing open-source track record.

13 followers76 public repos5y history1 contributions
76 public repositories13 followers5 years of public history

Score breakdown

How the Catalyst Score was calculated

Star growth since launch+16
Fork growth since launch+8
Freshness+3
30-day commit activity+0
Contributor breadth+5
Maintainer track record+12
Topic activity+4
Repository quality+6
Topic novelty+10
Risk penalty6

Activity

Recent repository activity

0

Commits · 30d

3

Public contributors

11.3

Lifetime stars/day

0

Pull requests · 90d

Findings

What we found

0 commits in the last 30 days

3 public contributors

0 issues and 0 pull requests opened in 90 days

5 documentation and structure checks passed

Related repositories

ai-agents · 0 created in the past 30 days

Risk review

What needs watching

Commit activity is light in the last 30 daysNo license is declared

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 3 public contributors

Top contributor share
50%
Top three share
100%
Contributors checked
3
Concentration
High

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

Recent commit sample

Latest 4 commits

Unique authors
3
Verified commits
100%
Merge commits
0%
Median time between commits
12 min

Repository footprint

Default branch: main

Repository size
126 KB
Branches
1
Tags
0
Watchers
5
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

TypeScript85.5%
JavaScript8.1%
CSS6.4%

Community readiness

GitHub community health 28%

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Pull request health

Latest 3 pull requests

Merge rate
100%
Median merge time
2.9 days
Open
1
Stale over 30 days
0

Issue health

Latest 5 issues

Closure rate
80%
Median close time
14.6 hours
Open
1
Open without replies
0

Last checked

8/27/2026, 3:54:23 AM

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