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microsoft/vscode

Resurgentrank #6

Visual Studio Code — code editing. Redefined.

165k+1.5k · 7d 30.2k 776est. MITTypeScriptpushed 1h ago
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Composite

74

conf 65%

Momentum

72

conf 60%

Vitality (PVI)

72

conf 67%

Community

65

conf 60%

Security & maint.

89

conf 85%

Ecosystem influence

72

conf 60%

Opportunity

60

conf 60%

Breakout · 7d

61%

conf 71%

Executive summary

vscode is currently classified as resurgent with a composite score of 74/100. Momentum (72) and vitality (72) diverge — attention is running ahead of maintenance depth. Estimated 7-day gain of 1,482 stars against a 165k-star base. Risk is assessed as low; the interpretable model puts its probability of entering the top trend cohort within 7 days at 61%.

90-day trajectory

+5.8k · 30d
2026-05-132026-08-10

Score breakdown

Every input, weight and normalized value — nothing hidden. Inputs marked est. are estimated until the full ingestion pipeline lands.

Momentum

Star velocityest.25%88
Star accelerationest.15%54
Fork velocityest.10%81
Contributor growthest.10%97
Issue activity growthest.10%71
PR activity growthest.10%82
External mention velocityest.10%8
Release event impactest.5%86
Trending-rank persistenceest.5%80

Model tn-interpretable-1.0.0 · confidence 60% · coverage 100%

Project Vitality Index

Commit consistency20%100
Release cadenceest.15%60
PR responsivenessest.15%66
Issue responsivenessest.15%35
Contributor diversityest.10%100
Maintainer continuityest.10%70
Documentation qualityest.5%86
Dependency freshnessest.5%63
Security hygieneest.5%58

Model tn-interpretable-1.0.0 · confidence 67% · coverage 100%

Security & maintenance

Release recency25%100
License clarity20%92
Maintenance status25%100
Dependency stalenessest.15%65
Bus factorest.15%75

Model tn-interpretable-1.0.0 · confidence 85% · coverage 100%

Ecosystem influence

Dependent repositoriesest.30%100
Quality-weighted dependentsest.20%81
Documentation citationsest.15%45
Contributor overlapest.15%37
Registry adoptionest.10%58
Topic centralityest.10%81

Model tn-interpretable-1.0.0 · confidence 60% · coverage 92% · missing: packageRegistryAdoption