A tool for writing better scripts
Reliability breakdown
Component scores measured daily from GitHub activity (2026-07-15).
Activity on 19 of 90 tracked days in the last 90 and 0 of 30 in the last 30.
Merged 4 of 25 PRs opened and closed 3 of 5 issues opened over the last 90 tracked days — PR flow carries 55% of this component, issue flow 45%.
0 releases in the last 180 days, 0 in the last 90 and 0 in the last 30 — a steady cadence scores highest.
Last push 22 days ago — freshness decays as pushes age (roughly halves every 83 days without a push).
20 open issues against 45,612 stars — about 0 open issues per 1,000 stars. Lighter backlogs score higher.
Modeled — lower is better; concentration of commits in few maintainers. Contributors graph
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zx is a JavaScript based scripting tool from Google that simplifies writing shell scripts with modern language features. The repository provides helper APIs for command execution, process control, and asynchronous script flow using Node.js. zx is commonly used for build automation, developer tooling scripts, and operational tasks that benefit from JavaScript syntax.
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