microsoft/PowerToys

Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that supercharge productivity and customization on Windows

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Hotness score
76
Reliability score
136,578
Stars
about 7 years
Age
0
Published reviews
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Questions

Scores

Hotness and reliability

The two headline scores, measured daily, with 30, 90, and 180 day views.

Hotness score

Jul 19, 2026

Current32

Previous40

Weekly average

100500
Full metrics details

Derived only from GitHub GraphQL starredAt events after daily star totals are reconciled.

180 observed daily rows. Missing days are not fabricated.

Hotness formula

40% Hot today + 40% Hot this week + 20% Breakout.

  • 40% Hot today: 60
  • 40% Hot this week: 28
  • 20% Breakout: 35
  • Stars gained: 1d: 18
  • Stars gained: 7d: 23
  • Stars gained: 14d: 539
  • Stars gained: 30d: 1271
  • Stars gained: 90d: 5117

Per-day formula: 0.40 × Hot today + 0.40 × Hot week + 0.20 × Breakout.

  • Same-day multiplier = stars 1d ÷ max(1, stars 7d ÷ 7)
  • Weekly multiplier = stars 7d ÷ max(1, stars 30d ÷ 30 × 7)
  • Fortnight multiplier = stars 14d ÷ max(1, stars 90d ÷ 90 × 14)
  • Hot today = clamp(70 × log-scale(stars 1d, 1000) + 30 × breakout-scale(same-day, 4))
  • Hot week = clamp(75 × log-scale(stars 7d, 5000) + 25 × breakout-scale(weekly, 3))
  • Breakout = clamp(35 × breakout-scale(same-day, 4) + 40 × breakout-scale(weekly, 3) + 25 × breakout-scale(fortnight, 2.5))
DateStarsStars 1dStars 7dStars 14dStars 30dStars 90dSame-day multiplierWeekly multiplierFortnight multiplierHot todayHot weekBreakoutStored score

Reliability score

Jul 19, 2026

Current76

Previous75

Weekly average

100500
Full metrics details

Derived from the displayed continuity, closure, shipping, liveness, and support-burden components.

180 observed daily rows. Missing days are not fabricated.

Reliability formula

30% Continuity + 30% Closure + 20% Shipping + 10% Liveness + 10% Support burden.

  • 30% Continuity: 86
  • 30% Closure: 76
  • 20% Shipping: 82
  • 10% Liveness: 100
  • 10% Support burden: 0

Per-day formula: 0.30 × Continuity + 0.30 × Closure + 0.20 × Shipping + 0.10 × Liveness + 0.10 × Support burden.

  • Continuity = 35% active ratio 90d + 20% active ratio 30d + 15% PR efficiency 90d + 10% PR efficiency 30d + 10% liveness + 10% observed-history coverage
  • Closure = 55% PR merge efficiency 90d + 45% issue close efficiency 90d
  • Shipping = 100 × (20% × release ratio 30d + 30% × release ratio 90d + 50% × release ratio 180d); ratios are releases ÷ 2, 6, and 12, capped at 1
  • Support burden = 100 − 2 × open issues per 1,000 stars
  • Liveness = 100 × exp(−pushed days ago ÷ 120)

Stars, issues, pull requests, and releases are daily observations. Pushed-days and license are repository snapshot-derived inputs and are not independent historical GitHub events.

DateIssues openedIssues closedPRs openedPRs mergedReleasesStarsOpen issuesPushed days agoContinuityClosureShippingLivenessSupport burdenLicenseObserved daysMissing daysNeeds healingStored score

Reliability breakdown

What drives the reliability score

Component scores measured daily from GitHub activity (2026-07-17).

Continuity30% of headline86

Activity on 87 of 90 tracked days in the last 90 and 27 of 30 in the last 30.

Closure30% of headline76

Merged 342 of 604 PRs opened and closed 776 of 1,627 issues opened over the last 90 tracked days — PR flow carries 55% of this component, issue flow 45%.

Shipping20% of headline82

9 releases in the last 180 days, 5 in the last 90 and 2 in the last 30 — a steady cadence scores highest.

Liveness10% of headline100

Last push 0 days ago — freshness decays as pushes age (roughly halves every 83 days without a push).

Support burden10% of headline0

7,274 open issues against 136,578 stars — about 53 open issues per 1,000 stars. Lighter backlogs score higher.

Adoption confidence66

Modeled — how confidently teams are adopting this repo. Stargazers

Maintenance quality76

Modeled from PR/issue responsiveness and upkeep signals. Activity pulse

Risk score40

Modeled — lower is better; adoption and continuity risk. Repository

Stays active (30d)87%

Modeled chance the repo stays active over 30 days. Activity pulse

Stays active (90d)88%

Modeled chance the repo stays active over 90 days. Activity pulse

Release rhythm (180d)87

Regularity of releases over the last 180 days. Releases

Maintainer bus risk (90d)14%

Modeled — lower is better; concentration of commits in few maintainers. Contributors graph

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Measured history

Project metrics

Weekly GitHub totals with 30, 90, and 180 day views.

Weekly star gains

Jul 19, 2026

Current27

Previous522

Weekly star gains

9724860
Full metrics details

GitHub GraphQL current stargazer cohort, reconstructed from starredAt events and totalCount retrieved in one stable pagination walk. GitHub does not expose historical unstar events, so this is not an exact ledger of past star counts.

180 observed daily rows. Missing days are not fabricated.

DateValue

Cumulative stars

Jul 19, 2026

Current136,560

Previous136,533

Cumulative total

136,56068,2800
Full metrics details

Running total of the GitHub GraphQL stargazer count over time (not weekly deltas), reconstructed from starredAt events and totalCount in one stable pagination walk. GitHub does not expose historical unstar events, so this is not an exact ledger of past star counts.

180 observed daily rows. Missing days are not fabricated.

DateValue

Issues opened

Jul 12, 2026

Current85

Previous119

Weekly total

2971490
Full metrics details

GitHub API observation. Historical values render only when the source provides a real observation for that day.

177 observed daily rows. Missing days are not fabricated.

DateValue

Issues closed

Jul 12, 2026

Current60

Previous54

Weekly total

1,8159080
Full metrics details

GitHub Search issue totals queried for exact UTC days; rolling values are sums of proven daily counts.

177 observed daily rows. Missing days are not fabricated.

DateValue

Pull requests opened

Jul 12, 2026

Current55

Previous35

Weekly total

92460
Full metrics details

GitHub API observation. Historical values render only when the source provides a real observation for that day.

177 observed daily rows. Missing days are not fabricated.

DateValue

Pull requests closed

Jul 12, 2026

Current84

Previous50

Weekly total

106530
Full metrics details

GitHub Search pull-request totals queried for exact UTC days; rolling values are sums of proven daily counts.

177 observed daily rows. Missing days are not fabricated.

DateValue

Pull requests merged

Jul 12, 2026

Current35

Previous33

Weekly total

55280
Full metrics details

GitHub API observation. Historical values render only when the source provides a real observation for that day.

177 observed daily rows. Missing days are not fabricated.

DateValue

Issue close ratio (daily)

Jul 17, 2026

Current0.50

Previous0.41

Daily ratio — a gap means nothing was opened that day

How this works: each day's value is issues closed that day ÷ issues opened that day. Days when nothing was opened render as gaps — never a rolling average or a made-up zero. Values above 1 mean the project closed more issues than arrived that day.

113.8956.940.00
Full metrics details

GitHub Search issue totals queried for exact UTC days; rolling values are sums of proven daily counts.

177 observed daily rows. Missing days are not fabricated.

Per-day formula: issues closed that day ÷ issues opened that day; blank when nothing was opened (a gap, not a zero).

DateIssues openedIssues closedStored score

Pull request close ratio (daily)

Jul 17, 2026

Current0.40

Previous0.86

Daily ratio — a gap means nothing was opened that day

How this works: each day's value is pull requests closed that day ÷ pull requests opened that day. Days when nothing was opened render as gaps — never a rolling average or a made-up zero. Values above 1 mean the project closed more pull requests than arrived that day.

5.002.500.00
Full metrics details

GitHub Search pull-request totals queried for exact UTC days; rolling values are sums of proven daily counts.

169 observed daily rows. Missing days are not fabricated.

Per-day formula: pull requests closed that day ÷ pull requests opened that day; blank when nothing was opened (a gap, not a zero).

DatePRs openedPRs closedStored score

Releases

Jul 19, 2026

Current0

Previous0

Weekly total

210
Full metrics details

GitHub release published_at events bucketed by UTC day; drafts are excluded.

180 observed daily rows. Missing days are not fabricated.

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