microsoft/agent-lightning · freshness 75/100 · rescored August 4, 2026
Is agent-lightning maintained?
Yes. agent-lightning is actively maintained — last commit 19 days ago, freshness 75/100.
The answer
Yes. agent-lightning is actively maintained — last commit 19 days ago, freshness 75/100.
| Signal | Value | Effect | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last commit | 19 days ago | -8 | Last push 19 days ago — inside a normal release month. |
| Commits, 90 days | 1 | none | Only 1 commit in the last 12 weeks — too few to earn the volume credit. |
| Last release | v0.3.0 · 7 months ago | -12 | Last release 223 days ago against a 11-day cadence — over three times its own gap. |
| Release cadence | 11 days, median | not scored | |
| Issue response | too few issues to sample | none | Not enough recent issues to measure a response time. |
| Unanswered issues | 100% of 4 sampled | not scored | |
| Committers, 90 days | 1 | -5 | One person has committed in the last 90 days. Single point of failure. |
| Bus factor | 1 | not scored | |
| Archived | no | not scored | |
| Licence | MIT | not scored | |
| Stars | 17,446 | not scored | |
| Open issues | 99 | not scored |
The same verdict, in words
Against it: Last push 19 days ago — inside a normal release month. Last release 223 days ago against a 11-day cadence — over three times its own gap. One person has committed in the last 90 days. Single point of failure.
Last push 19 days ago, 1 commits in the last 90 days, last release v0.3.0 7 months ago, 1 committer in 90 days. Read from the GitHub API; microsoft/agent-lightning carries 17,446 stars and 99 open issues.
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