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I wasted a week on an auth library with 9k stars. Dead Discord. One maintainer who hadn't responded to anything since 2022. The stars were bought.
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Hey, built this mostly for myself after one bad experience too many with inflated repos. The thresholds aren't perfect, especially for newer projects that haven't had time to build up forks. But it catches the obvious cases. Open to feedback on the scoring if anyone wants to dig in.
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