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Single-maintainer package rates by ecosystem

PyPI has the highest supplied single-maintainer rate at 89.3%; npm has the lowest of the compared ecosystems at 51.5%.

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Single-maintainer exposure differs materially across ecosystems.

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Single-maintainer package rates by ecosystem

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Single-maintainer exposure differs materially across ecosystems.

Source: FOSS Data — https://www.fossdata.org

Detailed description and evidence notes

This comparison keeps each supplied ecosystem rate visible so readers can reuse the exposure signal without implying a causal ranking.

Research edition
2026
Measurement
Measured 25 June 2026
Publication
Published 2 August 2026
Calculation
Values are reproduced from the supplied source without interpolation.
Methodology note
Single-maintainer rates count distinct maintainers per package; the 76.6% callout covers all packages and the series breaks the measure out by ecosystem.
Single-maintainer package rates by ecosystem — reusable visual | FOSS Data