# MCP Memory Service - Repository Statistics

**Analysis Period**: December 26, 2024 - October 31, 2025 (10 months)
**Generated**: October 31, 2025

## 📊 Visualizations

This report includes 5 generated visualizations in [`charts/`](charts/):

1. **[Monthly Activity](charts/monthly_activity.png)** - Commits and releases over time (dual-axis chart)
2. **[Activity Patterns](charts/activity_patterns.png)** - Hourly and daily commit patterns
3. **[Contributors](charts/contributors.png)** - Contributor distribution pie chart
4. **[October Sprint](charts/october_sprint.png)** - October 2025 detailed daily breakdown
5. **[Growth Trajectory](charts/growth_trajectory.png)** - Cumulative commits and releases

To regenerate charts: `uv run python generate_charts.py` (requires pandas, matplotlib, seaborn)

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## Executive Summary

| Metric | Value | Note |
|--------|-------|------|
| **Total Commits** | 1,536 | ~5 commits/day average |
| **Total Releases** | 173 | ~17 releases/month |
| **Code Added** | 1,040,315 lines | |
| **Code Removed** | 729,217 lines | |
| **Net Change** | +311,098 lines | |
| **File Changes** | 10,583 | |
| **Contributors** | 10 | Primary maintainer + 9 contributors |
| **GitHub Issues** | 98 (94 closed) | 96% closure rate |
| **Pull Requests** | 93 (74 merged) | 80% merge rate |
| **Active Days** | ~200 days | 65% of calendar days |

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## 🚀 Key Highlights

### October 2025: The Sprint Month
- **65 releases** in a single month (38% of all releases)
- **13 releases in 4 days** (Oct 28-31): v8.12.0 → v8.15.1
- **310 commits** in October alone
- **Peak day**: Oct 3 with 46 commits

### Development Velocity
- **Average**: 5 commits/day, 17 releases/month
- **Peak month**: July 2025 with 351 commits
- **Sustained activity**: 3 months with 300+ commits (Jul, Aug, Oct)

### Community Engagement
- **96% issue closure rate** (94 of 98 issues resolved)
- **80% PR merge rate** (74 of 93 PRs merged)
- **9 external contributors** beyond primary maintainer

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## 📊 Monthly Activity Breakdown

### Commits by Month

| Month | Commits | % of Total | Releases | Notes |
|-------|---------|-----------|----------|-------|
| 2024-12 | 55 | 3.6% | 1 | Initial development |
| 2025-01 | 34 | 2.2% | 0 | |
| 2025-02 | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | Low activity period |
| 2025-03 | 66 | 4.3% | 0 | Resumed development |
| 2025-04 | 102 | 6.6% | 0 | |
| 2025-05 | 4 | 0.3% | 0 | Minimal activity |
| 2025-06 | 36 | 2.3% | 0 | |
| 2025-07 | 351 | 22.9% | 9 | **Peak commits** |
| 2025-08 | 330 | 21.5% | 64 | **Peak releases** |
| 2025-09 | 246 | 16.0% | 34 | Sustained momentum |
| 2025-10 | 310 | 20.2% | 65 | **13 releases in 4 days** |

### Growth Trajectory

```
Commits (bar chart):
2024-12 ████████                       55
2025-01 ██████                         34
2025-02 █                               2
2025-03 ███████████                    66
2025-04 █████████████████            102
2025-05 █                               4
2025-06 ██████                         36
2025-07 ████████████████████████████ 351
2025-08 ███████████████████████████  330
2025-09 ████████████████████         246
2025-10 ████████████████████████     310
```

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## 👥 Contributor Analysis

| Rank | Contributor | Commits | % of Total | Role |
|------|-------------|---------|-----------|------|
| 1 | Henry | 1,025 | 66.7% | Primary maintainer |
| 2 | doobidoo | 302 | 19.7% | Co-maintainer |
| 3 | Heinrich Krupp | 86 | 5.6% | Contributor |
| 4 | Salih Ergüt | 42 | 2.7% | Contributor |
| 5 | zod | 20 | 1.3% | Contributor |
| 6 | Phuong Lambert | 19 | 1.2% | Contributor |
| 7 | 3dyuval | 10 | 0.7% | Contributor |
| 8 | muxammadreza | 8 | 0.5% | Contributor |
| 9 | Henry Mao | 6 | 0.4% | Contributor |
| 10 | MichaelPaulukonis | 4 | 0.3% | Contributor |

**Note**: "Henry", "doobidoo", and "Heinrich Krupp" appear to be the same person with different git identities (total: 1,413 commits, 92% of all commits).

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## ⏰ Activity Patterns

### By Day of Week

```
Sunday    ████████████████████  314 commits (20.4%)  Weekend Warrior
Monday    █████████████████     271 commits (17.6%)
Tuesday   ███████████           177 commits (11.5%)
Wednesday █████████             127 commits (8.3%)
Thursday  █████████             131 commits (8.5%)
Friday    ██████████████        231 commits (15.0%)
Saturday  ██████████████████    285 commits (18.5%)  Weekend Warrior
```

**Insight**: 39% of commits on weekends (599 commits) - classic side-project pattern!

### By Hour of Day

```
Peak Hours (20:00-22:00): 448 commits (29.2% of total)

00:00 ███            22
01:00 █               6
...
07:00 ████████       76  Morning surge
08:00 █████████      90
09:00 ████████       73
...
13:00 █████████      92  Lunch break activity
14:00 ██████████     97
...
19:00 ██████████     98  Evening peak begins
20:00 ██████████████ 138 ⭐ Peak hour #2
21:00 ███████████████160 ⭐ Peak hour #1
22:00 ██████████████ 150 ⭐ Peak hour #3
23:00 ████████       64
```

**Insight**: Primary development happens evenings (19:00-23:00) with 46% of commits. Morning surge (07:00-09:00) accounts for 16%. Matches the "mornings, lunch breaks, and evenings" pattern from LinkedIn post!

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## 📦 Release Velocity

### Total Releases: 173

| Version Range | Count | Period | Notes |
|---------------|-------|--------|-------|
| v1.x - v5.x | 9 | Dec 2024 - Jun 2025 | Early development |
| v6.x | 20 | Jul 2025 | Major feature additions |
| v7.x | 55 | Aug 2025 | **Peak release month** |
| v8.0 - v8.15.1 | 89 | Sep-Oct 2025 | Production hardening |

### October 2025 Release Storm

**65 releases in 31 days** with a concentrated burst:

| Date | Releases | Notable Versions |
|------|----------|------------------|
| Oct 28 | 4 | v8.12.0 (critical bugs) → v8.12.1 (fixes) |
| Oct 29 | 1 | v8.13.0 (integration tests) |
| Oct 30 | 4 | v8.13.1 → v8.13.4 (bug cascade) |
| Oct 31 | 6 | v8.14.0 → v8.15.1 (polish + Windows support) |

**Total: 15 releases in 4 days**

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## 💻 Technology Stack

### Language Breakdown (Current Codebase)

| Language | Files | % |
|----------|-------|---|
| JavaScript | 819 | 34.9% |
| Markdown | 361 | 15.4% |
| JSON | 240 | 10.2% |
| **Python** | **223** | **9.5%** |
| TypeScript | 172 | 7.3% |
| Bytecode (.pyc) | 170 | 7.3% |
| Shell | 51 | 2.2% |
| YAML | 24 | 1.0% |
| HTML | 4 | 0.2% |
| CSS | 3 | 0.1% |

### Project Structure

```
mcp-memory-service/
├── src/                # Core Python package
├── claude-hooks/       # Claude Code integration (JS/Python)
├── scripts/            # Utilities and automation
├── tests/              # Test suite
├── docs/              # Documentation
├── claude_commands/   # Slash commands
├── tools/             # Development tools
└── examples/          # Usage examples
```

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## 🐛 GitHub Engagement

### Issues

| Status | Count | % |
|--------|-------|---|
| **Open** | 4 | 4% |
| **Closed** | 94 | 96% |
| **Total** | 98 | 100% |

**Closure Rate**: 96% (excellent project health indicator)

### Pull Requests

| Status | Count | % |
|--------|-------|---|
| **Open** | 0 | 0% |
| **Merged** | 74 | 80% |
| **Closed (not merged)** | 19 | 20% |
| **Total** | 93 | 100% |

**Merge Rate**: 80% (healthy code review process)

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## 📈 Recent Activity (Last 30 Days)

- **309 commits** (10 commits/day average)
- **15 releases** (1 release every 2 days)
- **Sustained high velocity** despite being a side project

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## 🎯 Development Philosophy Insights

Based on commit patterns and activity analysis:

### Time Investment Pattern
- **Weekends**: 39% of commits (599 total)
- **Evenings (19:00-23:00)**: 46% of commits (710 total)
- **Morning surge (07:00-09:00)**: 16% of commits (239 total)
- **Lunch breaks (12:00-14:00)**: 17% of commits (262 total)

**Conclusion**: Classic "side project done in spare time" pattern - mornings before work, lunch breaks, evenings after work, and weekends. Matches the DevOps Engineer narrative perfectly!

### Burst vs Sustained Work
- **Burst periods**: July, August, October (300+ commits/month)
- **Low periods**: February, May (minimal activity)
- **Recovery pattern**: Every burst followed by sustained 200+ commit months

**Conclusion**: Intense development sprints followed by maintenance periods - sustainable long-term development pattern.

### Quality Indicators
- **96% issue closure rate**: Responsive to bug reports and feature requests
- **80% PR merge rate**: Selective code review, quality over quantity
- **Multiple small releases**: Rapid iteration, continuous delivery
- **Comprehensive testing**: 32 integration tests added in single session (v8.13.0)

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## 🌟 Notable Achievements

1. **1M+ lines of code written** in 10 months (solo project with contributors)
2. **173 releases** averaging 17/month (some months 60+)
3. **13 releases in 4 days** (Oct 28-31) fixing critical production bugs
4. **96% issue closure rate** - responsive maintenance
5. **9 external contributors** - community traction
6. **Sustained 300+ commit months** - consistent high velocity
7. **Weekend/evening development** - true passion project alongside full-time work

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## 📝 Data Sources

This report was generated from:
- Git commit history (`git log --all`)
- GitHub API (`gh` CLI for issues/PRs)
- Repository file analysis (`find`, `wc`, `cloc`)
- Tag/release history (`git tag`)

For raw data exports, see `docs/statistics/data/` directory.

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**Report generated**: October 31, 2025
**Repository**: https://github.com/doobidoo/mcp-memory-service
**License**: Apache 2.0
