July 2021 update

This is a July report on the progress of Moiva.io.

New metric "Status" #

Users asked for an indication to identify libraries that are no longer active or have been deprecated.

I added a new metric and called it "Status".

Four possible values:

• ARCHIVED, if repository is archived
• LEGACY, if Library authors marked it so
• INACTIVE, if there were no commits in the last 6 months
• ACTIVE, otherwise

There is no API to determine if a particular library is marked legacy. Hence, such information is maintained manually.

UX improvements #

I made small UX improvements to help users get the most out of the Table view.

• metrics "Types", "Tech Radar" and "License" were converted into badges of different colors depending on the value

• each badge got a tooltip

• external links acquired a distinct icon

Chore and misc #

• added a bunch of new libraries to the catalog.
• used json files for manually maintained data.
• added a bunch of tests for manually maintained data.
• refactored and cleaned up the code in many places.