Is middleapi/orpc deprecated?

No deprecation is recorded as of 2026-10-31: GitHub does not mark middleapi/orpc archived, and its npm package @orpc/server (1.16.1) is not deprecated.

How healthy is middleapi/orpc?

Its RepoFacts health score is 87/100 (Strong; medium confidence, provisional). The main watch item: Community depth scores 45 — Top contributor share (90 days): The most active author made 97% of human commits.

middleapi/orpc

Typesafe APIs Made Simple 🪄

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Active

middleapi/orpc — Typesafe APIs Made Simple 🪄 — is catalogued under API frameworks and transport. As of 2026-10-31, middleapi/orpc is actively maintained: the latest non-bot commit on its default branch was 2026-10-31. Its RepoFacts health score is 87/100 (Strong; medium confidence, provisional). Its npm package @orpc/server averaged 212,622 downloads a day over the last 90 days, up 136% on the previous 90 days.

Lifecycle on GitHub: activeVerified
Editorial status: ActiveDerived
Recommendation: No recommendation yetDerived
Last verified: 2026-10-3146 snapshots on record

Latest non-bot commit 2026-10-31 is on or after the cutoff 2026-04-30. No reviewed recommendation yet. RepoFacts does not recommend on derived evidence alone.

Health

87Strong

Medium confidence · evidence covers 67% of weight · provisional

Rank 05 / 12 in Stack Atlas · #1 of 1 in API frameworks and transport

Is it sustainable and safe enough to evaluate?

Momentum

Volatile

Rising: development, adoption. Falling: contribution.

Is attention, adoption, or contribution growing?

Stack fit

Not evaluated

Stack Fit reads a saved technology profile. It arrives with the personalized Stack Fit phase; no score is shown until then.

Does it fit your runtime, database, and deployment?

Strongest signal. Maintenance scores 100 — Latest non-bot commit: 2026-10-31, today.
Watch. Community depth scores 45 — Top contributor share (90 days): The most active author made 97% of human commits.

Activity and adoption

weekly, last 52 weeks

Commits per week

Latest week (2026-10-25): 24 commits

GitHub commit activity on the default branch, including bot commits. The newest week is still in progress and drawn lighter.

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Commits per week
Week of	Commits
2026-10-25	24 (partial)
2026-10-18	52
2026-10-11	34
2026-10-04	27
2026-09-27	49
2026-09-20	42
2026-09-13	30
2026-09-06	32
2026-08-30	18
2026-08-23	34
2026-08-16	47
2026-08-09	42
2026-08-02	44
2026-07-26	25
2026-07-19	30
2026-07-12	17
2026-07-05	19
2026-06-28	35
2026-06-21	47
2026-06-14	4
2026-06-07	4
2026-05-31	5
2026-05-24	6
2026-05-17	2
2026-05-10	4
2026-05-03	7
2026-04-26	2
2026-04-19	4
2026-04-12	2
2026-04-05	6
2026-03-29	4
2026-03-22	11
2026-03-15	11
2026-03-08	5
2026-03-01	9
2026-02-22	3
2026-02-15	5
2026-02-08	5
2026-02-01	5
2026-01-25	2
2026-01-18	4
2026-01-11	10
2026-01-04	4
2025-12-28	9
2025-12-21	4
2025-12-14	5
2025-12-07	4
2025-11-30	14
2025-11-23	11
2025-11-16	8
2025-11-09	19
2025-11-02	16

npm downloads per week · @orpc/server

Latest week (2026-10-23): 2,850,665 downloads

npm registry counts, which include CI installs and mirrors. Weeks with registry gap days are drawn lighter; gaps are excluded, not counted as zero.

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npm downloads per week · @orpc/server
Week of	Downloads
2026-10-23	2,850,665
2026-10-16	1,119,669 (partial)
2026-10-09	1,106,224 (partial)
2026-10-02	1,562,012 (partial)
2026-09-25	1,818,415
2026-09-18	1,541,662
2026-09-11	1,061,868 (partial)
2026-09-04	823,183 (partial)
2026-08-28	991,124 (partial)
2026-08-21	1,113,897
2026-08-14	892,408 (partial)
2026-08-07	969,276
2026-07-31	870,441
2026-07-24	869,096
2026-07-17	878,410
2026-07-10	736,074 (partial)
2026-07-03	698,414
2026-06-26	606,552
2026-06-19	558,671
2026-06-12	558,282
2026-06-05	640,756
2026-05-29	551,882
2026-05-22	486,989
2026-05-15	512,376
2026-05-08	466,729
2026-05-01	374,670
2026-04-24	361,999
2026-04-17	353,378
2026-04-10	348,478
2026-04-03	316,014
2026-03-27	328,570
2026-03-20	324,204
2026-03-13	322,899
2026-03-06	310,685
2026-02-27	283,242
2026-02-20	267,497
2026-02-13	230,805
2026-02-06	252,136
2026-01-30	217,339
2026-01-23	211,023
2026-01-16	198,547
2026-01-09	157,979
2026-01-02	117,274
2025-12-26	74,269
2025-12-19	87,909
2025-12-12	116,185
2025-12-05	105,763
2025-11-28	95,614
2025-11-21	105,388
2025-11-14	93,809
2025-11-07	92,096
2025-10-31	82,961

Health dimensions

repofacts-health-v1

Health dimensions with weight, score, evidence coverage, and the signals behind each score
Dimension	Weight	Score	Coverage	Signals
Maintenance	20%	100	100%	3 of 3 scored Latest non-bot commit1002026-10-31, today. Weeks with commits (last 13)10013 of 13 weeks had commits. Includes bot commits. Latest stable release100v1.16.1, published 9 days ago.
Security posture	20%	100	25%	1 of 4 scored Security policy100A security policy is published. Security advisories—Not collected in v0. Absence of data is not absence of vulnerabilities. OpenSSF Scorecard—Not collected in v0. Release provenance—Not collected in v0.
Documentation	12%	100	100%	3 of 3 scored README100Present. Contributing guide100Present. Homepage or docs site100Listed on the repository.
Stability	12%	100	100%	3 of 3 scored Prerelease share (last year)10048% of 94 releases were prereleases. Primary package ≥ 1.0100@orpc/server@1.16.1. Primary package not deprecated100@orpc/server is not deprecated.
Community depth	12%	45	100%	2 of 2 scored Human contributors (90 days)759 distinct non-bot authors. Top contributor share (90 days)15The most active author made 97% of human commits.
Dependency exposure	10%	No evidence	0%	0 of 2 scored Dependency count—Not collected in v0. Vulnerable dependencies—Not collected in v0.
Operational burden	8%	No evidence	0%	0 of 1 scored Required services—Editorial assessment, not collected in v0.
Governance	6%	67	100%	3 of 3 scored Machine-detectable license100MIT. Code of conduct100Present. Issue or PR templates0Missing.

Momentum signals

repofacts-momentum-v0

Momentum by signal family, comparing the current window with the previous window of the same length
Signal	Window	Current	Previous	Direction	Basis
Development	91 days	475 commits	205 commits	Rising strongly (2.32×)	475 commits in the last 13 weeks vs 205 in the 13 before. Includes bot commits.
Contribution	90 days	9 contributors	11 contributors	Falling (0.82×)	9 human contributors in the last 90 days vs 11 before.
Adoption	90 days	212,622 downloads/day	89,957 downloads/day	Rising strongly (2.36×)	@orpc/server: 212,622 downloads/day over the last 90 days vs 89,957 before. Registry counts include CI and mirrors.
Attention	—	—	—	Not measured	Star history accumulates from RepoFacts snapshots and needs 60 days of them. It is never reconstructed.

Composite score withheld. A composite score is normalized within a category cohort of at least 8 repositories. This category has 1. Hidden Gem: not eligible — Composite momentum needs a category cohort of at least 8; this category has 1. Above the 5,000-star attention ceiling.

Packages

npm

Packages published from this repository and whether their identity matches it
Package	Latest	Identity	Downloads/day (90d)
@orpc/server(opens in a new tab)primary	1.16.1	MatchedManifest repository is middleapi/orpc.	212,622

Alternatives and successors

No relationships are catalogued. Absence here is not a claim that none exist.

Common questions about middleapi/orpc

Is middleapi/orpc still maintained?: As of 2026-10-31, middleapi/orpc is actively maintained: the latest non-bot commit on its default branch was 2026-10-31.
Is middleapi/orpc deprecated?: No deprecation is recorded as of 2026-10-31: GitHub does not mark middleapi/orpc archived, and its npm package @orpc/server (1.16.1) is not deprecated.
How healthy is middleapi/orpc?: Its RepoFacts health score is 87/100 (Strong; medium confidence, provisional). The main watch item: Community depth scores 45 — Top contributor share (90 days): The most active author made 97% of human commits.
How widely is middleapi/orpc used?: middleapi/orpc has 5,742 GitHub stars, which measure attention rather than use. Its npm package @orpc/server averaged 212,622 downloads a day over the last 90 days, up 136% on the previous 90 days. Registry download counts include CI installs and mirrors. Checked 2026-10-31.

Evidence

snapshot 2026-10-31

Every value collected for this profile, with its provenance. Source links are the API endpoints that answered. Unknown and unavailable values are shown as such and never counted as zero.

Collected evidence with provenance, observation window, source, and caveats
Group	Field	Value	Provenance	Source and notes
Repository	Archived	No	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/middleapi/orpc
Repository	Disabled	No	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/middleapi/orpc
Repository	Fork	No	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/middleapi/orpc
Repository	License (SPDX)	MIT	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/middleapi/orpc
Repository	Default branch	main	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/middleapi/orpc
Repository	Created	2024-09-27	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/middleapi/orpc
Repository	Last push (any branch)	2026-10-31	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/middleapi/orpcMoves on a push to any branch; not used as a maintenance signal.
Repository	Metadata updated	2026-10-31	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/middleapi/orpcMoves on metadata edits; not used as a maintenance signal.
Attention	Stars	5,742	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/middleapi/orpc
Attention	Forks	175	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/middleapi/orpc
Attention	Watchers (subscribers)	11	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/middleapi/orpc
Repository	Open issues + pull requests	32	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/middleapi/orpcGitHub includes open pull requests in this count.
Activity	Latest default-branch commit	2026-10-31	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/middleapi/orpc/commits?sha=main&per_page=100
Activity	Latest non-bot commit	2026-10-31	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/middleapi/orpc/commits?sha=main&per_page=100
Activity	Commits, last 13 weeks	475	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/middleapi/orpc/stats/commit_activityAll commits on the default branch, including bot commits.
Activity	Human contributors, last 90 days	9	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/middleapi/orpc/commits?sha=main&since=2026-05-04T00%3A00%3A00.000Z&per_page=100Window 2026-05-04 → 2026-10-31Counts distinct non-bot commit authors on the default branch. Co-authors and non-commit contributions are not counted.
Activity	Human commits, last 90 days	411	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/middleapi/orpc/commits?sha=main&since=2026-05-04T00%3A00%3A00.000Z&per_page=100Window 2026-05-04 → 2026-10-31Counts distinct non-bot commit authors on the default branch. Co-authors and non-commit contributions are not counted.
Activity	Bot commits, last 90 days	64	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/middleapi/orpc/commits?sha=main&since=2026-05-04T00%3A00%3A00.000Z&per_page=100Window 2026-05-04 → 2026-10-31Counts distinct non-bot commit authors on the default branch. Co-authors and non-commit contributions are not counted.
Releases	Releases, last 365 days	94	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/middleapi/orpc/releases?per_page=100GitHub releases only. Projects that publish solely to a package registry show none here. Lower bound: pagination stopped at a cap.
Releases	Latest stable release	v1.16.1 (2026-10-22)	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/middleapi/orpc/releases?per_page=100GitHub releases only. Projects that publish solely to a package registry show none here. Lower bound: pagination stopped at a cap.
Community	GitHub community profile	75%	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/middleapi/orpc/community/profileDetects files in the default locations GitHub checks.
Security	Security policy	Yes	Verified	https://api.github.com/graphqlIncludes a policy inherited from the owner's .github repository.
npm · @orpc/server	Latest version	1.16.1	Verified	https://registry.npmjs.org/@orpc%2fserver/latestThe manifest of the version tagged `latest`, which may be a prerelease.
npm · @orpc/server	Deprecated	No	Verified	https://registry.npmjs.org/@orpc%2fserver/latestThe manifest of the version tagged `latest`, which may be a prerelease.
npm · @orpc/server	Manifest repository	git+https://github.com/middleapi/orpc.git	Verified	https://registry.npmjs.org/@orpc%2fserver/latestThe manifest of the version tagged `latest`, which may be a prerelease.
npm · @orpc/server	Downloads/day, last 90 days	212,622	Verified	https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2025-05-01:2026-10-30/@orpc/serverWindow 2025-05-01 → 2026-10-29Registry download counts include CI installs, mirrors, and bots. Gap days are excluded, not counted as zero.
npm · @orpc/server	Downloads/day, last 30 days	315,891	Verified	https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2025-05-01:2026-10-30/@orpc/serverWindow 2025-05-01 → 2026-10-29Registry download counts include CI installs, mirrors, and bots. Gap days are excluded, not counted as zero.

Collected 2026-10-31T13:05:42.818Z · repofacts-status-v0 · repofacts-health-v1 · repofacts-momentum-v0 · repofacts-taxonomy-v1 · inputs a04d7e8c6a74

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