# orbit-love/orbit-model

A framework for building high gravity communities 🪐

Repository: https://github.com/orbit-love/orbit-model
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/orbit-model
Homepage: https://orbit-model.joshed.io/
Language: CSS
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: community, devrel, developer-advocacy, orbit-model, community-management
Last push: 2026-03-07T19:32:58+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 64/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 71, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2640, "days_push": 179, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1016, forks 77 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:14.403208+00:00)

## What it is
The Orbit Model is a conceptual framework and documentation website for building 'high gravity' communities that attract and retain members, built with Next.js, MDX, and Tailwind CSS. It defines metrics like gravity, love, reach, and orbit levels to help community managers and developer advocates plan and scale communities.

## Use cases
- measure my community's engagement and growth
- attract new members to a developer community
- decide which community members to prioritize spending time with
- convert open source users into contributors
- build a devrel community strategy
- track influence and involvement of community members

## When to choose
- you are a community manager, developer advocate, or open source maintainer looking for a proven community-building methodology
- you want a framework to complement sales and marketing funnels for community growth
- you need shared vocabulary and metrics for community health

## When to avoid
- you need software tooling or a platform to manage community data rather than a conceptual model
- you expect active development or support, since the project is no longer under active development
- you need a CRM or community analytics product

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, tutorials
- platform: -
- tags: community-management, devrel, developer-advocacy, community-framework, nextjs, mdx, tailwindcss, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- orbit-love/orbit-model (main) score 64

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:14.403208+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:11:20.422978+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/orbit-love/orbit-model (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:14.403208+00:00, sha ef6bdd0c8f2c)
  - homepage: https://orbit-model.joshed.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T13:10:21.456711+00:00, sha a3a282688974)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.