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AL-255/FM-1-RE
Being talked aboutBeing talked aboutAt least 50 Hacker News points in 7 days. More on the methodology pageAL-255/FM-1-RE
Reverse Engineering of the M-VAVE FM-1 Pocket Synthesizer Firmware
Assembly
Being talked about: 57 Hacker News points in 7 days (the rule needs 50).
70 stars on GitHub. Last push 29 days ago.
Verdict
TOO EARLY scored 55m ago
There is not enough data on this project yet to call it. The numbers below are shown anyway.
Too close to call
Early read: we are missing data on the size of the team behind it and how quickly maintainers answer issues and pull requests. This is an estimate and will be replaced by a verdict once we have the data. How early reads work.
- Hype
- 96
- Reality
- 1
- Hype Gap
- +95
- Momentum
- -
- Confidence
- 40%
- Maintained moves Reality -46 points.
Rule verdict-1.0, scoring score-1.0. How we score. Backtest.
Why now 57 Hacker News points in the last 7 days.
- Stars StarsThe number of GitHub stars on the repository at our latest reading.
- 70
- Gain 7d Gain 7dStars gained since our latest reading from at least 7 days ago.
- n/a
- Pace Velocity (Nx usual pace)This week's star gain divided by the project's usual weekly gain. The usual gain is the average weekly gain over the 4 weeks before (days 8 to 35 ago), counted as at least 10 stars. 2.0x means twice the usual pace. Without a reading from 35 days ago, the ranking assumes 2% of the stars the project had 7 days ago as its usual weekly gain. More on the methodology page
- n/a
- HN points HN pointsHacker News points added up across posts that mention the project, published in the last 7 days.
- 57 7 days
- Downloads DownloadsDownloads per day of the project's package, as the registry (npm or PyPI) reports them.
- n/a
- Contributors Contributors, all timePeople and anonymous contributors who have ever committed to the repository, as GitHub counts them. A small number is context, not a flaw: many solid projects are kept by one or two people.
- n/a
- Last release Latest releaseDays since the latest GitHub release was published.
- n/a
Gain 24h Gain 24hStars gained since our latest reading from at least 24 hours ago. n/a. Forks ForksThe number of GitHub forks of the repository at our latest reading. 7. Open issues Open issuesThe number of open issues on the repository at our latest reading, as GitHub counts them. 2. Days since push Days since pushDays since the last push to the repository. 29 days. Archived ArchivedWhether the owner has archived the repository on GitHub. An archived repository is read-only. no. Hacker News posts in 7 days Hacker News postsThe number of Hacker News posts that mention the project, published in the last 7 days.: 1. Watchers WatchersThe number of GitHub users watching the repository for notifications, at our latest reading. 5.
Facts
The Receipts
| Source | Evidence | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Hacker News | Thread, 57 points, 36 comments | 7 Oct 2026 |
What changed recently
GitHub release dates we stored. We do not track license changes yet.
Cite this
AL-255/FM-1-RE is a GitHub project at https://github.com/AL-255/FM-1-RE written mainly in Assembly, described there as "Reverse Engineering of the M-VAVE FM-1 Pocket Synthesizer Firmware".
Source: https://midorreal.com/project/al-255-fm-1-re, checked 7 October 2026. The same facts as JSON: /project/al-255-fm-1-re.json.
Stars
Events in this window
Dated items we stored, last 30 days. They sit near the chart, they do not explain it.
Packages
? We have not checked the package registries for this project yet.
Signals
| Source | What we measured | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub | 70 stars | 7 Oct 2026 |
| Hacker News | 1 post stored, 57 points in the last 7 days | 7 Oct 2026 |
| Feed mentions | Not tracked yet | - |
| npm | Not tracked yet | - |
| PyPI | Not tracked yet | - |
| Docker Hub | Not tracked yet | - |
| crates.io | Not tracked yet | - |
| Homebrew | Not tracked yet | - |
| deps.dev | Not tracked yet | - |
| Hugging Face | Not tracked yet | - |
| Bluesky | Not tracked yet | - |
| Stack Exchange | Not tracked yet | - |
| YouTube | Not tracked yet | - |
Attention vs adoption
Attention: not enough data to rank
Star velocity against all tracked projects
Adoption: not enough data to rank
Downloads, dependents and pulls
Not enough comparable data yet to set attention against adoption. This describes the numbers; it is not a verdict.
Hacker News
| Post | Points PointsThe points the post has on Hacker News. | Comments CommentsThe number of comments on the post on Hacker News. | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hacker News post | 57 | 36 | 7 Oct 2026 |
Repo health
- Repository age Repository ageTime since the repository was created on GitHub. This is the repository, not necessarily the project, which may have existed elsewhere before.2 months, created 19 Jul 2026
Badge
For maintainers: one measured fact, no verdict. 
Markdown
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<a href="https://midorreal.com/project/al-255-fm-1-re"><img src="https://midorreal.com/badge/al-255-fm-1-re.svg" alt="Mid or Real"></a>First tracked 7 Oct 2026 at 63 stars.
- GitHub data 55 min old
- Hacker News data 9 min old
Projects talked about on Hacker News
Figures by method 1.0