fork_claim
/branch/next/graph/badge.svg?token=NRSegi0Gze)](https://codecov.io/gh/yshui/picom) https://discord.gg/SY5JJzPgME __picom__ is a compositor for X, and a fork of Compton.
Is yshui/picom the fork of chjj/compton?
compton-picom · status confirmed
Data verified at: 2026-09-16T15:45:22.332Z (UTC)
Conclusion status
A human reviewer approved this relationship for the exact current evidence at 2026-09-20T08:22:23.109Z (UTC). The evidence below is the basis of that decision.
Evidence suggests yshui/picom is a fork of chjj/compton. Human review required before publication.
Seed context: 2026-09-16 curated succession candidate; NOT APPROVED. Maintainer documents continuation because original appeared unmaintained; community continuation, not an asserted official transfer. Evidence: https://github.com/yshui/picom/blob/next/History.md
Evidence (1)
Verbatim excerpts from official sources, whitespace-normalized. Full payloads are hashed and retained by the pipeline; collection failures never fabricate evidence.
Observed repository facts
As of the last verified collection. These are facts about the snapshots, not activity verdicts — a low number is not a claim that a project is inactive.
| Endpoint | Repo | Stars | Last push | Fork | Archived |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| yshui/picom | yshui/picom | 4795 | 2026-06-02T17:39:32Z | no | no |
| chjj/compton | chjj/compton | 2263 | 2021-06-29T13:48:18Z | no | no |
Versions & deployment facts
Official release and package declarations, compared independently of the relationship verdict. These are not installation tests or a migration guarantee. Missing declarations mean unknown.
| yshui/picom | chjj/compton |
|---|---|
| Unknown: no collected package runtime declaration. | Unknown: no collected package runtime declaration. |
yshui/picom
Release-pinned deployment declarations
Release commit · v13 · complete
Commit: d87a5ba3af7a9ee3c4e040ee29b2dea7e9e46317
Collection endpoint (may change) · Observed 2026-09-16T22:01:45.164Z
Response SHA-256: 6cb1ce63883970d9b6d33a86244023414f390909c200801a9d841e7f01e501cf
Release tree · v13 · complete
Commit: d87a5ba3af7a9ee3c4e040ee29b2dea7e9e46317
Collection endpoint (may change) · Observed 2026-09-16T22:01:45.164Z
File search coverage: selected_manifest_names. Only selected manifest filenames were searched; fixtures and vendored dependency directories are excluded. Unlisted declarations remain unknown.
Response SHA-256: 572cb0ec0216a32e195644c90cba8c908513e73547d8e9fcbbf6d40d24400e3f
GitHub release · v13 · not_modified
GitHub latest published non-prerelease (not a semantic-version ranking). Verified: 2026-09-19T19:00:58.482Z (UTC).
Listed release assets only. Asset names do not prove platform support or successful execution.
- Runtime declarations
Not declared / unknown
- Operating systems
Not declared / unknown
- CPU architectures
Not declared / unknown
- C libraries
Not declared / unknown
Direct dependency declarations
Not declared / unknown
Published artifacts (0)
Provenance
Parser: software-1
First observed: 2026-09-16T15:45:27.448Z (UTC)
Last checked: 2026-09-19T19:00:58.482Z (UTC)
Source response SHA-256: 1c32011159145443e0189ad0091c4b0dc10b528166ea272fb42868fcd8ed0b6c
chjj/compton
Release-pinned deployment declarations
Unknown: no release-pinned files have been collected. The default branch is not substituted.
GitHub release · Unknown version · stale evidence
Latest collection: unavailable. No verified release declaration is available. This does not mean the project has no releases or platform support.
Timeline
“Event time” is an upstream timestamp when the source provides one; “first observed” is when this project saw it. They are deliberately separate columns.
| Event | Event time | First observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| yshui/picom metadata first observed | — | 2026-09-16T15:45:21.228Z | link |
| recent commit activity of yshui/picom observed (5 commits in sampled window) | 2026-06-02T17:19:38Z | 2026-09-16T15:45:22.027Z | link |
| chjj/compton metadata first observed | — | 2026-09-16T15:45:22.332Z | link |
| recent commit activity of chjj/compton observed (5 commits in sampled window) | 2017-04-30T13:08:49Z | 2026-09-16T15:45:22.969Z | link |
| evidence: fork_claim | — | 2026-09-16T15:45:33.732Z | link |
| automatic evaluation -> needs_review | — | 2026-09-16T15:45:33.736Z | — |
| human decision: approve | — | 2026-09-20T08:22:23.108Z | — |
Decision and dispute history
Review decisions are recorded privately with reasons that stay internal; this public history shows what happened and when, not why.
| Kind | When (UTC) |
|---|---|
| automatic evaluation → needs_review | 2026-09-16T15:45:33.736Z |
| human decision: approve | 2026-09-20T08:22:23.108Z |
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Snapshot taken at 2026-09-20T12:00:28.104Z (UTC).