[croemer]

> If it is open-source, you will see a meaningful activity - stars, forks, contributors.

That's not true, I'm quite sure most repos on GitHub have neither many stars, nor forks, nor multiple contributors.

[bryanhogan]

To add to that, any metrics like these can be quite meaningless since you can just buy them online.

Please never rely on any such "social" metrics.

[ashishb]

This is just a negative filter to see as a warning sign. It is like walking into a dark alley at night.

Nothing might happen but you should be on the alert.