The project is dead and won't receive any update, pull requests will be rejected, issues will be closed and there is no offically recommended fork.
The project is dead and won't receive any update, pull requests will be rejected, issue will be closed, but there is an officially recommended fork available.
The project is currently on hold and won't receive any update. Pull requests won't be merged and issues may or may not receive any reply until the project is supported again.
The project is supported, it won't receive any update, but bug fixes will be issued, pull request and issues will be reviewed.
At least one person is currently working on the project, will review the pull requests and issues.
An organized team with a project managers and multiple maintainers is currently working on the project.
The project is currently a draft. It's only a few ideas on a sketch or a school project. Reading the code could be useful for learning purpose, but the project isn't usable under any circonstances.
The project is currently used to experiment new ideas, but at least it compile, maybe ? There is a high probability that the project won't run and that you'll meet difficulties if you try to make it works.
The project runs most of the time, but difficulties may appears from time to time.
The project should be usable for a normal user, but you're not safe from bugs.
The project should have very few and mostly harmless bugs. Don't put this code in production just yet but you can use it for personnal purpose withot fear.
The project is production-ready, you can use it at scale without any difficulties.