amlcurran/showcaseview vs baseflow/photoview
baseflow/photoview shows stronger signals overall
As of June 2026, photoview shows stronger maintenance signals than showcaseview. photoview rates Mixed overall while showcaseview rates Concerns. showcaseview last saw a commit 8 years ago with 9+ active contributors, while photoview last saw a commit 4 years ago with 20+ active contributors. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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amlcurran/showcaseview →
Stale and unlicensed — last commit 8y ago
no license — legally unclear; last commit was 8y ago…
no license — can't legally use code; no tests detected…
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
no license — can't legally use code; last commit was 8y ago…
- ⚠Stale — last commit 8y ago
- ⚠Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 84% of recent commits
- ⚠No license — legally unclear to depend on
- ⚠No test directory detected
- ⚠Scorecard: marked unmaintained (0/10)
- ⚠Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
- ✓9 active contributors
- ✓CI configured
What would improve this?
- →Use as dependency Concerns → Mixed if: publish a permissive license (MIT, Apache-2.0, etc.)
- →Fork & modify Concerns → Mixed if: add a LICENSE file
- →Deploy as-is Concerns → Mixed if: add a LICENSE file
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against OpenSSF Scorecard
baseflow/photoview →
Stale — last commit 4y ago
last commit was 4y ago; no tests detected…
no tests detected; no CI workflows detected…
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
last commit was 4y ago; no CI workflows detected
- ⚠Stale — last commit 4y ago
- ⚠Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 60% of recent commits
- ⚠No CI workflows detected
- ⚠No test directory detected
- ✓20 active contributors
- ✓Apache-2.0 licensed
What would improve this?
- →Use as dependency Mixed → Healthy if: 1 commit in the last 365 days; add a test suite
- →Fork & modify Mixed → Healthy if: add a test suite
- →Deploy as-is Mixed → Healthy if: 1 commit in the last 180 days
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| showcaseview | photoview | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 5,556 | 18,837 |
| Last commit | 8y ago | 4y ago |
| License | — | Apache-2.0 |
| Open issues | 95 | 229 |
| Has tests | — | — |
| Has CI | ✓ | — |
| Test coverage | 0% | 0% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Concerns signals | Mixed signals |
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