apache/kafka vs rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server
apache/kafka shows stronger signals overall
As of September 2026, kafka shows healthier maintenance signals than rabbitmq-server. kafka rates Healthy overall while rabbitmq-server rates Mixed. kafka was committed to 3 weeks ago with 42+ active contributors, while rabbitmq-server was committed to 3 weeks ago with 9+ active contributors. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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apache/kafka
Strong maintenance signals
dependency CVE scan unavailable
No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
Scorecard "Token-Permissions" is 0/10; dependency CVE scan unavailable
- ✓Last commit today
- ✓42+ active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 11% of recent commits)
- ✓Apache-2.0 licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against OpenSSF Scorecard
rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server
Evidence incomplete — review before adopting
license evidence incomplete; dependency CVE scan unavailable
license evidence incomplete
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
Scorecard "Token-Permissions" is 0/10; license evidence incomplete…
- ⚠Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 52% of recent commits
- ⚠Could not verify license from the available repository evidence
- ✓Last commit today
- ✓9 active contributors
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against OpenSSF Scorecard
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| kafka | rabbitmq-server | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 33,592 | 13,800 |
| Last commit | 25d ago | 25d ago |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Unknown |
| Open issues | 513 | 257 |
| Has tests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 70% | 100% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Healthy signals | Mixed signals |
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