baseflow/photoview vs koush/ion
Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health
As of September 2026, photoview and ion both show mixed maintenance signals. photoview last saw a commit 4 years ago with 20+ active contributors, while ion last saw a commit 2 years ago with 11+ active contributors. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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baseflow/photoview
Stale — last commit 4y ago
last commit was 4y ago; test evidence incomplete…
test evidence incomplete; CI evidence incomplete…
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
last commit was 4y ago; CI evidence incomplete…
- ⚠Stale — last commit 4y ago
- ⚠Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 60% of recent commits
- ✓20 active contributors
- ✓Apache-2.0 licensed
What would improve this?
- •Use as dependency Mixed to Healthy if: 1 commit in the last 365 days
- •Deploy as-is Mixed to Healthy if: 1 commit in the last 180 days
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
koush/ion
Stale — last commit 2y ago
last commit was 2y ago; CI evidence incomplete…
CI evidence incomplete; last commit was 2y ago…
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
last commit was 2y ago; CI evidence incomplete…
- ⚠Stale — last commit 2y ago
- ⚠Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 86% of recent commits
- ✓11 active contributors
- ✓Tests present
What would improve this?
- •Use as dependency Mixed to Healthy if: 1 commit in the last 365 days
- •Deploy as-is Mixed to 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
| photoview | ion | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 18,837 | 6,252 |
| Last commit | 4y ago | 2y ago |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Unknown |
| Open issues | 229 | 337 |
| Has tests | Unknown | ✓ |
| Has CI | Unknown | Unknown |
| Test coverage | 0% | 42% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Mixed signals | Mixed signals |
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