binary-husky/gpt_academic vs jack-cherish/python-spider
binary-husky/gpt_academic shows stronger signals overall
As of June 2026, gpt_academic shows stronger maintenance signals than python-spider. gpt_academic rates Mixed overall while python-spider rates Concerns. gpt_academic last saw a commit 5 months ago with 15+ active contributors, while python-spider last saw a commit 1 year ago with 3+ active contributors. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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binary-husky/gpt_academic →
Slowing — last commit 3mo ago
copyleft license (GPL-3.0) — review compatibility
Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
No critical CVEs, sane security posture — runnable as-is.
- ⚠Slowing — last commit 3mo ago
- ⚠Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 80% of recent commits
- ⚠GPL-3.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
- ✓Last commit 3mo ago
- ✓15 active contributors
- ✓GPL-3.0 licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
What would improve this?
- →Use as dependency Concerns → Mixed if: relicense under MIT/Apache-2.0 (rare for established libs)
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
jack-cherish/python-spider →
Stale and unlicensed — last commit 2y ago
no license — legally unclear; last commit was 2y ago…
no license — can't legally use code; no CI workflows detected
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
no license — can't legally use code; last commit was 2y ago…
- ⚠Stale — last commit 2y ago
- ⚠Small team — 3 contributors active in recent commits
- ⚠Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 81% of recent commits
- ⚠No license — legally unclear to depend on
- ⚠No CI workflows detected
- ✓3 active contributors
- ✓Tests present
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
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| gpt_academic | python-spider | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 70,596 | 19,607 |
| Last commit | 5mo ago | 1y ago |
| License | GPL-3.0 | — |
| Open issues | 323 | 21 |
| Has tests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | — |
| Test coverage | 9% | 2% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Mixed signals | Concerns signals |
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