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boardgameio/boardgame.io vs n8n-io/n8n

n8n-io/n8n shows stronger signals overall

As of June 2026, n8n shows healthier maintenance signals than boardgame.io. n8n rates Healthy overall while boardgame.io rates Mixed. boardgame.io last saw a commit 1 year ago with 25+ active contributors, while n8n was committed to today with 42+ active contributors. boardgame.io is MIT-licensed while n8n is Other-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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boardgameio/boardgame.io

Mixed

Stale — last commit 1y ago

HealthyDependency

Permissive license, no critical CVEs, actively maintained — safe to depend on.

HealthyFork & modify

Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

last commit was 1y ago; Scorecard "Token-Permissions" is 0/10

  • Stale — last commit 1y ago
  • Scorecard: marked unmaintained (0/10)
  • 25+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 35% of recent commits)
  • MIT licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

What would improve this?

  • Deploy as-is MixedHealthy if: 1 commit in the last 180 days

Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against OpenSSF Scorecard

n8n-io/n8n

Healthy

Healthy across the board

ConcernsDependency

non-standard license (Other)

HealthyFork & modify

Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

HealthyDeploy as-is

No critical CVEs, sane security posture — runnable as-is.

  • Non-standard license (Other) — review terms
  • Last commit today
  • 42+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 13% of recent commits)
  • Other licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency ConcernsMixed if: clarify license terms

Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against dependency CVEs from deps.dev and OpenSSF Scorecard

Signal-by-signal breakdown

boardgame.ion8n
Stars12,325194,262
Last commit1y agotoday
LicenseMITOther
Open issues1231,482
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage5%100%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsHealthy signals

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