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burntsushi/ripgrep vs witnessmenow/esp32-cheap-yellow-display

burntsushi/ripgrep shows stronger signals overall

As of September 2026, ripgrep shows healthier maintenance signals than esp32-cheap-yellow-display. ripgrep rates Healthy overall while esp32-cheap-yellow-display rates Mixed. ripgrep last saw a commit 1 month ago with 31+ active contributors, while esp32-cheap-yellow-display last saw a commit 4 months ago with 35+ active contributors. ripgrep is Unlicense-licensed while esp32-cheap-yellow-display is MIT-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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burntsushi/ripgrep

Healthy

Healthy across all four use cases

HealthyDependency

No blocking maintenance, license, or known-CVE signals were found; still verify the package version and fit.

HealthyFork & modify

No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

HealthyDeploy as-is

No blocking repository-level signals were found; deployment review is still required.

  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 56% of recent commits
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • Last commit 6w ago
  • 31+ active contributors
  • Unlicense licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

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

witnessmenow/esp32-cheap-yellow-display

Mixed

Evidence incomplete — review before adopting

MixedDependency

test evidence incomplete; dependency CVE scan unavailable

HealthyFork & modify

No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

dependency CVE scan unavailable

  • Could not verify tests from the available repository evidence
  • Last commit 3d ago
  • 35+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 41% of recent commits)
  • MIT licensed
  • CI configured

Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests

Signal-by-signal breakdown

ripgrepesp32-cheap-yellow-display
Stars68,3363,909
Last commit1mo ago4mo ago
LicenseUnlicenseMIT
Open issues19978
Has testsUnknown
Has CI
Test coverage31%0%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture gradeA
Cycles0
Bottom-lineHealthy signalsMixed signals

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