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caldis/mos vs signalapp/signal-ios

Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health

As of June 2026, mos and signal-ios both show mixed maintenance signals. mos last saw a commit 1 month ago with 1+ active contributor, while signal-ios last saw a commit 1 month ago with 10+ active contributors. mos is Other-licensed while signal-ios is AGPL-3.0-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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caldis/mos

Mixed

Solo project — review before adopting

ConcernsDependency

non-standard license (Other); single-maintainer (no co-maintainers visible)

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.

  • Solo or near-solo (1 contributor active in recent commits)
  • Non-standard license (Other) — review terms
  • Last commit 1d ago
  • 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

signalapp/signal-ios

Mixed

Mixed signals — read the receipts

ConcernsDependency

copyleft license (AGPL-3.0) — review compatibility; no tests detected

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.

  • AGPL-3.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
  • No test directory detected
  • Last commit 2d ago
  • 10 active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 35% of recent commits)
  • AGPL-3.0 licensed
  • CI configured

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency ConcernsMixed if: relicense under MIT/Apache-2.0 (rare for established libs)

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

Signal-by-signal breakdown

mossignal-ios
Stars20,04712,058
Last commit1mo ago1mo ago
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Open issues360127
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage100%0%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsMixed signals

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