cmu-perceptual-computing-lab/openpose vs imputnet/helium
imputnet/helium shows stronger signals overall
As of September 2026, helium shows healthier maintenance signals than openpose. helium rates Healthy overall while openpose rates Mixed. openpose last saw a commit 2 years ago with 37+ active contributors, while helium was committed to 2 weeks ago with 6+ active contributors. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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cmu-perceptual-computing-lab/openpose
Stale — last commit 2y ago
last commit was 2y ago; license evidence incomplete…
license evidence incomplete
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
last commit was 2y ago; license evidence incomplete…
- ⚠Stale — last commit 2y ago
- ✓37+ active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 49% of recent commits)
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
imputnet/helium
Strong maintenance signals
copyleft license (GPL-3.0) — review compatibility; dependency CVE scan unavailable
No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 0/10; dependency CVE scan unavailable
- ⚠GPL-3.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
- ⚠Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
- ✓Last commit today
- ✓6 active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 49% of recent commits)
- ✓GPL-3.0 licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
What would improve this?
- •Use as dependency Concerns to 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, cross-checked against OpenSSF Scorecard
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| openpose | helium | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 34,069 | 19,893 |
| Last commit | 2y ago | 18d ago |
| License | Unknown | GPL-3.0 |
| Open issues | 359 | 490 |
| Has tests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 17% | 13% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | A |
| Cycles | — | 0 |
| Bottom-line | Mixed signals | Healthy signals |
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