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coreybutler/nvm-windows vs nxtrace/ntrace-core

coreybutler/nvm-windows shows stronger signals overall

As of June 2026, nvm-windows shows healthier maintenance signals than ntrace-core. nvm-windows rates Healthy overall while ntrace-core rates Mixed. nvm-windows last saw a commit 2 months ago with 14+ active contributors, while ntrace-core last saw a commit 1 month ago with 2+ active contributors. nvm-windows is MIT-licensed while ntrace-core is GPL-3.0-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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coreybutler/nvm-windows

Healthy

Healthy across all four use cases

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.

HealthyDeploy as-is

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

  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 75% of recent commits
  • No test directory detected
  • Last commit 3w ago
  • 14 active contributors
  • MIT licensed
  • CI configured

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

nxtrace/ntrace-core

Mixed

Single-maintainer risk — review before adopting

ConcernsDependency

copyleft license (GPL-3.0) — review compatibility; top contributor handles 97% of recent commits

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.

  • Small team — 2 contributors active in recent commits
  • Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 97% of recent commits
  • GPL-3.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
  • Last commit 3d ago
  • 2 active contributors
  • GPL-3.0 licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

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

nvm-windowsntrace-core
Stars46,2647,788
Last commit2mo ago1mo ago
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Open issues830
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage0%1%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineHealthy signalsMixed signals

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