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coreybutler/nvm-windows vs tulir/whatsmeow

coreybutler/nvm-windows shows stronger signals overall

As of June 2026, nvm-windows shows healthier maintenance signals than whatsmeow. nvm-windows rates Healthy overall while whatsmeow rates Mixed. nvm-windows last saw a commit 2 months ago with 14+ active contributors, while whatsmeow last saw a commit 1 month ago with 8+ active contributors. nvm-windows is MIT-licensed while whatsmeow is MPL-2.0-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

tulir/whatsmeow

Mixed

Single-maintainer risk — review before adopting

MixedDependency

top contributor handles 91% of recent commits; 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.

  • Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 91% of recent commits
  • No test directory detected
  • Last commit 1d ago
  • 8 active contributors
  • MPL-2.0 licensed
  • CI configured

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency MixedHealthy if: diversify commit ownership (top <90%)

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

Signal-by-signal breakdown

nvm-windowswhatsmeow
Stars46,2646,077
Last commit2mo ago1mo ago
LicenseMITMPL-2.0
Open issues8355
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage0%0%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineHealthy signalsMixed signals

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