creators-of-create/create vs jakewharton/butterknife
jakewharton/butterknife shows stronger signals overall
As of June 2026, butterknife shows healthier maintenance signals than create. butterknife rates Healthy overall while create rates Mixed. create last saw a commit 2 months ago with 22+ active contributors, while butterknife last saw a commit 2 years ago with 17+ active contributors. create is Other-licensed while butterknife is Apache-2.0-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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creators-of-create/create →
Mixed signals — read the receipts
non-standard license (Other); no tests detected
Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
No critical CVEs, sane security posture — runnable as-is.
- ⚠Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 54% of recent commits
- ⚠Non-standard license (Other) — review terms
- ⚠No test directory detected
- ✓Last commit 1w ago
- ✓22+ active contributors
- ✓Other licensed
- ✓CI configured
What would improve this?
- →Use as dependency Concerns → Mixed if: clarify license terms
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
jakewharton/butterknife →
Healthy across all four use cases
Permissive license, no critical CVEs, actively maintained — safe to depend on.
Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
No critical CVEs, sane security posture — runnable as-is.
- ⚠Stale — last commit 3y ago
- ⚠Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 75% of recent commits
- ✓17 active contributors
- ✓Apache-2.0 licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| create | butterknife | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 4,188 | 25,377 |
| Last commit | 2mo ago | 2y ago |
| License | Other | Apache-2.0 |
| Open issues | 1,192 | 119 |
| Has tests | — | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | — | 57% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Mixed signals | Healthy signals |
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