crossoverjie/jcsprout vs kodezi/chronos
Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health
As of September 2026, jcsprout and chronos both show mixed maintenance signals. jcsprout last saw a commit 2 years ago with 7+ active contributors, while chronos last saw a commit 10 months ago with 1+ active contributor. Both use the MIT license. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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crossoverjie/jcsprout
Stale — last commit 2y ago
last commit was 2y ago; top contributor handles 91% of recent commits…
No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
last commit was 2y ago; dependency CVE scan unavailable
- ⚠Stale — last commit 2y ago
- ⚠Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 91% of recent commits
- ✓7 active contributors
- ✓MIT licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
What would improve this?
- •Use as dependency Mixed to Healthy if: 1 commit in the last 365 days
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
kodezi/chronos
Slowing — last commit 10mo ago
single-maintainer (no co-maintainers visible); test evidence incomplete…
No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
last commit was 10mo ago; Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 0/10…
- ⚠Slowing — last commit 10mo ago
- ⚠Solo or near-solo (1 contributor active in recent commits)
- ⚠Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
- ✓Last commit 10mo ago
- ✓MIT licensed
- ✓CI configured
What would improve this?
- •Use as dependency Mixed to Healthy if: onboard a second core maintainer
- •Deploy as-is Mixed to Healthy if: 1 commit in the last 180 days
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against OpenSSF Scorecard
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| jcsprout | chronos | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 26,941 | 4,940 |
| Last commit | 2y ago | 10mo ago |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Open issues | 45 | 1 |
| Has tests | ✓ | Unknown |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 40% | — |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | C |
| Cycles | — | 0 |
| Bottom-line | Mixed signals | Mixed signals |
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