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crossoverjie/jcsprout vs lightbend/config

Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health

As of June 2026, jcsprout and config both show mixed maintenance signals. jcsprout last saw a commit 2 years ago with 7+ active contributors, while config last saw a commit 1 month ago with 32+ active contributors. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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crossoverjie/jcsprout

Mixed

Stale — last commit 2y ago

MixedDependency

last commit was 2y ago; top contributor handles 91% 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.

  • 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 MixedHealthy if: 1 commit in the last 365 days

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

lightbend/config

Mixed

Missing license — unclear to depend on

ConcernsDependency

no license — legally unclear

ConcernsFork & modify

no license — can't legally use code

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

ConcernsDeploy as-is

no license — can't legally use code

  • No license — legally unclear to depend on
  • Last commit 3d ago
  • 32+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 15% of recent commits)
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency ConcernsMixed if: publish a permissive license (MIT, Apache-2.0, etc.)
  • Fork & modify ConcernsMixed if: add a LICENSE file
  • Deploy as-is ConcernsMixed if: add a LICENSE file

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

Signal-by-signal breakdown

jcsproutconfig
Stars26,9416,300
Last commit2y ago1mo ago
LicenseMIT
Open issues45241
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage40%100%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsMixed signals

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