ctran/annotate_models vs forem/forem
Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health
As of September 2026, annotate_models and forem both show mixed maintenance signals. annotate_models last saw a commit 2 years ago with 31+ active contributors, while forem was committed to 1 day ago with 13+ active contributors. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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ctran/annotate_models
Stale — last commit 2y ago
last commit was 2y ago; license evidence incomplete…
license evidence incomplete
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
last commit was 2y ago; license evidence incomplete…
- ⚠Stale — last commit 2y ago
- ✓31+ active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 22% of recent commits)
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
forem/forem
Mixed signals — read the receipts
copyleft license (AGPL-3.0) — review compatibility; dependency CVE scan unavailable
No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
Scorecard "Token-Permissions" is 0/10; dependency CVE scan unavailable
- ⚠Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 53% of recent commits
- ⚠AGPL-3.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
- ✓Last commit today
- ✓13 active contributors
- ✓AGPL-3.0 licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
What would improve this?
- •Use as dependency Concerns to Mixed if: relicense under MIT/Apache-2.0 (rare for established libs)
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against OpenSSF Scorecard
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| annotate_models | forem | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 4,486 | 22,777 |
| Last commit | 2y ago | 1d ago |
| License | Unknown | AGPL-3.0 |
| Open issues | 144 | 134 |
| Has tests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 100% | 64% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Mixed signals | Mixed signals |
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