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dapperlib/dapper vs ql-win/quicklook

Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health

As of September 2026, dapper and quicklook both show mixed maintenance signals. dapper was committed to 3 weeks ago with 26+ active contributors, while quicklook was committed to 2 weeks ago with 7+ active contributors. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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dapperlib/dapper

Mixed

Evidence incomplete — review before adopting

MixedDependency

license evidence incomplete; dependency CVE scan unavailable

MixedFork & modify

license evidence incomplete

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 0/10; license evidence incomplete…

  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 67% of recent commits
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • Could not verify license from the available repository evidence
  • Last commit 2w ago
  • 26+ active contributors
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against OpenSSF Scorecard

ql-win/quicklook

Mixed

Single-maintainer risk — review before adopting

ConcernsDependency

copyleft license (GPL-3.0) — review compatibility; top contributor handles 92% of recent commits…

HealthyFork & modify

No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 0/10; Scorecard "Token-Permissions" is 0/10…

  • Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 92% of recent commits
  • GPL-3.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
  • No tests detected in the complete Git tree
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • Last commit 5d ago
  • 7 active contributors
  • GPL-3.0 licensed
  • CI configured

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency Concerns to Mixed if: relicense under MIT/Apache-2.0 (rare for established libs)
  • Deploy as-is Mixed to Healthy if: bring "Branch-Protection" to ≥3/10 (see scorecard report)

Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against OpenSSF Scorecard

Signal-by-signal breakdown

dapperquicklook
Stars18,37524,614
Last commit27d ago15d ago
LicenseUnknownGPL-3.0
Open issues546201
Has testsNo
Has CI
Test coverage58%0%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture gradeCC
Cycles00
Bottom-lineMixed signalsMixed signals

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