dapperlib/dapper vs rocksdanister/lively
Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health
As of June 2026, dapper and lively both show mixed maintenance signals. dapper last saw a commit 1 month ago with 26+ active contributors, while lively last saw a commit 1 month ago with 1+ active contributor. dapper is Other-licensed while lively is GPL-3.0-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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dapperlib/dapper →
Mixed signals — read the receipts
non-standard license (Other)
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 65% of recent commits
- ⚠Non-standard license (Other) — review terms
- ✓Last commit 1w ago
- ✓26+ active contributors
- ✓Other licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
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
rocksdanister/lively →
Solo project — review before adopting
copyleft license (GPL-3.0) — review compatibility; single-maintainer (no co-maintainers visible)…
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.
- ⚠Solo or near-solo (1 contributor active in recent commits)
- ⚠GPL-3.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
- ⚠No CI workflows detected
- ⚠No test directory detected
- ✓Last commit 1w ago
- ✓GPL-3.0 licensed
What would improve this?
- →Use as dependency Concerns → 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
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| dapper | lively | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 18,284 | 18,775 |
| Last commit | 1mo ago | 1mo ago |
| License | Other | GPL-3.0 |
| Open issues | 544 | 370 |
| Has tests | ✓ | — |
| Has CI | ✓ | — |
| Test coverage | 62% | 0% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Mixed signals | Mixed signals |
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