dremin/retrobar vs microsoft/semantic-kernel
microsoft/semantic-kernel shows stronger signals overall
As of September 2026, semantic-kernel shows healthier maintenance signals than retrobar. semantic-kernel rates Healthy overall while retrobar rates Mixed. retrobar last saw a commit 4 months ago with 19+ active contributors, while semantic-kernel was committed to 2 weeks ago with 17+ active contributors. retrobar is Apache-2.0-licensed while semantic-kernel is MIT-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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dremin/retrobar
Evidence incomplete — review before adopting
test evidence incomplete; dependency CVE scan unavailable
No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
dependency CVE scan unavailable
- ⚠Could not verify tests from the available repository evidence
- ✓Last commit 1w ago
- ✓19 active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 48% of recent commits)
- ✓Apache-2.0 licensed
- ✓CI configured
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
microsoft/semantic-kernel
Strong maintenance signals
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 "Branch-Protection" is 0/10; dependency CVE scan unavailable
- ⚠Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
- ✓Last commit today
- ✓17 active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 38% of recent commits)
- ✓MIT licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against OpenSSF Scorecard
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| retrobar | semantic-kernel | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 4,165 | 28,522 |
| Last commit | 4mo ago | 15d ago |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Open issues | 461 | 267 |
| Has tests | Unknown | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 0% | 11% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | C |
| Cycles | — | 0 |
| Bottom-line | Mixed signals | Healthy signals |
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