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ebookfoundation/free-programming-books vs sjmoran/yc-ai-cohort-analysis

Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health

As of September 2026, free-programming-books and yc-ai-cohort-analysis both show mixed maintenance signals. free-programming-books was committed to 4 days ago with 82+ active contributors, while yc-ai-cohort-analysis last saw a commit 5 months ago with 1+ active contributor. free-programming-books is CC-BY-4.0-licensed while yc-ai-cohort-analysis is MIT-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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ebookfoundation/free-programming-books

Mixed

Mixed signals — read the receipts

ConcernsDependency

non-standard license (CC-BY-4.0); no tests detected in the complete Git tree…

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; dependency CVE scan unavailable

  • Non-standard license (CC-BY-4.0) — review terms
  • No tests detected in the complete Git tree
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • Last commit 1d ago
  • 82+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 6% of recent commits)
  • CC-BY-4.0 licensed
  • CI configured

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency Concerns to Mixed if: clarify license terms

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

sjmoran/yc-ai-cohort-analysis

Mixed

Slowing — last commit 5mo ago

MixedDependency

single-maintainer (no co-maintainers visible); no tests detected in the complete Git tree…

HealthyFork & modify

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

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

HealthyDeploy as-is

No blocking repository-level signals were found; deployment review is still required.

  • Slowing — last commit 5mo ago
  • Solo or near-solo (1 contributor active in recent commits)
  • No CI workflows detected
  • No tests detected in the complete Git tree
  • Last commit 5mo ago
  • MIT licensed

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency Mixed to Healthy if: onboard a second core maintainer; add a test suite

Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against dependency CVEs from deps.dev and OpenSSF Scorecard

Signal-by-signal breakdown

free-programming-booksyc-ai-cohort-analysis
Stars396,7180
Last commit4d ago5mo ago
LicenseCC-BY-4.0MIT
Open issues820
Has testsNoNo
Has CINo
Test coverage0%0%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture gradeC
Cycles0
Bottom-lineMixed signalsMixed signals

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