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ethereum/go-ethereum vs hashicorp/terraform

Both showing Healthy signals — pick on fit, not health

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ethereum/go-ethereum

Healthy

Healthy across the board

worst of 4 axes
Use as dependencyConcerns

copyleft license (LGPL-3.0) — review compatibility

Fork & modifyHealthy

Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.

Learn fromHealthy

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

Deploy as-isHealthy

No critical CVEs, sane security posture — runnable as-is.

  • Last commit today
  • 36+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 20% of recent commits)
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  • LGPL-3.0 licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present
  • LGPL-3.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
What would change the summary?
  • Use as dependency ConcernsMixed if: relicense under MIT/Apache-2.0 (rare for established libs)

Maintenance signals: commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests

hashicorp/terraform

Healthy

Healthy across the board

worst of 4 axes
Use as dependencyConcerns

non-standard license (Other)

Fork & modifyHealthy

Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.

Learn fromHealthy

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

Deploy as-isHealthy

No critical CVEs, sane security posture — runnable as-is.

  • Last commit today
  • 11 active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 27% of recent commits)
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  • Other licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present
  • Non-standard license (Other) — review terms
What would change the summary?
  • Use as dependency ConcernsMixed if: clarify license terms

Maintenance signals: commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests

Signal-by-signal breakdown

go-ethereumterraform
Stars51,02948,357
Last commit6d ago6d ago
LicenseLGPL-3.0Other
Open issues4011,898
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage100%56%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineHealthy signalsHealthy signals

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