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facebook/pyre-check vs google/pytype

google/pytype shows stronger signals overall

As of September 2026, pytype shows healthier maintenance signals than pyre-check. pytype rates Healthy overall while pyre-check rates Mixed. pyre-check last saw a commit 2 months ago with 12+ active contributors, while pytype last saw a commit 6 months ago with 9+ active contributors. Both use the MIT license. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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facebook/pyre-check

Mixed

OpenSSF Scorecard says this is unmaintained

MixedDependency

dependency CVE scan unavailable

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 "Token-Permissions" is 0/10; dependency CVE scan unavailable

  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 77% of recent commits
  • Scorecard: marked unmaintained (0/10)
  • Last commit 2mo ago
  • 12 active contributors
  • MIT licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

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

google/pytype

Healthy

Healthy across all four use cases

HealthyDependency

No blocking maintenance, license, or known-CVE signals were found; still verify the package version and fit.

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 6mo ago
  • Scorecard: marked unmaintained (0/10)
  • Last commit 6mo ago
  • 9 active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 49% 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 dependency CVEs from deps.dev and OpenSSF Scorecard

Signal-by-signal breakdown

pyre-checkpytype
Stars7,1715,031
Last commit2mo ago6mo ago
LicenseMITMIT
Open issues1675
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage100%77%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsHealthy signals

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