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fastapi/typer vs google/python-fire

fastapi/typer shows stronger signals overall

As of September 2026, typer shows healthier maintenance signals than python-fire. typer rates Healthy overall while python-fire rates Mixed. typer was committed to 1 week ago with 8+ active contributors, while python-fire last saw a commit 2 months ago with 24+ active contributors. typer is MIT-licensed while python-fire is Apache-2.0-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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fastapi/typer

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.

  • Last commit 1w ago
  • 8 active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 33% 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

google/python-fire

Mixed

OpenSSF Scorecard says this is unmaintained

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.

MixedDeploy as-is

Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 0/10; Scorecard "Token-Permissions" is 0/10

  • Scorecard: marked unmaintained (0/10)
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • Last commit 3mo ago
  • 24+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 40% of recent commits)
  • Apache-2.0 licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

What would improve this?

  • Deploy as-is Mixed to Healthy if: bring "Branch-Protection" to ≥3/10 (see scorecard report)

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

typerpython-fire
Stars19,98328,222
Last commit8d ago2mo ago
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Open issues46196
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage90%69%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineHealthy signalsMixed signals

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