fogleman/nes vs unknwon/the-way-to-go_zh_cn
fogleman/nes shows stronger signals overall
As of June 2026, nes shows stronger maintenance signals than the-way-to-go_zh_cn. nes rates Mixed overall while the-way-to-go_zh_cn rates Concerns. nes last saw a commit 1 year ago with 13+ active contributors, while the-way-to-go_zh_cn last saw a commit 1 year ago with 69+ active contributors. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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fogleman/nes →
Stale — last commit 2y ago
last commit was 2y ago; no tests detected…
Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
last commit was 2y ago; no CI workflows detected
- ⚠Stale — last commit 2y ago
- ⚠Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 82% of recent commits
- ⚠No CI workflows detected
- ⚠No test directory detected
- ✓13 active contributors
- ✓MIT licensed
What would improve this?
- →Use as dependency Mixed → Healthy if: 1 commit in the last 365 days; add a test suite
- →Deploy as-is Mixed → Healthy if: 1 commit in the last 180 days
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
unknwon/the-way-to-go_zh_cn →
Stale and unlicensed — last commit 2y ago
no license — legally unclear; last commit was 2y ago…
no license — can't legally use code; no CI workflows detected
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
no license — can't legally use code; last commit was 2y ago…
- ⚠Stale — last commit 2y ago
- ⚠No license — legally unclear to depend on
- ⚠No CI workflows detected
- ✓69+ active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 16% of recent commits)
- ✓Tests present
What would improve this?
- →Use as dependency Concerns → Mixed if: publish a permissive license (MIT, Apache-2.0, etc.)
- →Fork & modify Concerns → Mixed if: add a LICENSE file
- →Deploy as-is Concerns → Mixed if: add a LICENSE file
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| nes | the-way-to-go_zh_cn | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 5,648 | 35,104 |
| Last commit | 1y ago | 1y ago |
| License | MIT | — |
| Open issues | 12 | 46 |
| Has tests | — | ✓ |
| Has CI | — | — |
| Test coverage | 0% | 1% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Mixed signals | Concerns signals |
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