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fongmi/tv vs yuliskov/smarttube

Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health

As of June 2026, tv and smarttube both show mixed maintenance signals. tv last saw a commit 1 month ago with 1+ active contributor, while smarttube last saw a commit 1 month ago with 4+ active contributors. tv is GPL-3.0-licensed while smarttube is MIT-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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fongmi/tv

Mixed

Solo project — review before adopting

ConcernsDependency

copyleft license (GPL-3.0) — review compatibility; single-maintainer (no co-maintainers visible)…

MixedFork & modify

no tests detected; no CI workflows detected…

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

HealthyDeploy as-is

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

  • Solo or near-solo (1 contributor active in recent commits)
  • GPL-3.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
  • No CI workflows detected
  • No test directory detected
  • Last commit 1d ago
  • GPL-3.0 licensed

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency ConcernsMixed if: relicense under MIT/Apache-2.0 (rare for established libs)
  • Fork & modify MixedHealthy if: add a test suite

Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests

yuliskov/smarttube

Mixed

Single-maintainer risk — review before adopting

MixedDependency

top contributor handles 97% of recent commits; no tests detected

HealthyFork & modify

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

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

HealthyDeploy as-is

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

  • Small team — 4 contributors active in recent commits
  • Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 97% of recent commits
  • No test directory detected
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • Last commit 2d ago
  • 4 active contributors
  • MIT licensed
  • CI configured

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency MixedHealthy if: diversify commit ownership (top <90%)

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

Signal-by-signal breakdown

tvsmarttube
Stars7,90430,059
Last commit1mo ago1mo ago
LicenseGPL-3.0MIT
Open issues1713
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage0%0%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsMixed signals

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