fortra/impacket vs thealgorithms/python
thealgorithms/python shows stronger signals overall
As of September 2026, python shows healthier maintenance signals than impacket. python rates Healthy overall while impacket rates Mixed. impacket was committed to 6 days ago with 55+ active contributors, while python was committed to today with 82+ active contributors. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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fortra/impacket
Evidence incomplete — review before adopting
license evidence incomplete
license evidence incomplete
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
license evidence incomplete
- ⚠Could not verify license from the available repository evidence
- ✓Last commit 1d ago
- ✓55+ active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 15% of recent commits)
- ✓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
thealgorithms/python
Strong maintenance signals
dependency CVE scan unavailable
No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 0/10; dependency CVE scan unavailable
- ⚠Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
- ✓Last commit today
- ✓82+ active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 4% 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 OpenSSF Scorecard
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| impacket | python | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 16,082 | 224,651 |
| Last commit | 6d ago | today |
| License | Unknown | MIT |
| Open issues | 315 | 354 |
| Has tests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 47% | 2% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | A |
| Cycles | — | 0 |
| Bottom-line | Mixed signals | Healthy signals |
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