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foundationagents/metagpt vs kkroening/ffmpeg-python

foundationagents/metagpt shows stronger signals overall

As of June 2026, metagpt shows healthier maintenance signals than ffmpeg-python. metagpt rates Healthy overall while ffmpeg-python rates Mixed. metagpt last saw a commit 5 months ago with 11+ active contributors, while ffmpeg-python last saw a commit 1 year ago with 21+ active contributors. metagpt is MIT-licensed while ffmpeg-python is Apache-2.0-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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foundationagents/metagpt

Healthy

Healthy across all four use cases

HealthyDependency

Permissive license, no critical CVEs, actively maintained — safe to depend on.

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.

  • Slowing — last commit 4mo ago
  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 59% of recent commits
  • Last commit 4mo ago
  • 11 active contributors
  • MIT licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

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

kkroening/ffmpeg-python

Mixed

Stale — last commit 2y ago

HealthyDependency

Permissive license, no critical CVEs, actively maintained — safe to depend on.

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.

MixedDeploy as-is

last commit was 2y ago; Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 0/10…

  • Stale — last commit 2y ago
  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 61% of recent commits
  • Scorecard: marked unmaintained (0/10)
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • 21+ active contributors
  • Apache-2.0 licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

What would improve this?

  • Deploy as-is MixedHealthy if: 1 commit in the last 180 days; 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 OpenSSF Scorecard

Signal-by-signal breakdown

metagptffmpeg-python
Stars67,81010,996
Last commit5mo ago1y ago
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Open issues121525
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage1%21%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineHealthy signalsMixed signals

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