fredolx/open-tv vs helix-editor/helix
helix-editor/helix shows stronger signals overall
As of June 2026, helix shows healthier maintenance signals than open-tv. helix rates Healthy overall while open-tv rates Mixed. open-tv last saw a commit 2 months ago with 4+ active contributors, while helix last saw a commit 1 month ago with 42+ active contributors. open-tv is GPL-2.0-licensed while helix is MPL-2.0-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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fredolx/open-tv →
Mixed signals — read the receipts
copyleft license (GPL-2.0) — review compatibility; no tests detected
Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
No critical CVEs, sane security posture — runnable as-is.
- ⚠Small team — 4 contributors active in recent commits
- ⚠Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 78% of recent commits
- ⚠GPL-2.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
- ⚠No test directory detected
- ✓Last commit 2w ago
- ✓4 active contributors
- ✓GPL-2.0 licensed
- ✓CI configured
What would improve this?
- →Use as dependency Concerns → Mixed if: relicense under MIT/Apache-2.0 (rare for established libs)
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
helix-editor/helix →
Healthy across the board
Permissive license, no critical CVEs, actively maintained — safe to depend on.
Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
No critical CVEs, sane security posture — runnable as-is.
- ✓Last commit today
- ✓42+ active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 16% of recent commits)
- ✓MPL-2.0 licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| open-tv | helix | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 3,498 | 44,261 |
| Last commit | 2mo ago | 1mo ago |
| License | GPL-2.0 | MPL-2.0 |
| Open issues | 97 | 1,533 |
| Has tests | — | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 0% | 34% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Mixed signals | Healthy signals |
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