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freecad/freecad vs tencent/ncnn

freecad/freecad shows stronger signals overall

As of June 2026, freecad shows healthier maintenance signals than ncnn. freecad rates Healthy overall while ncnn rates Mixed. freecad last saw a commit 1 month ago with 44+ active contributors, while ncnn last saw a commit 1 month ago with 18+ active contributors. freecad is LGPL-2.1-licensed while ncnn is Other-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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freecad/freecad

Healthy

Healthy across the board

ConcernsDependency

copyleft license (LGPL-2.1) — review compatibility

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.

  • LGPL-2.1 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
  • Last commit today
  • 44+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 10% of recent commits)
  • LGPL-2.1 licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency ConcernsMixed if: relicense under MIT/Apache-2.0 (rare for established libs)

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

tencent/ncnn

Mixed

Mixed signals — read the receipts

ConcernsDependency

non-standard license (Other)

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.

  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 59% of recent commits
  • Non-standard license (Other) — review terms
  • Last commit today
  • 18 active contributors
  • Other licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency ConcernsMixed if: clarify license terms

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

Signal-by-signal breakdown

freecadncnn
Stars30,80623,199
Last commit1mo ago1mo ago
LicenseLGPL-2.1Other
Open issues3,9271,186
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage100%7%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineHealthy signalsMixed signals

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