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ghostpack/rubeus vs shadowsocks/shadowsocks-windows

Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health

As of September 2026, rubeus and shadowsocks-windows both show mixed maintenance signals. rubeus last saw a commit 3 months ago with 19+ active contributors, while shadowsocks-windows last saw a commit 1 year ago with 11+ active contributors. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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ghostpack/rubeus

Mixed

Slowing — last commit 3mo ago

MixedDependency

no tests detected in the complete Git tree; no CI workflows detected…

MixedFork & modify

no tests detected in the complete Git tree; no CI workflows detected…

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 0/10; no CI workflows detected…

  • Slowing — last commit 3mo ago
  • No CI workflows detected
  • No tests detected in the complete Git tree
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • Last commit 3mo ago
  • 19 active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 41% of recent commits)

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency Mixed to Healthy if: add a test suite
  • Deploy as-is Mixed to Healthy if: 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

shadowsocks/shadowsocks-windows

Mixed

Stale — last commit 2y ago

ConcernsDependency

copyleft license (GPL-3.0) — review compatibility; last commit was 2y ago…

HealthyFork & modify

No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

last commit was 2y ago; Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 1/10…

  • Stale — last commit 2y ago
  • GPL-3.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
  • Scorecard: marked unmaintained (0/10)
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (1/10)
  • 11 active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 44% of recent commits)
  • GPL-3.0 licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency Concerns to Mixed if: relicense under MIT/Apache-2.0 (rare for established libs)
  • Deploy as-is Mixed to Healthy if: 1 commit in the last 180 days

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

Signal-by-signal breakdown

rubeusshadowsocks-windows
Stars5,15159,569
Last commit3mo ago1y ago
LicenseUnknownGPL-3.0
Open issues48203
Has testsNo
Has CINo
Test coverage0%9%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture gradeCC
Cycles00
Bottom-lineMixed signalsMixed signals

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