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google/grumpy vs openfaas/faas

Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health

As of June 2026, grumpy and faas both show mixed maintenance signals. grumpy last saw a commit 4 years ago with 7+ active contributors, while faas last saw a commit 2 months ago with 10+ active contributors. grumpy is Apache-2.0-licensed while faas is Other-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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google/grumpy

Mixed

Stale — last commit 4y 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 4y ago; Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 0/10

  • Stale — last commit 4y ago
  • Scorecard: marked unmaintained (0/10)
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • 7 active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 45% of recent commits)
  • Apache-2.0 licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

What would improve this?

  • Deploy as-is MixedHealthy 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

openfaas/faas

Mixed

Single-maintainer risk — review before adopting

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.

  • Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 84% of recent commits
  • Non-standard license (Other) — review terms
  • Last commit 5w ago
  • 10 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

grumpyfaas
Stars10,50526,156
Last commit4y ago2mo ago
LicenseApache-2.0Other
Open issues8031
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage30%1%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsMixed signals

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