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google/python-fire vs pallets/click

pallets/click shows stronger signals overall

As of September 2026, click shows healthier maintenance signals than python-fire. click rates Healthy overall while python-fire rates Mixed. python-fire last saw a commit 2 months ago with 24+ active contributors, while click was committed to 5 days ago with 6+ active contributors. python-fire is Apache-2.0-licensed while click is BSD-3-Clause-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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google/python-fire

Mixed

OpenSSF Scorecard says this is unmaintained

HealthyDependency

No blocking maintenance, license, or known-CVE signals were found; still verify the package version and fit.

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

Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 0/10; Scorecard "Token-Permissions" is 0/10

  • Scorecard: marked unmaintained (0/10)
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • Last commit 3mo ago
  • 24+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 40% of recent commits)
  • Apache-2.0 licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

What would improve this?

  • 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 dependency CVEs from deps.dev and OpenSSF Scorecard

pallets/click

Healthy

Strong maintenance signals

MixedDependency

dependency CVE scan unavailable

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

dependency CVE scan unavailable

  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 59% of recent commits
  • Used by 1 trusted project: pallets/flask
  • Last commit 3d ago
  • 6 active contributors
  • BSD-3-Clause licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

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

Signal-by-signal breakdown

python-fireclick
Stars28,22217,666
Last commit2mo ago5d ago
LicenseApache-2.0BSD-3-Clause
Open issues19685
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage69%100%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsHealthy signals

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