google/re2 vs grpc/grpc
grpc/grpc shows stronger signals overall
As of September 2026, grpc shows healthier maintenance signals than re2. grpc rates Healthy overall while re2 rates Mixed. re2 last saw a commit 7 months ago with 6+ active contributors, while grpc was committed to 3 weeks ago with 34+ active contributors. re2 is BSD-3-Clause-licensed while grpc is Apache-2.0-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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google/re2
Slowing — last commit 4mo ago
dependency CVE scan unavailable
No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
dependency CVE scan unavailable
- ⚠Slowing — last commit 4mo ago
- ✓Last commit 4mo ago
- ✓6 active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 49% of recent commits)
- ✓BSD-3-Clause licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
grpc/grpc
Healthy across all four use cases
No blocking maintenance, license, or known-CVE signals were found; still verify the package version and fit.
No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
No blocking repository-level signals were found; deployment review is still required.
- ✓Last commit today
- ✓34+ active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 14% of recent commits)
- ✓Apache-2.0 licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against dependency CVEs from deps.dev and OpenSSF Scorecard
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| re2 | grpc | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 9,660 | 45,264 |
| Last commit | 7mo ago | 21d ago |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | Apache-2.0 |
| Open issues | 42 | 1,369 |
| Has tests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 100% | 41% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | C |
| Cycles | — | 0 |
| Bottom-line | Mixed signals | Healthy signals |
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