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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

Mixed

Slowing — last commit 4mo ago

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

  • 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

Healthy across all four use cases

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.

HealthyDeploy as-is

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

re2grpc
Stars9,66045,264
Last commit7mo ago21d ago
LicenseBSD-3-ClauseApache-2.0
Open issues421,369
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage100%41%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture gradeC
Cycles0
Bottom-lineMixed signalsHealthy signals

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