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googlechromelabs/ndb vs hackmdio/codimd

Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health

As of June 2026, ndb and codimd both show mixed maintenance signals. ndb last saw a commit 4 years ago with 8+ active contributors, while codimd last saw a commit 8 months ago with 11+ active contributors. ndb is Apache-2.0-licensed while codimd is AGPL-3.0-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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googlechromelabs/ndb

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
  • Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 84% of recent commits
  • Scorecard: marked unmaintained (0/10)
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • 8 active contributors
  • 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

hackmdio/codimd

Mixed

Slowing — last commit 7mo ago

ConcernsDependency

copyleft license (AGPL-3.0) — review compatibility

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 7mo ago; Scorecard "Token-Permissions" is 0/10

  • Slowing — last commit 7mo ago
  • Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 85% of recent commits
  • AGPL-3.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
  • Scorecard: marked unmaintained (0/10)
  • Last commit 7mo ago
  • 11 active contributors
  • AGPL-3.0 licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency ConcernsMixed if: relicense under MIT/Apache-2.0 (rare for established libs)
  • 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

Signal-by-signal breakdown

ndbcodimd
Stars10,90210,059
Last commit4y ago8mo ago
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Open issues55350
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage85%19%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsMixed signals

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