googleworkspace/cli vs helix-editor/helix
helix-editor/helix shows stronger signals overall
As of September 2026, helix shows healthier maintenance signals than cli. helix rates Healthy overall while cli rates Mixed. cli last saw a commit 4 months ago with 16+ active contributors, while helix was committed to 2 weeks ago with 48+ active contributors. cli is Apache-2.0-licensed while helix is MPL-2.0-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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googleworkspace/cli
Evidence incomplete — review before adopting
test evidence incomplete; 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
- ⚠Could not verify tests from the available repository evidence
- ✓Last commit 1d ago
- ✓16 active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 35% of recent commits)
- ✓Apache-2.0 licensed
- ✓CI configured
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
helix-editor/helix
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.
- ⚠Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
- ✓Last commit 1d ago
- ✓48+ active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 19% of recent commits)
- ✓MPL-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
| cli | helix | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 25,880 | 46,068 |
| Last commit | 4mo ago | 15d ago |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MPL-2.0 |
| Open issues | 91 | 1,638 |
| Has tests | Unknown | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 0% | 100% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | A |
| Cycles | — | 0 |
| Bottom-line | Mixed signals | Healthy signals |
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