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grasscutters/grasscutter vs netflix/hystrix

Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health

As of June 2026, grasscutter and hystrix both show mixed maintenance signals. grasscutter last saw a commit 3 months ago with 23+ active contributors, while hystrix last saw a commit 6 months ago with 26+ active contributors. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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grasscutters/grasscutter

Mixed

Mixed signals — read the receipts

ConcernsDependency

copyleft license (AGPL-3.0) — review compatibility; no tests detected

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.

HealthyDeploy as-is

No critical CVEs, sane security posture — runnable as-is.

  • AGPL-3.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
  • No test directory detected
  • Last commit 2mo ago
  • 23+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 30% of recent commits)
  • AGPL-3.0 licensed
  • CI configured

What would improve this?

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

Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests

netflix/hystrix

Mixed

Slowing — last commit 5mo ago

ConcernsDependency

no license — legally unclear

ConcernsFork & modify

no license — can't legally use code

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

ConcernsDeploy as-is

no license — can't legally use code

  • Slowing — last commit 5mo ago
  • No license — legally unclear to depend on
  • Last commit 5mo ago
  • 26+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 38% of recent commits)
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency ConcernsMixed if: publish a permissive license (MIT, Apache-2.0, etc.)
  • Fork & modify ConcernsMixed if: add a LICENSE file
  • Deploy as-is ConcernsMixed if: add a LICENSE file

Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests

Signal-by-signal breakdown

grasscutterhystrix
Stars16,75324,461
Last commit3mo ago6mo ago
LicenseAGPL-3.0
Open issues15056
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage0%84%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsMixed signals

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