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hackmdio/codimd vs preactjs/preact

preactjs/preact shows stronger signals overall

As of June 2026, preact shows healthier maintenance signals than codimd. preact rates Healthy overall while codimd rates Mixed. codimd last saw a commit 8 months ago with 11+ active contributors, while preact was committed to 1 day ago with 19+ active contributors. codimd is AGPL-3.0-licensed while preact is MIT-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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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

preactjs/preact

Healthy

Healthy across the board

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.

HealthyDeploy as-is

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

  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 56% of recent commits
  • Used by 2 trusted projects: remix-run/remix, withastro/astro
  • Last commit 1d ago
  • 19 active contributors
  • MIT 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

codimdpreact
Stars10,05938,723
Last commit8mo ago1d ago
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Open issues350149
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage19%100%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsHealthy signals

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