halo-dev/halo vs mouredev/hello-java
halo-dev/halo shows stronger signals overall
As of June 2026, halo shows healthier maintenance signals than hello-java. halo rates Healthy overall while hello-java rates Mixed. halo last saw a commit 1 month ago with 11+ active contributors, while hello-java last saw a commit 11 months ago with 1+ active contributor. halo is GPL-3.0-licensed while hello-java is Apache-2.0-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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halo-dev/halo →
Healthy across the board
copyleft license (GPL-3.0) — review compatibility
Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
No critical CVEs, sane security posture — runnable as-is.
- ⚠GPL-3.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
- ✓Last commit 1d ago
- ✓11 active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 44% of recent commits)
- ✓GPL-3.0 licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
What would improve this?
- →Use as dependency Concerns → Mixed if: relicense under MIT/Apache-2.0 (rare for established libs)
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
mouredev/hello-java →
Slowing — last commit 10mo ago
single-maintainer (no co-maintainers visible); no tests detected…
Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
last commit was 10mo ago; Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 0/10…
- ⚠Slowing — last commit 10mo ago
- ⚠Solo or near-solo (1 contributor active in recent commits)
- ⚠No CI workflows detected
- ⚠No test directory detected
- ⚠Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
- ✓Last commit 10mo ago
- ✓Apache-2.0 licensed
What would improve this?
- →Use as dependency Mixed → Healthy if: onboard a second core maintainer; add a test suite
- →Deploy as-is Mixed → Healthy if: 1 commit in the last 180 days; bring "Branch-Protection" to ≥3/10 (see scorecard report)
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against OpenSSF Scorecard
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| halo | hello-java | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 38,498 | 4,158 |
| Last commit | 1mo ago | 11mo ago |
| License | GPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Open issues | 189 | 3 |
| Has tests | ✓ | — |
| Has CI | ✓ | — |
| Test coverage | 11% | 0% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Healthy signals | Mixed signals |
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