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hediet/vscode-drawio vs n8n-io/n8n

n8n-io/n8n shows stronger signals overall

As of June 2026, n8n shows healthier maintenance signals than vscode-drawio. n8n rates Healthy overall while vscode-drawio rates Mixed. vscode-drawio last saw a commit 3 months ago with 18+ active contributors, while n8n was committed to today with 42+ active contributors. vscode-drawio is GPL-3.0-licensed while n8n is Other-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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hediet/vscode-drawio

Mixed

Mixed signals — read the receipts

ConcernsDependency

copyleft license (GPL-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.

HealthyDeploy as-is

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

  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 58% of recent commits
  • GPL-3.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
  • Scorecard: marked unmaintained (0/10)
  • Last commit 7w ago
  • 18 active contributors
  • GPL-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)

Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against OpenSSF Scorecard

n8n-io/n8n

Healthy

Healthy across the board

ConcernsDependency

non-standard license (Other)

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.

  • Non-standard license (Other) — review terms
  • Last commit today
  • 42+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 13% of recent commits)
  • Other licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency ConcernsMixed if: clarify license terms

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

vscode-drawion8n
Stars9,428194,262
Last commit3mo agotoday
LicenseGPL-3.0Other
Open issues1671,482
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage8%100%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsHealthy signals

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