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hediet/vscode-drawio vs n8n-io/n8n

hediet/vscode-drawio shows stronger signals overall

As of September 2026, vscode-drawio shows healthier maintenance signals than n8n. vscode-drawio rates Healthy overall while n8n rates Mixed. vscode-drawio was committed to 3 weeks ago with 16+ active contributors, while n8n was committed to 3 weeks ago with 48+ active contributors. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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hediet/vscode-drawio

Healthy

Strong maintenance signals

ConcernsDependency

copyleft license (GPL-3.0) — review compatibility

HealthyFork & modify

No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

Scorecard "Token-Permissions" is 0/10; 3 cyclic import chains — pervasive coupling

  • GPL-3.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
  • Last commit 1d ago
  • 16 active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 42% of recent commits)
  • GPL-3.0 licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency Concerns to Mixed if: relicense under MIT/Apache-2.0 (rare for established libs)
  • Deploy as-is Mixed to Healthy if: bring "Token-Permissions" to ≥3/10 (see scorecard report)

Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against dependency CVEs from deps.dev and OpenSSF Scorecard

n8n-io/n8n

Mixed

Evidence incomplete — review before adopting

MixedDependency

license evidence incomplete; dependency CVE scan unavailable

MixedFork & modify

license evidence incomplete

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

Scorecard "Token-Permissions" is 0/10; license evidence incomplete…

  • Could not verify license from the available repository evidence
  • Last commit today
  • 48+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 7% of recent commits)
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

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

Signal-by-signal breakdown

vscode-drawion8n
Stars9,480202,325
Last commit24d ago23d ago
LicenseGPL-3.0Unknown
Open issues1791,077
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage5%85%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture gradeB
Cycles3
Bottom-lineHealthy signalsMixed signals

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