helix-editor/helix vs nix-community/nh
helix-editor/helix shows stronger signals overall
As of June 2026, helix shows healthier maintenance signals than nh. helix rates Healthy overall while nh rates Mixed. helix last saw a commit 1 month ago with 42+ active contributors, while nh last saw a commit 1 month ago with 7+ active contributors. helix is MPL-2.0-licensed while nh is EUPL-1.2-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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helix-editor/helix →
Healthy across the board
Permissive license, no critical CVEs, actively maintained — safe to depend on.
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.
- ✓Last commit today
- ✓42+ active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 16% of recent commits)
- ✓MPL-2.0 licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
nix-community/nh →
Mixed signals — read the receipts
non-standard license (EUPL-1.2)
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.
- ⚠Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 54% of recent commits
- ⚠Non-standard license (EUPL-1.2) — review terms
- ✓Last commit 2d ago
- ✓7 active contributors
- ✓EUPL-1.2 licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
What would improve this?
- →Use as dependency Concerns → Mixed if: clarify license terms
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| helix | nh | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 44,261 | 2,693 |
| Last commit | 1mo ago | 1mo ago |
| License | MPL-2.0 | EUPL-1.2 |
| Open issues | 1,533 | 82 |
| Has tests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 34% | 18% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Healthy signals | Mixed signals |
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