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hmbsbige/shadowsocksr-windows vs ql-win/quicklook

Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health

As of September 2026, shadowsocksr-windows and quicklook both show mixed maintenance signals. shadowsocksr-windows last saw a commit 1 year ago with 2+ active contributors, while quicklook was committed to 2 weeks ago with 7+ active contributors. Both use the GPL-3.0 license. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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hmbsbige/shadowsocksr-windows

Mixed

Stale — last commit 1y ago

ConcernsDependency

copyleft license (GPL-3.0) — review compatibility; last commit was 1y ago…

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

last commit was 1y ago; Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 0/10…

  • Stale — last commit 1y ago
  • Small team — 2 contributors active in recent commits
  • Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 99% of recent commits
  • GPL-3.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
  • No tests detected in the complete Git tree
  • Scorecard: marked unmaintained (0/10)
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • 2 active contributors
  • GPL-3.0 licensed
  • CI configured

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: 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

ql-win/quicklook

Mixed

Single-maintainer risk — review before adopting

ConcernsDependency

copyleft license (GPL-3.0) — review compatibility; top contributor handles 92% of recent commits…

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 "Branch-Protection" is 0/10; Scorecard "Token-Permissions" is 0/10…

  • Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 92% of recent commits
  • GPL-3.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
  • No tests detected in the complete Git tree
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • Last commit 5d ago
  • 7 active contributors
  • GPL-3.0 licensed
  • CI configured

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 "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

shadowsocksr-windowsquicklook
Stars6,94424,614
Last commit1y ago15d ago
LicenseGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Open issues13201
Has testsNoNo
Has CI
Test coverage0%0%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture gradeCC
Cycles00
Bottom-lineMixed signalsMixed signals

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