hoffstadt/dearpygui vs valvesoftware/proton
hoffstadt/dearpygui shows stronger signals overall
As of June 2026, dearpygui shows healthier maintenance signals than proton. dearpygui rates Healthy overall while proton rates Mixed. dearpygui last saw a commit 1 month ago with 6+ active contributors, while proton last saw a commit 1 month ago with 12+ active contributors. dearpygui is MIT-licensed while proton is Other-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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hoffstadt/dearpygui →
Healthy across all four use cases
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.
- ⚠Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 92% of recent commits
- ⚠Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
- ✓Last commit 5d ago
- ✓6 active contributors
- ✓MIT licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against OpenSSF Scorecard
valvesoftware/proton →
Mixed signals — read the receipts
non-standard license (Other); no tests detected…
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.
- ⚠Non-standard license (Other) — review terms
- ⚠No CI workflows detected
- ⚠No test directory detected
- ✓Last commit today
- ✓12 active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 36% of recent commits)
- ✓Other licensed
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
| dearpygui | proton | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 15,434 | 31,365 |
| Last commit | 1mo ago | 1mo ago |
| License | MIT | Other |
| Open issues | 327 | 5,073 |
| Has tests | ✓ | — |
| Has CI | ✓ | — |
| Test coverage | 4% | 0% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Healthy signals | Mixed signals |
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