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homebrew/homebrew-cask vs public-activity/public_activity

homebrew/homebrew-cask shows stronger signals overall

As of September 2026, homebrew-cask shows healthier maintenance signals than public_activity. homebrew-cask rates Healthy overall while public_activity rates Mixed. homebrew-cask was committed to 1 week ago with 5+ active contributors, while public_activity last saw a commit 8 months ago with 15+ active contributors. homebrew-cask is BSD-2-Clause-licensed while public_activity is MIT-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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homebrew/homebrew-cask

Healthy

Strong maintenance signals

MixedDependency

no tests detected in the complete Git tree; dependency CVE scan unavailable

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; dependency CVE scan unavailable

  • No tests detected in the complete Git tree
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • Last commit today
  • 5 active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 40% of recent commits)
  • BSD-2-Clause licensed
  • CI configured

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

public-activity/public_activity

Mixed

Slowing — last commit 4mo ago

MixedDependency

dependency CVE scan unavailable

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

dependency CVE scan unavailable

  • Slowing — last commit 4mo ago
  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 60% of recent commits
  • Last commit 4mo ago
  • 15 active contributors
  • MIT licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests

Signal-by-signal breakdown

homebrew-caskpublic_activity
Stars22,1892,990
Last commit9d ago8mo ago
LicenseBSD-2-ClauseMIT
Open issues2921
Has testsNo
Has CI
Test coverage0%70%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture gradeC
Cycles0
Bottom-lineHealthy signalsMixed signals

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