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huiyadanli/revokemsgpatcher vs nilaoda/n_m3u8dl-cli

Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health

As of June 2026, revokemsgpatcher and n_m3u8dl-cli both show mixed maintenance signals. revokemsgpatcher last saw a commit 1 month ago with 5+ active contributors, while n_m3u8dl-cli last saw a commit 3 years ago with 8+ active contributors. revokemsgpatcher is GPL-3.0-licensed while n_m3u8dl-cli is MIT-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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huiyadanli/revokemsgpatcher

Mixed

Single-maintainer risk — review before adopting

ConcernsDependency

copyleft license (GPL-3.0) — review compatibility; top contributor handles 94% of recent commits…

HealthyFork & modify

Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

HealthyDeploy as-is

No critical CVEs, sane security posture — runnable as-is.

  • Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 94% of recent commits
  • GPL-3.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
  • No test directory detected
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • Last commit 3d ago
  • 5 active contributors
  • GPL-3.0 licensed
  • CI configured

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency ConcernsMixed if: relicense under MIT/Apache-2.0 (rare for established libs)

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

nilaoda/n_m3u8dl-cli

Mixed

Stale — last commit 3y ago

MixedDependency

last commit was 3y ago; top contributor handles 92% of recent commits…

HealthyFork & modify

Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

HealthyDeploy as-is

No critical CVEs, sane security posture — runnable as-is.

  • Stale — last commit 3y ago
  • Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 92% of recent commits
  • No test directory detected
  • 8 active contributors
  • MIT licensed
  • CI configured

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency MixedHealthy if: 1 commit in the last 365 days; diversify commit ownership (top <90%)

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

Signal-by-signal breakdown

revokemsgpatchern_m3u8dl-cli
Stars37,59715,911
Last commit1mo ago3y ago
LicenseGPL-3.0MIT
Open issues51258
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage0%0%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsMixed signals

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