hyperoslo/cache vs ianyh/amethyst
ianyh/amethyst shows stronger signals overall
As of June 2026, amethyst shows healthier maintenance signals than cache. amethyst rates Healthy overall while cache rates Mixed. cache last saw a commit 10 months ago with 24+ active contributors, while amethyst last saw a commit 2 months ago with 26+ active contributors. cache is Other-licensed while amethyst is MIT-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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hyperoslo/cache →
Slowing — last commit 8mo ago
non-standard license (Other); no CI workflows detected
Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
last commit was 8mo ago; no CI workflows detected
- ⚠Slowing — last commit 8mo ago
- ⚠Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 54% of recent commits
- ⚠Non-standard license (Other) — review terms
- ⚠No CI workflows detected
- ✓Last commit 8mo ago
- ✓24+ active contributors
- ✓Other licensed
- ✓Tests present
What would improve this?
- →Use as dependency Concerns → Mixed if: clarify license terms
- →Deploy as-is Mixed → Healthy if: 1 commit in the last 180 days
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
ianyh/amethyst →
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.
- ⚠Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 70% of recent commits
- ✓Last commit 5w ago
- ✓26+ 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
| cache | amethyst | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 3,141 | 16,120 |
| Last commit | 10mo ago | 2mo ago |
| License | Other | MIT |
| Open issues | 12 | 279 |
| Has tests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has CI | — | ✓ |
| Test coverage | — | 100% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Mixed signals | Healthy signals |
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