iluwatar/java-design-patterns vs netflix/ribbon
iluwatar/java-design-patterns shows stronger signals overall
As of September 2026, java-design-patterns shows healthier maintenance signals than ribbon. java-design-patterns rates Healthy overall while ribbon rates Mixed. java-design-patterns was committed to 2 weeks ago with 34+ active contributors, while ribbon last saw a commit 9 months ago with 12+ active contributors. java-design-patterns is MIT-licensed while ribbon is Apache-2.0-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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iluwatar/java-design-patterns
Strong maintenance signals
dependency CVE scan unavailable
No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 0/10; Scorecard "Token-Permissions" is 0/10…
- ⚠Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
- ✓Last commit 4d ago
- ✓34+ active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 32% of recent commits)
- ✓MIT licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
What would improve this?
- •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
netflix/ribbon
Slowing — last commit 5mo ago
dependency CVE scan unavailable
No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
dependency CVE scan unavailable
- ⚠Slowing — last commit 5mo ago
- ⚠Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 56% of recent commits
- ✓Last commit 5mo ago
- ✓12 active contributors
- ✓Apache-2.0 licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| java-design-patterns | ribbon | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 94,651 | 4,618 |
| Last commit | 16d ago | 9mo ago |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Open issues | 128 | 216 |
| Has tests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 47% | 94% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | C | — |
| Cycles | 0 | — |
| Bottom-line | Healthy signals | Mixed signals |
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