jack-cherish/python-spider vs karpathy/autoresearch
karpathy/autoresearch shows stronger signals overall
As of June 2026, autoresearch shows stronger maintenance signals than python-spider. autoresearch rates Mixed overall while python-spider rates Concerns. python-spider last saw a commit 1 year ago with 3+ active contributors, while autoresearch last saw a commit 3 months ago with 9+ active contributors. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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jack-cherish/python-spider →
Stale and unlicensed — last commit 2y ago
no license — legally unclear; last commit was 2y ago…
no license — can't legally use code; no CI workflows detected
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
no license — can't legally use code; last commit was 2y ago…
- ⚠Stale — last commit 2y ago
- ⚠Small team — 3 contributors active in recent commits
- ⚠Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 81% of recent commits
- ⚠No license — legally unclear to depend on
- ⚠No CI workflows detected
- ✓3 active contributors
- ✓Tests present
What would improve this?
- →Use as dependency Concerns → Mixed if: publish a permissive license (MIT, Apache-2.0, etc.)
- →Fork & modify Concerns → Mixed if: add a LICENSE file
- →Deploy as-is Concerns → Mixed if: add a LICENSE file
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
karpathy/autoresearch →
Missing license — unclear to depend on
no license — legally unclear; no tests detected…
no license — can't legally use code; no tests detected…
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
no license — can't legally use code; no CI workflows detected
- ⚠Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 78% of recent commits
- ⚠No license — legally unclear to depend on
- ⚠No CI workflows detected
- ⚠No test directory detected
- ✓Last commit 6w ago
- ✓9 active contributors
What would improve this?
- →Use as dependency Concerns → Mixed if: publish a permissive license (MIT, Apache-2.0, etc.)
- →Fork & modify Concerns → Mixed if: add a LICENSE file
- →Deploy as-is Concerns → Mixed if: add a LICENSE file
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| python-spider | autoresearch | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 19,607 | 79,838 |
| Last commit | 1y ago | 3mo ago |
| License | — | — |
| Open issues | 21 | 186 |
| Has tests | ✓ | — |
| Has CI | — | — |
| Test coverage | 2% | 0% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Concerns signals | Mixed signals |
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