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jakesgordon/javascript-state-machine vs vercel/pkg

vercel/pkg shows stronger signals overall

As of June 2026, pkg shows healthier maintenance signals than javascript-state-machine. pkg rates Healthy overall while javascript-state-machine rates Mixed. javascript-state-machine last saw a commit 1 year ago with 11+ active contributors, while pkg last saw a commit 2 years ago with 26+ active contributors. Both use the MIT license. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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jakesgordon/javascript-state-machine

Mixed

Slowing — last commit 11mo ago

HealthyDependency

Permissive license, no critical CVEs, actively maintained — safe to depend on.

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.

MixedDeploy as-is

last commit was 11mo ago; Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 0/10

  • Slowing — last commit 11mo ago
  • Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 85% of recent commits
  • Scorecard: marked unmaintained (0/10)
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • Last commit 11mo ago
  • 11 active contributors
  • MIT licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

What would improve this?

  • Deploy as-is MixedHealthy if: 1 commit in the last 180 days

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

vercel/pkg

Healthy

Healthy across all four use cases

HealthyDependency

Permissive license, no critical CVEs, actively maintained — safe to depend on.

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 2y ago
  • 26+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 31% of recent commits)
  • MIT licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

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

Signal-by-signal breakdown

javascript-state-machinepkg
Stars8,75124,379
Last commit1y ago2y ago
LicenseMITMIT
Open issues740
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage88%100%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsHealthy signals

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