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jakewharton/butterknife vs lingochamp/filedownloader

Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health

As of September 2026, butterknife and filedownloader both show mixed maintenance signals. butterknife last saw a commit 3 years ago with 17+ active contributors, while filedownloader last saw a commit 2 years ago with 6+ active contributors. Both use the Apache-2.0 license. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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jakewharton/butterknife

Mixed

Stale — last commit 3y ago

MixedDependency

last commit was 3y ago; dependency CVE scan unavailable

HealthyFork & modify

No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

last commit was 3y ago; dependency CVE scan unavailable

  • Stale — last commit 3y ago
  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 75% of recent commits
  • 17 active contributors
  • Apache-2.0 licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

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

lingochamp/filedownloader

Mixed

Stale — last commit 2y ago

MixedDependency

last commit was 2y ago; dependency CVE scan unavailable

HealthyFork & modify

No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

last commit was 2y ago; Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 0/10…

  • Stale — last commit 2y ago
  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 52% of recent commits
  • Scorecard: marked unmaintained (0/10)
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • 6 active contributors
  • Apache-2.0 licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

What would improve this?

  • Deploy as-is Mixed to Healthy 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

Signal-by-signal breakdown

butterknifefiledownloader
Stars25,37711,123
Last commit3y ago2y ago
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Open issues119193
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage57%5%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture gradeC
Cycles0
Bottom-lineMixed signalsMixed signals

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