jakewharton/butterknife vs square/javapoet
Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health
As of September 2026, butterknife and javapoet both show mixed maintenance signals. butterknife last saw a commit 3 years ago with 17+ active contributors, while javapoet last saw a commit 1 year ago with 10+ 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
Stale — last commit 3y ago
last commit was 3y 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.
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
square/javapoet
Stale — last commit 2y ago
last commit was 2y 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.
last commit was 2y ago; dependency CVE scan unavailable
- ⚠Stale — last commit 2y ago
- ✓10 active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 49% of recent commits)
- ✓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
| butterknife | javapoet | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 25,377 | 10,850 |
| Last commit | 3y ago | 1y ago |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Open issues | 119 | 142 |
| Has tests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 57% | 100% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Mixed signals | Mixed signals |
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