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jesusfreke/smali vs tencent/tinker

tencent/tinker shows stronger signals overall

As of June 2026, tinker shows stronger maintenance signals than smali. tinker rates Mixed overall while smali rates Concerns. smali last saw a commit 2 years ago with 17+ active contributors, while tinker last saw a commit 2 months ago with 4+ active contributors. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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jesusfreke/smali

Concerns

Stale and unlicensed — last commit 2y ago

ConcernsDependency

no license — legally unclear; last commit was 2y ago…

ConcernsFork & modify

no license — can't legally use code; no CI workflows detected…

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

ConcernsDeploy as-is

no license — can't legally use code; last commit was 2y ago…

  • Stale — last commit 2y ago
  • Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 82% of recent commits
  • No license — legally unclear to depend on
  • No CI workflows detected
  • Scorecard: marked unmaintained (0/10)
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • 17 active contributors
  • Tests present

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency ConcernsMixed if: publish a permissive license (MIT, Apache-2.0, etc.)
  • Fork & modify ConcernsMixed if: add a LICENSE file
  • Deploy as-is ConcernsMixed if: add a LICENSE file

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

tencent/tinker

Mixed

Mixed signals — read the receipts

ConcernsDependency

non-standard license (Other); no CI workflows detected

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.

  • Small team — 4 contributors active in recent commits
  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 52% of recent commits
  • Non-standard license (Other) — review terms
  • No CI workflows detected
  • Last commit 2w ago
  • 4 active contributors
  • Other licensed
  • Tests present

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency ConcernsMixed if: clarify license terms

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

Signal-by-signal breakdown

smalitinker
Stars6,63117,628
Last commit2y ago2mo ago
LicenseOther
Open issues144556
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage26%15%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineConcerns signalsMixed signals

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