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josephmisiti/awesome-machine-learning vs minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings

Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health

As of June 2026, awesome-machine-learning and big-list-of-naughty-strings both show mixed maintenance signals. awesome-machine-learning last saw a commit 1 month ago with 45+ active contributors, while big-list-of-naughty-strings last saw a commit 2 years ago with 35+ active contributors. awesome-machine-learning is Other-licensed while big-list-of-naughty-strings is MIT-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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josephmisiti/awesome-machine-learning

Mixed

Mixed signals — read the receipts

ConcernsDependency

non-standard license (Other); no tests 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.

  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 51% of recent commits
  • Non-standard license (Other) — review terms
  • No CI workflows detected
  • No test directory detected
  • Last commit 2w ago
  • 45+ active contributors
  • Other licensed

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency ConcernsMixed if: clarify license terms

Maintenance signals: commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests

minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings

Mixed

Stale — last commit 2y ago

MixedDependency

last commit was 2y ago; no tests detected…

MixedFork & modify

no tests detected; no CI workflows detected…

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

last commit was 2y ago; no CI workflows detected

  • Stale — last commit 2y ago
  • No CI workflows detected
  • No test directory detected
  • 35+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 46% of recent commits)
  • MIT licensed

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency MixedHealthy if: 1 commit in the last 365 days; add a test suite
  • Fork & modify MixedHealthy if: add a test suite
  • Deploy as-is MixedHealthy if: 1 commit in the last 180 days

Maintenance signals: commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests

Signal-by-signal breakdown

awesome-machine-learningbig-list-of-naughty-strings
Stars72,42447,628
Last commit1mo ago2y ago
LicenseOtherMIT
Open issues13108
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage0%0%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsMixed signals

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