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karpathy/autoresearch vs lllyasviel/stable-diffusion-webui-forge

Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health

As of June 2026, autoresearch and stable-diffusion-webui-forge both show mixed maintenance signals. autoresearch last saw a commit 2 months ago with 9+ active contributors, while stable-diffusion-webui-forge last saw a commit 10 months ago with 26+ active contributors. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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karpathy/autoresearch

Mixed

Missing license — unclear to depend on

ConcernsDependency

no license — legally unclear; no tests detected…

ConcernsFork & modify

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

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

ConcernsDeploy as-is

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

  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 78% of recent commits
  • No license — legally unclear to depend on
  • No CI workflows detected
  • No test directory detected
  • Last commit 6w ago
  • 9 active contributors

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

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

lllyasviel/stable-diffusion-webui-forge

Mixed

Slowing — last commit 10mo ago

ConcernsDependency

copyleft license (AGPL-3.0) — review compatibility; 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.

MixedDeploy as-is

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

  • Slowing — last commit 10mo ago
  • AGPL-3.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
  • No CI workflows detected
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • Last commit 10mo ago
  • 26+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 44% of recent commits)
  • AGPL-3.0 licensed
  • Tests present

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency ConcernsMixed if: relicense under MIT/Apache-2.0 (rare for established libs)
  • Deploy as-is MixedHealthy if: 1 commit in the last 180 days; bring "Branch-Protection" to ≥3/10 (see scorecard report)

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

Signal-by-signal breakdown

autoresearchstable-diffusion-webui-forge
Stars79,83812,545
Last commit2mo ago10mo ago
LicenseAGPL-3.0
Open issues1861,143
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage0%16%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsMixed signals

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