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karpathy/autoresearch vs metacubex/mihomo

Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health

As of June 2026, autoresearch and mihomo both show mixed maintenance signals. autoresearch last saw a commit 2 months ago with 9+ active contributors, while mihomo last saw a commit 1 month ago with 2+ 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

metacubex/mihomo

Mixed

Single-maintainer risk — review before adopting

MixedDependency

top contributor handles 96% of recent commits; 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.

  • Small team — 2 contributors active in recent commits
  • Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 96% of recent commits
  • No test directory detected
  • Last commit today
  • 2 active contributors
  • MIT licensed
  • CI configured

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency MixedHealthy if: diversify commit ownership (top <90%)

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

Signal-by-signal breakdown

autoresearchmihomo
Stars79,83829,872
Last commit2mo ago1mo ago
LicenseMIT
Open issues186414
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage0%0%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsMixed signals

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