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karpathy/autoresearch vs microsoft/swin-transformer

Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health

As of June 2026, autoresearch and swin-transformer both show mixed maintenance signals. autoresearch last saw a commit 2 months ago with 9+ active contributors, while swin-transformer last saw a commit 1 year ago with 14+ 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

microsoft/swin-transformer

Mixed

Stale — last commit 2y ago

MixedDependency

last commit was 2y ago; 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.

MixedDeploy as-is

last commit was 2y ago; Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 0/10…

  • Stale — last commit 2y ago
  • No CI workflows detected
  • No test directory detected
  • Scorecard: marked unmaintained (0/10)
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • 14 active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 40% 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
  • 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

autoresearchswin-transformer
Stars79,83815,902
Last commit2mo ago1y ago
LicenseMIT
Open issues186204
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage0%0%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsMixed signals

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