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karpathy/autoresearch vs quivrhq/quivr

Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health

As of June 2026, autoresearch and quivr both show mixed maintenance signals. autoresearch last saw a commit 2 months ago with 9+ active contributors, while quivr last saw a commit 11 months ago with 7+ 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

quivrhq/quivr

Mixed

Slowing — last commit 10mo ago

ConcernsDependency

non-standard license (Other)

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.

  • Slowing — last commit 10mo ago
  • Non-standard license (Other) — review terms
  • Last commit 10mo ago
  • 7 active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 42% of recent commits)
  • Other licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency ConcernsMixed if: clarify license terms

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

Signal-by-signal breakdown

autoresearchquivr
Stars79,83839,140
Last commit2mo ago11mo ago
LicenseOther
Open issues18623
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage0%87%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsMixed signals

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