keepassxreboot/keepassxc vs passbolt/passbolt_api
keepassxreboot/keepassxc shows stronger signals overall
As of September 2026, keepassxc shows healthier maintenance signals than passbolt_api. keepassxc rates Healthy overall while passbolt_api rates Mixed. keepassxc was committed to 4 days ago with 37+ active contributors, while passbolt_api was committed to 5 days ago with 9+ active contributors. keepassxc is GPL-3.0-licensed while passbolt_api is AGPL-3.0-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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keepassxreboot/keepassxc
Strong maintenance signals
copyleft license (GPL-3.0) — review compatibility; dependency CVE scan unavailable
No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
dependency CVE scan unavailable
- ⚠GPL-3.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
- ✓Last commit today
- ✓37+ active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 19% of recent commits)
- ✓GPL-3.0 licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
What would improve this?
- •Use as dependency Concerns to Mixed if: relicense under MIT/Apache-2.0 (rare for established libs)
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against OpenSSF Scorecard
passbolt/passbolt_api
Mixed signals — read the receipts
copyleft license (AGPL-3.0) — review compatibility; no CI workflows detected…
No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 0/10; no CI workflows detected…
- ⚠Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 56% of recent commits
- ⚠AGPL-3.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
- ⚠No CI workflows detected
- ⚠Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
- ✓Last commit 2d ago
- ✓9 active contributors
- ✓AGPL-3.0 licensed
- ✓Tests present
What would improve this?
- •Use as dependency Concerns to Mixed if: relicense under MIT/Apache-2.0 (rare for established libs)
- •Deploy as-is Mixed to Healthy if: bring "Branch-Protection" to ≥3/10 (see scorecard report)
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against OpenSSF Scorecard
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| keepassxc | passbolt_api | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 28,786 | 6,115 |
| Last commit | 4d ago | 5d ago |
| License | GPL-3.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Open issues | 915 | 26 |
| Has tests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | No |
| Test coverage | 29% | 100% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Healthy signals | Mixed signals |
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