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kelseyhightower/confd vs unknwon/the-way-to-go_zh_cn

Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health

As of September 2026, confd and the-way-to-go_zh_cn both show mixed maintenance signals. confd last saw a commit 2 years ago with 26+ active contributors, while the-way-to-go_zh_cn last saw a commit 2 years ago with 69+ active contributors. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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kelseyhightower/confd

Mixed

Stale — last commit 2y ago

HealthyDependency

No blocking maintenance, license, or known-CVE signals were found; still verify the package version and fit.

HealthyFork & modify

No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.

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
  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 59% of recent commits
  • Scorecard: marked unmaintained (0/10)
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • 2 moderate-severity advisories on direct dependencies
  • 26+ active contributors
  • MIT licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

What would improve this?

  • Deploy as-is Mixed to Healthy if: 1 commit in the last 180 days

Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against dependency CVEs from deps.dev and OpenSSF Scorecard

unknwon/the-way-to-go_zh_cn

Mixed

Stale — last commit 2y ago

MixedDependency

last commit was 2y ago; no CI workflows detected…

MixedFork & modify

no CI workflows detected; last commit was 2y ago…

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
  • Scorecard: marked unmaintained (2/10)
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • 69+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 16% of recent commits)
  • Tests present

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency Mixed to Healthy if: 1 commit in the last 365 days
  • Deploy as-is Mixed to Healthy if: 1 commit in the last 180 days; 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

confdthe-way-to-go_zh_cn
Stars8,43035,029
Last commit2y ago2y ago
LicenseMITUnknown
Open issues17846
Has tests
Has CINo
Test coverage0%2%
Dependency CVEs0 critical · 0 high · 2 moderate · 0 lowNo CVEs
Architecture gradeAC
Cycles00
Bottom-lineMixed signalsMixed signals

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