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kevin-wayne/algs4 vs reactivex/rxandroid

reactivex/rxandroid shows stronger signals overall

As of September 2026, rxandroid shows healthier maintenance signals than algs4. rxandroid rates Healthy overall while algs4 rates Mixed. algs4 last saw a commit 8 months ago with 3+ active contributors, while rxandroid last saw a commit 5 months ago with 17+ active contributors. algs4 is GPL-3.0-licensed while rxandroid is Apache-2.0-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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kevin-wayne/algs4

Mixed

Slowing — last commit 4mo ago

ConcernsDependency

copyleft license (GPL-3.0) — review compatibility; top contributor handles 98% of recent commits…

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

CI evidence incomplete; dependency CVE scan unavailable

  • Slowing — last commit 4mo ago
  • Small team — 3 contributors active in recent commits
  • Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 98% of recent commits
  • GPL-3.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
  • Last commit 4mo ago
  • 3 active contributors
  • GPL-3.0 licensed

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

reactivex/rxandroid

Healthy

Strong maintenance signals

MixedDependency

dependency CVE scan unavailable

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

dependency CVE scan unavailable

  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 61% of recent commits
  • Last commit 6w ago
  • 17 active contributors
  • Apache-2.0 licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests

Signal-by-signal breakdown

algs4rxandroid
Stars7,52319,975
Last commit8mo ago5mo ago
LicenseGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Open issues251
Has testsUnknown
Has CIUnknown
Test coverage0%100%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsHealthy signals

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