kumahq/kuma vs linkerd/linkerd2
linkerd/linkerd2 shows stronger signals overall
As of September 2026, linkerd2 shows healthier maintenance signals than kuma. linkerd2 rates Healthy overall while kuma rates Mixed. kuma was committed to 1 week ago with 7+ active contributors, while linkerd2 was committed to 1 week ago with 11+ active contributors. Both use the Apache-2.0 license. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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kumahq/kuma
Open vulnerabilities flagged by OpenSSF Scorecard
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
- ⚠Scorecard: known vulnerabilities detected (scored 0/10 by OpenSSF)
- ⚠Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 67% of recent commits
- ✓Last commit today
- ✓7 active contributors
- ✓Apache-2.0 licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against OpenSSF Scorecard
linkerd/linkerd2
Healthy across all four use cases
No blocking maintenance, license, or known-CVE signals were found; still verify the package version and fit.
No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
No blocking repository-level signals were found; deployment review is still required.
- ⚠Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 84% of recent commits
- ✓Last commit 2d ago
- ✓11 active contributors
- ✓Apache-2.0 licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against dependency CVEs from deps.dev and OpenSSF Scorecard
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| kuma | linkerd2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 3,998 | 11,487 |
| Last commit | 8d ago | 9d ago |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Open issues | 164 | 217 |
| Has tests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 100% | 50% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Mixed signals | Healthy signals |
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