laochiangx/common.utility vs nickemanarin/screentogif
nickemanarin/screentogif shows stronger signals overall
As of June 2026, screentogif shows stronger maintenance signals than common.utility. screentogif rates Mixed overall while common.utility rates Concerns. common.utility last saw a commit 3 years ago with 7+ active contributors, while screentogif last saw a commit 2 months ago with 13+ active contributors. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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laochiangx/common.utility →
Stale and unlicensed — last commit 3y ago
no license — legally unclear; last commit was 3y ago
no license — can't legally use code; last commit was 3y ago
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
no license — can't legally use code; last commit was 3y ago
- ⚠Stale — last commit 3y ago
- ⚠Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 64% of recent commits
- ⚠No license — legally unclear to depend on
- ✓7 active contributors
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
What would improve this?
- →Use as dependency Concerns → Mixed if: publish a permissive license (MIT, Apache-2.0, etc.)
- →Fork & modify Concerns → Mixed if: add a LICENSE file
- →Deploy as-is Concerns → Mixed if: add a LICENSE file
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
nickemanarin/screentogif →
Mixed signals — read the receipts
non-standard license (MS-PL)
Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
No critical CVEs, sane security posture — runnable as-is.
- ⚠Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 69% of recent commits
- ⚠Non-standard license (MS-PL) — review terms
- ✓Last commit 2w ago
- ✓13 active contributors
- ✓MS-PL licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
What would improve this?
- →Use as dependency Concerns → Mixed if: clarify license terms
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| common.utility | screentogif | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 5,311 | 26,910 |
| Last commit | 3y ago | 2mo ago |
| License | — | MS-PL |
| Open issues | 13 | 320 |
| Has tests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 1% | 0% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Concerns signals | Mixed signals |
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