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light-city/cplusplusthings vs shiqiyu/libfacedetection

Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health

As of September 2026, cplusplusthings and libfacedetection both show mixed maintenance signals. cplusplusthings last saw a commit 4 months ago with 24+ active contributors, while libfacedetection last saw a commit 1 year ago with 13+ active contributors. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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light-city/cplusplusthings

Mixed

Slowing — last commit 4mo ago

MixedDependency

no tests detected in the complete Git tree; no CI workflows detected…

MixedFork & modify

no tests detected in the complete Git tree; no CI workflows detected…

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 0/10; no CI workflows detected…

  • Slowing — last commit 4mo ago
  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 69% of recent commits
  • No CI workflows detected
  • No tests detected in the complete Git tree
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • Last commit 4mo ago
  • 24+ active contributors

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency Mixed to Healthy if: add a test suite
  • 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

shiqiyu/libfacedetection

Mixed

Slowing — last commit 8mo ago

MixedDependency

CI evidence incomplete; license evidence incomplete…

MixedFork & modify

CI evidence incomplete; license evidence incomplete

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

last commit was 8mo ago; CI evidence incomplete…

  • Slowing — last commit 8mo ago
  • Last commit 8mo ago
  • 13 active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 39% of recent commits)
  • 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

Signal-by-signal breakdown

cplusplusthingslibfacedetection
Stars43,41412,745
Last commit4mo ago1y ago
LicenseUnknownUnknown
Open issues1057
Has testsNo
Has CINoUnknown
Test coverage0%90%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture gradeC
Cycles0
Bottom-lineMixed signalsMixed signals

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