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lodash/lodash vs sindresorhus/escape-string-regexp

Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health

As of September 2026, lodash and escape-string-regexp both show mixed maintenance signals. lodash was committed to 5 days ago with 26+ active contributors, while escape-string-regexp last saw a commit 1 year ago with 8+ active contributors. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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lodash/lodash

Mixed

Open vulnerabilities flagged by OpenSSF Scorecard

MixedDependency

license evidence incomplete

MixedFork & modify

license evidence incomplete

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

Scorecard "Token-Permissions" is 0/10; license evidence incomplete

  • Scorecard: known vulnerabilities detected (scored 0/10 by OpenSSF)
  • 1 moderate-severity advisory on direct dependencies
  • Last commit 5d ago
  • 26+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 29% of recent commits)
  • 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

sindresorhus/escape-string-regexp

Mixed

Stale — last commit 1y ago

MixedDependency

last commit was 1y ago; no tests detected in the complete Git tree

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 1y ago; Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 0/10…

  • Stale — last commit 1y ago
  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 55% of recent commits
  • No tests detected in the complete Git tree
  • Scorecard: marked unmaintained (0/10)
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • 8 active contributors
  • MIT licensed
  • CI configured

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 dependency CVEs from deps.dev and OpenSSF Scorecard

Signal-by-signal breakdown

lodashescape-string-regexp
Stars61,276597
Last commit5d ago1y ago
LicenseUnknownMIT
Open issues1050
Has testsNo
Has CI
Test coverage79%0%
Dependency CVEs0 critical · 0 high · 1 moderate · 0 lowNo CVEs
Architecture gradeAA
Cycles00
Bottom-lineMixed signalsMixed signals

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