macournoyer/thin vs tmuxinator/tmuxinator
tmuxinator/tmuxinator shows stronger signals overall
As of June 2026, tmuxinator shows healthier maintenance signals than thin. tmuxinator rates Healthy overall while thin rates Mixed. thin last saw a commit 1 year ago with 32+ active contributors, while tmuxinator last saw a commit 1 month ago with 21+ active contributors. thin is Other-licensed while tmuxinator is MIT-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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macournoyer/thin →
Slowing — last commit 11mo ago
non-standard license (Other)
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.
- ⚠Slowing — last commit 11mo ago
- ⚠Non-standard license (Other) — review terms
- ✓Last commit 11mo ago
- ✓32+ active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 31% of recent commits)
- ✓Other 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
tmuxinator/tmuxinator →
Healthy across the board
Permissive license, no critical CVEs, actively maintained — safe to depend on.
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.
- ✓Last commit 6d ago
- ✓21+ active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 46% of recent commits)
- ✓MIT licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| thin | tmuxinator | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 2,275 | 13,577 |
| Last commit | 1y ago | 1mo ago |
| License | Other | MIT |
| Open issues | 21 | 98 |
| Has tests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 100% | 100% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Mixed signals | Healthy signals |
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