mik3y/usb-serial-for-android vs tencent/tinker
mik3y/usb-serial-for-android shows stronger signals overall
As of June 2026, usb-serial-for-android shows healthier maintenance signals than tinker. usb-serial-for-android rates Healthy overall while tinker rates Mixed. usb-serial-for-android last saw a commit 2 months ago with 11+ active contributors, while tinker last saw a commit 2 months ago with 4+ active contributors. usb-serial-for-android is MIT-licensed while tinker is Other-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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mik3y/usb-serial-for-android →
Healthy across all four use cases
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.
- ⚠Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 87% of recent commits
- ✓Last commit 4w ago
- ✓11 active contributors
- ✓MIT licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
tencent/tinker →
Mixed signals — read the receipts
non-standard license (Other); no CI workflows detected
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.
- ⚠Small team — 4 contributors active in recent commits
- ⚠Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 52% of recent commits
- ⚠Non-standard license (Other) — review terms
- ⚠No CI workflows detected
- ✓Last commit 2w ago
- ✓4 active contributors
- ✓Other licensed
- ✓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
| usb-serial-for-android | tinker | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 5,584 | 17,628 |
| Last commit | 2mo ago | 2mo ago |
| License | MIT | Other |
| Open issues | 30 | 556 |
| Has tests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | — |
| Test coverage | 100% | 15% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Healthy signals | Mixed signals |
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