naman14/timber vs netflix/hystrix
netflix/hystrix shows stronger signals overall
As of June 2026, hystrix shows stronger maintenance signals than timber. hystrix rates Mixed overall while timber rates Concerns. timber last saw a commit 3 years ago with 7+ active contributors, while hystrix last saw a commit 6 months ago with 26+ active contributors. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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naman14/timber →
Stale and unlicensed — last commit 3y ago
no license — legally unclear; last commit was 3y ago…
no license — can't legally use code; no tests detected…
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 59% of recent commits
- ⚠No license — legally unclear to depend on
- ⚠No test directory detected
- ✓7 active contributors
- ✓CI configured
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
netflix/hystrix →
Slowing — last commit 5mo ago
no license — legally unclear
no license — can't legally use code
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
no license — can't legally use code
- ⚠Slowing — last commit 5mo ago
- ⚠No license — legally unclear to depend on
- ✓Last commit 5mo ago
- ✓26+ active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 38% of recent commits)
- ✓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
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| timber | hystrix | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 7,050 | 24,461 |
| Last commit | 3y ago | 6mo ago |
| License | — | — |
| Open issues | 213 | 56 |
| Has tests | — | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 0% | 84% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Concerns signals | Mixed signals |
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