netflix/hystrix vs openfeign/feign
openfeign/feign shows stronger signals overall
As of September 2026, feign shows healthier maintenance signals than hystrix. feign rates Healthy overall while hystrix rates Mixed. hystrix last saw a commit 9 months ago with 26+ active contributors, while feign was committed to 3 weeks ago with 10+ active contributors. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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netflix/hystrix
Slowing — last commit 5mo ago
license evidence incomplete; dependency CVE scan unavailable
license evidence incomplete
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
license evidence incomplete; dependency CVE scan unavailable
- ⚠Slowing — last commit 5mo ago
- ✓Last commit 5mo ago
- ✓26+ active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 38% of recent commits)
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
openfeign/feign
Strong maintenance signals
dependency CVE scan unavailable
No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
dependency CVE scan unavailable
- ✓Last commit 1d ago
- ✓10 active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 31% of recent commits)
- ✓Apache-2.0 licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against OpenSSF Scorecard
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| hystrix | feign | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 24,461 | 9,796 |
| Last commit | 9mo ago | 22d ago |
| License | Unknown | Apache-2.0 |
| Open issues | 56 | 214 |
| Has tests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 84% | 92% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | C |
| Cycles | — | 0 |
| Bottom-line | Mixed signals | Healthy signals |
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