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netflix/hystrix vs openzipkin/zipkin

openzipkin/zipkin shows stronger signals overall

As of September 2026, zipkin shows healthier maintenance signals than hystrix. zipkin rates Healthy overall while hystrix rates Mixed. hystrix last saw a commit 9 months ago with 26+ active contributors, while zipkin last saw a commit 5 months ago with 11+ active contributors. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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netflix/hystrix

Mixed

Slowing — last commit 5mo ago

MixedDependency

license evidence incomplete; dependency CVE scan unavailable

MixedFork & modify

license evidence incomplete

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

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

openzipkin/zipkin

Healthy

Strong maintenance signals

MixedDependency

dependency CVE scan unavailable

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

dependency CVE scan unavailable

  • ✓Last commit 4w ago
  • ✓11 active contributors
  • ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 42% of recent commits)
  • ✓Apache-2.0 licensed
  • ✓CI configured
  • ✓Tests present

Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests

Signal-by-signal breakdown

hystrixzipkin
Stars24,46117,434
Last commit9mo ago5mo ago
LicenseUnknownApache-2.0
Open issues56168
Has tests✓✓
Has CI✓✓
Test coverage84%100%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade——
Cycles——
Bottom-lineMixed signalsHealthy signals

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