netflix/hystrix vs pqpo/smartcropper
Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health
As of June 2026, hystrix and smartcropper both show mixed maintenance signals. hystrix last saw a commit 6 months ago with 26+ active contributors, while smartcropper last saw a commit 10 months ago with 11+ 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
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
pqpo/smartcropper →
Slowing — last commit 9mo ago
no license — legally unclear; no tests detected…
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 9mo ago…
- ⚠Slowing — last commit 9mo ago
- ⚠Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 63% of recent commits
- ⚠No license — legally unclear to depend on
- ⚠No CI workflows detected
- ⚠No test directory detected
- ✓Last commit 9mo ago
- ✓11 active contributors
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
| hystrix | smartcropper | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 24,461 | 4,125 |
| Last commit | 6mo ago | 10mo ago |
| License | — | — |
| Open issues | 56 | 38 |
| Has tests | ✓ | — |
| Has CI | ✓ | — |
| Test coverage | 84% | 0% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Mixed signals | Mixed signals |
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