netflix/hystrix vs querz/mcaselector
Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health
As of June 2026, hystrix and mcaselector both show mixed maintenance signals. hystrix last saw a commit 6 months ago with 26+ active contributors, while mcaselector last saw a commit 2 months ago with 6+ 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
querz/mcaselector →
Single-maintainer risk — review before adopting
top contributor handles 95% of recent commits; no tests 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.
- ⚠Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 95% of recent commits
- ⚠No test directory detected
- ✓Last commit 4w ago
- ✓6 active contributors
- ✓MIT licensed
- ✓CI configured
What would improve this?
- →Use as dependency Mixed → Healthy if: diversify commit ownership (top <90%)
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| hystrix | mcaselector | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 24,461 | 4,452 |
| Last commit | 6mo ago | 2mo ago |
| License | — | MIT |
| Open issues | 56 | 227 |
| 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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