netflix/hystrix vs tencent/shadow

Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health

As of September 2026, hystrix and shadow both show mixed maintenance signals. hystrix last saw a commit 9 months ago with 26+ active contributors, while shadow 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

tencent/shadow

Mixed

Slowing — last commit 5mo ago

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

Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 0/10; dependency CVE scan unavailable

⚠Slowing — last commit 5mo ago
⚠Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 83% of recent commits
⚠Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
✓Last commit 5mo ago
✓11 active contributors
✓BSD-3-Clause 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	shadow
Stars	24,461	7,786
Last commit	9mo ago	5mo ago
License	Unknown	BSD-3-Clause
Open issues	56	69
Has tests	✓	✓
Has CI	✓	✓
Test coverage	84%	100%
Dependency CVEs	No CVEs	No CVEs
Architecture grade	—	C
Cycles	—	0
Bottom-line	Mixed signals	Mixed signals

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