netflix/ribbon vs zxing/zxing
zxing/zxing shows stronger signals overall
As of September 2026, zxing shows healthier maintenance signals than ribbon. zxing rates Healthy overall while ribbon rates Mixed. ribbon last saw a commit 9 months ago with 12+ active contributors, while zxing last saw a commit 4 months ago with 16+ active contributors. Both use the Apache-2.0 license. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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netflix/ribbon
Slowing — last commit 5mo ago
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
- ⚠Slowing — last commit 5mo ago
- ⚠Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 56% of recent commits
- ✓Last commit 5mo ago
- ✓12 active contributors
- ✓Apache-2.0 licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
zxing/zxing
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
- ⚠Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 53% of recent commits
- ✓Last commit 4d ago
- ✓16 active contributors
- ✓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
| ribbon | zxing | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 4,618 | 33,935 |
| Last commit | 9mo ago | 4mo ago |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Open issues | 216 | 4 |
| Has tests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 94% | 1% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Mixed signals | Healthy signals |
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