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openzipkin/zipkin vs tencent/tinker

openzipkin/zipkin shows stronger signals overall

As of September 2026, zipkin shows healthier maintenance signals than tinker. zipkin rates Healthy overall while tinker rates Mixed. zipkin last saw a commit 5 months ago with 11+ active contributors, while tinker last saw a commit 4 months ago with 4+ active contributors. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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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

tencent/tinker

Mixed

Mixed signals — read the receipts

MixedDependency

CI evidence incomplete; license evidence incomplete…

MixedFork & modify

CI evidence incomplete; license evidence incomplete

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

CI evidence incomplete; license evidence incomplete…

  • Small team — 4 contributors active in recent commits
  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 52% of recent commits
  • Last commit 2w ago
  • 4 active contributors
  • Tests present

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

Signal-by-signal breakdown

zipkintinker
Stars17,43417,628
Last commit5mo ago4mo ago
LicenseApache-2.0Unknown
Open issues168556
Has tests
Has CIUnknown
Test coverage100%15%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineHealthy signalsMixed signals

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