pmndrs/jotai vs tanstack/query
pmndrs/jotai shows stronger signals overall
As of September 2026, jotai shows healthier maintenance signals than query. jotai rates Healthy overall while query rates Mixed. jotai was committed to 1 week ago with 15+ active contributors, while query was committed to 2 days ago with 8+ active contributors. Both use the MIT license. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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pmndrs/jotai
Healthy across all four use cases
No blocking maintenance, license, or known-CVE signals were found; still verify the package version and fit.
No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
No blocking repository-level signals were found; deployment review is still required.
- ⚠Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 55% of recent commits
- ✓Last commit 2d ago
- ✓15 active contributors
- ✓MIT licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against dependency CVEs from deps.dev and OpenSSF Scorecard
tanstack/query
Single-maintainer risk — review before adopting
No blocking maintenance, license, or known-CVE signals were found; still verify the package version and fit.
No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 0/10; 8 cyclic import chains — pervasive coupling
- ⚠Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 91% of recent commits
- ⚠Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
- ✓Last commit today
- ✓8 active contributors
- ✓MIT licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
What would improve this?
- •Deploy as-is Mixed to Healthy if: bring "Branch-Protection" to ≥3/10 (see scorecard report)
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against dependency CVEs from deps.dev and OpenSSF Scorecard
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| jotai | query | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 21,259 | 50,289 |
| Last commit | 7d ago | 2d ago |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Open issues | 1 | 174 |
| Has tests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 37% | 39% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | A | C |
| Cycles | 0 | 8 |
| Bottom-line | Healthy signals | Mixed signals |
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