randyrants/sharpkeys vs shadowsocks/shadowsocks-windows
Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health
As of June 2026, sharpkeys and shadowsocks-windows both show mixed maintenance signals. sharpkeys last saw a commit 1 year ago with 14+ active contributors, while shadowsocks-windows last saw a commit 1 year ago with 11+ active contributors. sharpkeys is MS-PL-licensed while shadowsocks-windows is Other-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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randyrants/sharpkeys →
Stale — last commit 1y ago
non-standard license (MS-PL); last commit was 1y ago…
Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
last commit was 1y ago; no CI workflows detected
- ⚠Stale — last commit 1y ago
- ⚠Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 87% of recent commits
- ⚠Non-standard license (MS-PL) — review terms
- ⚠No CI workflows detected
- ⚠No test directory detected
- ✓14 active contributors
- ✓MS-PL licensed
What would improve this?
- →Use as dependency Concerns → Mixed if: clarify license terms
- →Deploy as-is Mixed → Healthy if: 1 commit in the last 180 days
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
shadowsocks/shadowsocks-windows →
Stale — last commit 1y ago
non-standard license (Other); last commit was 1y ago…
Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
last commit was 1y ago; no CI workflows detected
- ⚠Stale — last commit 1y ago
- ⚠Non-standard license (Other) — review terms
- ⚠No CI workflows detected
- ✓11 active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 44% of recent commits)
- ✓Other licensed
- ✓Tests present
What would improve this?
- →Use as dependency Concerns → Mixed if: clarify license terms
- →Deploy as-is Mixed → Healthy if: 1 commit in the last 180 days
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| sharpkeys | shadowsocks-windows | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 6,876 | 59,548 |
| Last commit | 1y ago | 1y ago |
| License | MS-PL | Other |
| Open issues | 15 | 200 |
| Has tests | — | ✓ |
| Has CI | — | — |
| Test coverage | 0% | 12% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Mixed signals | Mixed signals |
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