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shadowsocks/shadowsocks-windows vs thealgorithms/c-sharp

Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health

As of June 2026, shadowsocks-windows and c-sharp both show mixed maintenance signals. shadowsocks-windows last saw a commit 1 year ago with 11+ active contributors, while c-sharp last saw a commit 7 months ago with 30+ active contributors. shadowsocks-windows is Other-licensed while c-sharp is GPL-3.0-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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shadowsocks/shadowsocks-windows

Mixed

Stale — last commit 1y ago

ConcernsDependency

non-standard license (Other); last commit was 1y ago…

HealthyFork & modify

Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

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 ConcernsMixed if: clarify license terms
  • Deploy as-is MixedHealthy if: 1 commit in the last 180 days

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

thealgorithms/c-sharp

Mixed

Slowing — last commit 6mo ago

ConcernsDependency

copyleft license (GPL-3.0) — review compatibility; no tests detected

HealthyFork & modify

Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

HealthyDeploy as-is

No critical CVEs, sane security posture — runnable as-is.

  • Slowing — last commit 6mo ago
  • GPL-3.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
  • No test directory detected
  • Last commit 6mo ago
  • 30+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 12% of recent commits)
  • GPL-3.0 licensed
  • CI configured

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency ConcernsMixed if: relicense under MIT/Apache-2.0 (rare for established libs)

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

Signal-by-signal breakdown

shadowsocks-windowsc-sharp
Stars59,5488,124
Last commit1y ago7mo ago
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0
Open issues2000
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage12%0%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsMixed signals

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