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sigil-ebook/sigil vs valvesoftware/proton

Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health

As of June 2026, sigil and proton both show mixed maintenance signals. sigil last saw a commit 1 month ago with 4+ active contributors, while proton last saw a commit 1 month ago with 12+ active contributors. sigil is GPL-3.0-licensed while proton is Other-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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sigil-ebook/sigil

Mixed

Mixed signals — read the receipts

ConcernsDependency

copyleft license (GPL-3.0) — review compatibility

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.

  • Small team — 4 contributors active in recent commits
  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 76% of recent commits
  • GPL-3.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
  • Last commit 1d ago
  • 4 active contributors
  • GPL-3.0 licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

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

valvesoftware/proton

Mixed

Mixed signals — read the receipts

ConcernsDependency

non-standard license (Other); 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.

  • Non-standard license (Other) — review terms
  • No CI workflows detected
  • No test directory detected
  • Last commit today
  • 12 active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 36% of recent commits)
  • Other licensed

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency ConcernsMixed if: clarify license terms

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

Signal-by-signal breakdown

sigilproton
Stars6,77631,365
Last commit1mo ago1mo ago
LicenseGPL-3.0Other
Open issues45,073
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage100%0%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsMixed signals

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