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supertokens/supertokens-core vs tencent/tinker

Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health

As of June 2026, supertokens-core and tinker both show mixed maintenance signals. supertokens-core last saw a commit 1 month ago with 4+ active contributors, while tinker last saw a commit 2 months ago with 4+ active contributors. Both use the Other license. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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supertokens/supertokens-core

Mixed

Single-maintainer risk — review before adopting

ConcernsDependency

non-standard license (Other); top contributor handles 96% of recent commits

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
  • Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 96% of recent commits
  • Non-standard license (Other) — review terms
  • Last commit 1d ago
  • 4 active contributors
  • Other licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

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

tencent/tinker

Mixed

Mixed signals — read the receipts

ConcernsDependency

non-standard license (Other); no CI workflows 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.

  • Small team — 4 contributors active in recent commits
  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 52% of recent commits
  • Non-standard license (Other) — review terms
  • No CI workflows detected
  • Last commit 2w ago
  • 4 active contributors
  • Other licensed
  • Tests present

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

supertokens-coretinker
Stars15,03017,628
Last commit1mo ago2mo ago
LicenseOtherOther
Open issues147556
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage7%15%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsMixed signals

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