thealgorithms/python vs vinta/awesome-python
thealgorithms/python shows stronger signals overall
As of June 2026, python shows healthier maintenance signals than awesome-python. python rates Healthy overall while awesome-python rates Mixed. python was committed to 1 week ago with 65+ active contributors, while awesome-python was committed to 3 days ago with 23+ active contributors. python is MIT-licensed while awesome-python is Other-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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thealgorithms/python →
Healthy across the board
Permissive license, no critical CVEs, actively maintained — safe to depend on.
Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
No critical CVEs, sane security posture — runnable as-is.
- ⚠Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
- ✓Last commit 6d ago
- ✓65+ active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 15% of recent commits)
- ✓MIT licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
Maintenance signals: commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests + OpenSSF Scorecard
vinta/awesome-python →
Mixed signals — read the receipts
non-standard license (Other)
Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
No critical CVEs, sane security posture — runnable as-is.
- ⚠Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 64% of recent commits
- ⚠Non-standard license (Other) — review terms
- ✓Last commit 1d ago
- ✓23+ active contributors
- ✓Other licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
What would improve this?
- →Use as dependency Concerns → Mixed if: clarify license terms
Maintenance signals: commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests + OpenSSF Scorecard
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| python | awesome-python | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 221,751 | 301,838 |
| Last commit | 8d ago | 3d ago |
| License | MIT | Other |
| Open issues | 945 | 18 |
| Has tests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 4% | 100% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | A | C |
| Cycles | 0 | 0 |
| Bottom-line | Healthy signals | Mixed signals |
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