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Which has better activity and maintenance signals?
Which has better activity and maintenance signals?
About chrisbanes/android-pulltorefresh · 2 messages · last activity 9/8/2026
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jakewharton/butterknife has significantly better activity and maintenance signals.
chrisbanes/android-pulltorefresh: The RepoPilot analysis shows a verdict of "WAIT — Stale — last commit 9y ago". The README explicitly states at the top [README.md:L1-L4]:
# PLEASE NOTE, THIS PROJECT IS NO LONGER BEING MAINTAINED
This is a deprecated project with no active development.
jakewharton/butterknife: While the CHANGELOG notes that "Development on this tool is winding down as view binding is stable" [CHANGELOG.md:L1-L40], the project shows much more recent activity. The CHANGELOG documents releases through August 2020 (version 10.2.3), and earlier versions through 2018-2019. Importantly, butterknife still has incremental updates addressing tooling compatibility (Android Gradle plugin support, R2 generation), bug fixes, and new features—indicating active maintenance even if development is slowing.
Summary: butterknife is maintained and receiving updates (albeit at a reduced pace), while android-pulltorefresh is explicitly abandoned and unmaintained. If you need a working, supported library, butterknife is the clear choice between these two.
FOLLOW_UPS:
- What alternatives exist to android-pulltorefresh today?
- Does butterknife work with modern Android versions?
- When was butterknife's last release published?
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