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Which has better activity and maintenance signals?

About jodaorg/joda-time · 2 messages · last activity 9/8/2026

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Which has better activity and maintenance signals?

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Based on the RepoPilot analysis provided:

jodaorg/joda-time has stronger maintenance signals:

  • Verdict: GO — explicitly labeled as having "Strong maintenance signals"
  • OpenSSF Scorecard: 7.6/10
  • 0 known CVEs across 0 scanned dependencies
  • No open SAST alerts

However, the README contains an important caveat: "Joda-time is no longer in active development except to keep timezone data up to date." Users are directed to migrate to java.time (JSR-310) for Java SE 8+. This is intentional — the project is in maintenance mode.

tencent/tinker analysis data is not included in the RepoPilot section, so I cannot make a direct comparison of its maintenance signals. The repository_data provided only shows code snippets from tinker's third-party utilities and contribution guidelines, not its health metrics.

In summary: jodaorg/joda-time has better documented maintenance signals (GO verdict, higher OpenSSF score, zero CVEs), but this reflects stable maintenance rather than active feature development. For tinker's activity and maintenance status, you would need to check its own RepoPilot analysis or GitHub metrics directly.

FOLLOW_UPS:

  • How often does joda-time release timezone data updates?
  • What is tinker's current development status?
  • Does joda-time still accept security patches?

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