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If you’re just glancing, then sure… and maybe if it’s only glancing-level important then that’s fine. In my experience there are almost always some issues (eit
by chefandy 2y ago
If you’re just glancing, then sure… and maybe if it’s only glancing-level important then that’s fine.
In my experience there are almost always some issues (either legit or misguided support requests,) PRs for docs and features, updates to libraries for vulnerabilities or deprecated code. Worth looking at stuff that isn’t open also. Even if it’s a 10 year old project and the last commit is from 6 months ago fixing a seemingly minor bug, if there more than a few stars or forks, and there aren’t ignored issues and PRs sitting there, I’d consider it trustworthy.
And if it does look abandoned but was active at some point, it’s always a good idea to take a stroll through the forks.
- jasonthorsness 2y agoI ran into this mature (AND dead?) project yesterday: benchmark.js https://github.com/bestiejs/benchmark.js/ https://github.com/bestiejs/benchmark.js/ This one is actually archived last year so clearly unmaintained but so far seems to be working great. But no successor fork. I think in this case I will use it, especially because it's in test code and not product.
- chefandy 2y agoYeah they're definitely out there. Looks like there aren't any active forks either. Bummer. I had another really good example of one that was super popular but I can't remember what it was.