better_htmlRubyGems · Ruby

Verdict

Looks abandoned

better_html is abandoned by its maintainers' own account — the README says it is no longer maintained, no commits for 13 months. Plan a migration rather than waiting for a fix.

health 63/100

Why this verdict?

abandoned — No commits for over 365 days with unanswered issues piling up — or the registry marks it deprecated, or the repository is archived.

README says the project is no longer maintained

Judged 14 days ago from signal heuristics. How each verdict is decided

latest 2.2.0
last known licence MIT
stars 451
assessment attempted 14 days ago
GitHub evidence observed 14 days ago
registry checked 24 days ago
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Signals · last 6 checks

Commits 90d

Open issues

Unanswered

Contributors

State history 2

When	Change
2026-10-27	coasting → abandoned
2026-09-12	first verdict: coasting

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