eyaltoledano/claude-task-master · freshness 29/100 · rescored August 4, 2026
Is Task Master maintained?
Barely. Task Master is still open but slowing down — last commit 3 months ago, freshness 29/100.
The answer
Barely. Task Master is still open but slowing down — last commit 3 months ago, freshness 29/100.
| Signal | Value | Effect | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last commit | 3 months ago | -45 | No push in 97 days. That is longer than a quarter. |
| Commits, 90 days | 0 | none | No commits at all in the last 12 weeks — the recency band above already carries the silence. |
| Last release | task-master-ai@0.43.1 · 4 months ago | -12 | Last release 125 days ago against a 2-day cadence — over three times its own gap. |
| Release cadence | 2 days, median | not scored | |
| Issue response | too few issues to sample | none | Not enough recent issues to measure a response time. |
| Unanswered issues | 100% of 4 sampled | not scored | |
| Committers, 90 days | 0 | -8 | Nobody has committed in the last 90 days. |
| Bus factor | 0 | not scored | |
| Archived | no | not scored | |
| Licence | none declared | -6 | No license file — legally unsafe to depend on regardless of activity. |
| Stars | 27,936 | not scored | |
| Open issues | 163 | not scored |
The same verdict, in words
Against it: No push in 97 days. That is longer than a quarter. Last release 125 days ago against a 2-day cadence — over three times its own gap. Nobody has committed in the last 90 days. No license file — legally unsafe to depend on regardless of activity.
Last push 3 months ago, 0 commits in the last 90 days, last release task-master-ai@0.43.1 4 months ago, 0 committers in 90 days. Read from the GitHub API; eyaltoledano/claude-task-master carries 27,936 stars and 163 open issues.
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