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apache/commons-lang

Apache Commons Lang observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/apache/commons-lang · homepage · Java · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

77/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 6314
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 8
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2999 stars · 2013 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Apache Commons Lang is a Java utility library providing helper methods that supplement the java.lang API, including string manipulation, reflection, concurrency, and builder utilities for equals/hashCode/toString. It is a mature, widely used Apache project published to Maven Central as commons-lang3.

Use cases

  • manipulate strings in java with null-safe helpers
  • generate equals hashCode and toString methods
  • work with dates and durations in java
  • mutable number wrappers and tuple pairs
  • reflection and enum utilities for java
  • concurrency helper classes for multithreaded code

When to choose

  • you want battle-tested, dependency-light java utilities with a permissive license
  • you need null-safe string, number, or date handling without writing boilerplate
  • you want consistent builder implementations of common Object methods

When to avoid

  • you are on a modern JDK and prefer built-in APIs or newer libraries
  • you need the deprecated lang3.text package features
  • you want a framework rather than a utility library

Facets

library · maturity stable

developer-tools serialization concurrency date-time error-handling developer-tools programming-languages jvm java utility-library string-manipulation reflection apache-commons

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Member repositories

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