apache/commons-lang
Apache Commons Lang 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
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
5 sources
- readme: https://github.com/apache/commons-lang · fetched 2026-08-28 · 0dfa2a897a9e
- homepage: https://commons.apache.org/lang/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · abff402d40dd
- site_page: https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang/apidocs/index.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4bafc5a1cfa9
- site_page: https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang/index.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9b60316d8e0c
- site_page: https://commons.apache.org/releases/index.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · d33eae5ee440
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| apache/commons-lang | main | 77 |
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