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agwa/git-crypt vs microsoft/wsl

microsoft/wsl shows stronger signals overall

As of June 2026, wsl shows healthier maintenance signals than git-crypt. wsl rates Healthy overall while git-crypt rates Mixed. git-crypt last saw a commit 9 months ago with 10+ active contributors, while wsl last saw a commit 1 month ago with 22+ active contributors. git-crypt is GPL-3.0-licensed while wsl is MIT-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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agwa/git-crypt

Mixed

Slowing — last commit 8mo ago

ConcernsDependency

copyleft license (GPL-3.0) — review compatibility; top contributor handles 90% of recent commits…

HealthyFork & modify

Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

HealthyDeploy as-is

No critical CVEs, sane security posture — runnable as-is.

  • Slowing — last commit 8mo ago
  • Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 90% of recent commits
  • GPL-3.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
  • No test directory detected
  • Last commit 8mo ago
  • 10 active contributors
  • GPL-3.0 licensed
  • CI configured

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency ConcernsMixed if: relicense under MIT/Apache-2.0 (rare for established libs)

Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests

microsoft/wsl

Healthy

Healthy across the board

HealthyDependency

Permissive license, no critical CVEs, actively maintained — safe to depend on.

HealthyFork & modify

Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

HealthyDeploy as-is

No critical CVEs, sane security posture — runnable as-is.

  • Last commit today
  • 22+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 42% of recent commits)
  • MIT licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests

Signal-by-signal breakdown

git-cryptwsl
Stars9,64432,194
Last commit9mo ago1mo ago
LicenseGPL-3.0MIT
Open issues125953
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage0%4%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsHealthy signals

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