cjpais/handy vs spacedriveapp/spacedrive
cjpais/handy shows stronger signals overall
As of June 2026, handy shows healthier maintenance signals than spacedrive. handy rates Healthy overall while spacedrive rates Mixed. handy last saw a commit 1 month ago with 36+ active contributors, while spacedrive last saw a commit 2 months ago with 2+ active contributors. handy is MIT-licensed while spacedrive is Other-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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cjpais/handy →
Healthy across the board
Permissive license, no critical CVEs, actively maintained — safe to depend on.
Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
No critical CVEs, sane security posture — runnable as-is.
- ✓Last commit 1w ago
- ✓36+ active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 40% of recent commits)
- ✓MIT licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
spacedriveapp/spacedrive →
Mixed signals — read the receipts
non-standard license (Other); no tests detected
Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
No critical CVEs, sane security posture — runnable as-is.
- ⚠Small team — 2 contributors active in recent commits
- ⚠Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 68% of recent commits
- ⚠Non-standard license (Other) — review terms
- ⚠No test directory detected
- ✓Last commit 3w ago
- ✓2 active contributors
- ✓Other licensed
- ✓CI configured
What would improve this?
- →Use as dependency Concerns → Mixed if: clarify license terms
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| handy | spacedrive | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 21,263 | 37,965 |
| Last commit | 1mo ago | 2mo ago |
| License | MIT | Other |
| Open issues | 144 | 32 |
| Has tests | ✓ | — |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 2% | 0% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Healthy signals | Mixed signals |
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