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crablang/crab vs rtk-ai/rtk

rtk-ai/rtk shows stronger signals overall

As of June 2026, rtk shows healthier maintenance signals than crab. rtk rates Healthy overall while crab rates Mixed. crab last saw a commit 1 year ago with 25+ active contributors, while rtk last saw a commit 1 month ago with 18+ active contributors. crab is Other-licensed while rtk is Apache-2.0-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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crablang/crab

Mixed

Stale — last commit 2y ago

ConcernsDependency

non-standard license (Other); last commit was 2y ago

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.

  • Stale — last commit 2y ago
  • Non-standard license (Other) — review terms
  • 25+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 25% of recent commits)
  • Other licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency ConcernsMixed if: clarify license terms

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

rtk-ai/rtk

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.

  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 63% of recent commits
  • Last commit today
  • 18 active contributors
  • Apache-2.0 licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

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

Signal-by-signal breakdown

crabrtk
Stars5,09143,729
Last commit1y ago1mo ago
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Open issues4829
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage12%21%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsHealthy signals

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