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fastruby/fast-ruby vs homebrew/homebrew-cask

homebrew/homebrew-cask shows stronger signals overall

As of June 2026, homebrew-cask shows healthier maintenance signals than fast-ruby. homebrew-cask rates Healthy overall while fast-ruby rates Mixed. fast-ruby last saw a commit 6 months ago with 39+ active contributors, while homebrew-cask last saw a commit 1 month ago with 4+ active contributors. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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fastruby/fast-ruby

Mixed

Slowing — last commit 4mo ago

ConcernsDependency

no license — legally unclear; no tests detected

ConcernsFork & modify

no license — can't legally use code; no tests detected

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

ConcernsDeploy as-is

no license — can't legally use code

  • Slowing — last commit 4mo ago
  • No license — legally unclear to depend on
  • No test directory detected
  • Last commit 4mo ago
  • 39+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 16% of recent commits)
  • CI configured

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency ConcernsMixed if: publish a permissive license (MIT, Apache-2.0, etc.)
  • Fork & modify ConcernsMixed if: add a LICENSE file
  • Deploy as-is ConcernsMixed if: add a LICENSE file

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

homebrew/homebrew-cask

Healthy

Healthy across all four use cases

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.

  • Small team — 4 contributors active in recent commits
  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 53% of recent commits
  • No test directory detected
  • Last commit today
  • 4 active contributors
  • BSD-2-Clause licensed
  • CI configured

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

Signal-by-signal breakdown

fast-rubyhomebrew-cask
Stars5,73222,008
Last commit6mo ago1mo ago
LicenseBSD-2-Clause
Open issues4732
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage0%0%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsHealthy signals

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