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fuellabs/fuel-core vs rathole-org/rathole

Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health

As of September 2026, fuel-core and rathole both show mixed maintenance signals. fuel-core was committed to 1 week ago with 14+ active contributors, while rathole was committed to 3 weeks ago with 24+ active contributors. fuel-core has no known critical CVEs, while rathole has 1.

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fuellabs/fuel-core

Mixed

Evidence incomplete — review before adopting

MixedDependency

license evidence incomplete

MixedFork & modify

license evidence incomplete

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 0/10; license evidence incomplete

  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • Could not verify license from the available repository evidence
  • Last commit 1d ago
  • 14 active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 22% of recent commits)
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against dependency CVEs from deps.dev and OpenSSF Scorecard

rathole-org/rathole

Mixed

High-severity dependency advisories — review before adopting

HealthyDependency

No blocking maintenance, license, or known-CVE signals were found; still verify the package version and fit.

HealthyFork & modify

No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

1 high-severity CVE in dependencies; Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 0/10…

  • 1 high-severity advisory on direct dependencies
  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 68% of recent commits
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • Last commit 2w ago
  • 24+ active contributors
  • Apache-2.0 licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

What would improve this?

  • Deploy as-is Mixed to Healthy if: resolve the high-severity advisory; bring "Branch-Protection" to ≥3/10 (see scorecard report)

Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against dependency CVEs from deps.dev and OpenSSF Scorecard

Signal-by-signal breakdown

fuel-corerathole
Stars56,86314,113
Last commit11d ago24d ago
LicenseUnknownApache-2.0
Open issues20095
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage18%89%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEs0 critical · 1 high · 5 moderate · 0 low
Architecture gradeAC
Cycles08
Bottom-lineMixed signalsMixed signals

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