indygreg/pyoxidizer vs nushell/nushell
nushell/nushell shows stronger signals overall
As of June 2026, nushell shows healthier maintenance signals than pyoxidizer. nushell rates Healthy overall while pyoxidizer rates Mixed. pyoxidizer last saw a commit 1 year ago with 2+ active contributors, while nushell last saw a commit 1 month ago with 25+ active contributors. pyoxidizer is MPL-2.0-licensed while nushell is MIT-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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indygreg/pyoxidizer →
Stale — last commit 1y ago
last commit was 1y ago; top contributor handles 98% of recent commits
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.
- ⚠Stale — last commit 1y ago
- ⚠Small team — 2 contributors active in recent commits
- ⚠Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 98% of recent commits
- ✓2 active contributors
- ✓MPL-2.0 licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
What would improve this?
- →Use as dependency Mixed → Healthy if: 1 commit in the last 365 days
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
nushell/nushell →
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 today
- ✓25+ active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 19% 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
| pyoxidizer | nushell | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 6,099 | 39,387 |
| Last commit | 1y ago | 1mo ago |
| License | MPL-2.0 | MIT |
| Open issues | 362 | 1,489 |
| Has tests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 25% | 12% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Mixed signals | Healthy signals |
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