killercup/cargo-edit vs spacedriveapp/spacedrive
killercup/cargo-edit shows stronger signals overall
As of June 2026, cargo-edit shows healthier maintenance signals than spacedrive. cargo-edit rates Healthy overall while spacedrive rates Mixed. cargo-edit last saw a commit 2 months ago with 6+ active contributors, while spacedrive last saw a commit 2 months ago with 2+ active contributors. cargo-edit is MIT-licensed while spacedrive is Other-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
Informational only. RepoPilot summarises public signals at the time of analysis. Not professional, security, or legal advice.
killercup/cargo-edit →
Healthy across all four use cases
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.
- ⚠Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 95% of recent commits
- ✓Last commit 3w ago
- ✓6 active contributors
- ✓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
| cargo-edit | spacedrive | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 3,402 | 37,965 |
| Last commit | 2mo ago | 2mo ago |
| License | MIT | Other |
| Open issues | 70 | 32 |
| Has tests | ✓ | — |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 100% | 0% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Healthy signals | Mixed signals |
Want the full analysis? killercup/cargo-edit · spacedriveapp/spacedrive
Ask AI about killercup/cargo-edit vs spacedriveapp/spacedrive
Open the chat with a comparison question pre-filled.