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microsoft/wsl vs sysown/proxysql

microsoft/wsl shows stronger signals overall

As of June 2026, wsl shows healthier maintenance signals than proxysql. wsl rates Healthy overall while proxysql rates Mixed. wsl last saw a commit 1 month ago with 22+ active contributors, while proxysql last saw a commit 1 month ago with 1+ active contributor. wsl is MIT-licensed while proxysql is GPL-3.0-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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microsoft/wsl

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.

  • Last commit today
  • 22+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 42% of recent commits)
  • MIT licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

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

sysown/proxysql

Mixed

Solo project — review before adopting

ConcernsDependency

copyleft license (GPL-3.0) — review compatibility; single-maintainer (no co-maintainers visible)

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.

  • Solo or near-solo (1 contributor active in recent commits)
  • GPL-3.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
  • Last commit 1d ago
  • GPL-3.0 licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency ConcernsMixed if: relicense under MIT/Apache-2.0 (rare for established libs)

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

Signal-by-signal breakdown

wslproxysql
Stars32,1946,729
Last commit1mo ago1mo ago
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Open issues9531,145
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage4%100%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineHealthy signalsMixed signals

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