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nrc/r4cppp vs sharkdp/fd

sharkdp/fd shows stronger signals overall

As of June 2026, fd shows healthier maintenance signals than r4cppp. fd rates Healthy overall while r4cppp rates Mixed. r4cppp last saw a commit 2 years ago with 34+ active contributors, while fd last saw a commit 1 month ago with 17+ active contributors. r4cppp is Other-licensed while fd is Apache-2.0-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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nrc/r4cppp

Mixed

Stale — last commit 2y ago

ConcernsDependency

non-standard license (Other); last commit was 2y ago…

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.

MixedDeploy as-is

last commit was 2y ago; no CI workflows detected

  • Stale — last commit 2y ago
  • Non-standard license (Other) — review terms
  • No CI workflows detected
  • No test directory detected
  • 34+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 43% of recent commits)
  • Other licensed

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency ConcernsMixed if: clarify license terms
  • Deploy as-is MixedHealthy if: 1 commit in the last 180 days

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

sharkdp/fd

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.

  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 53% of recent commits
  • Last commit 5d ago
  • 17 active contributors
  • Apache-2.0 licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

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

Signal-by-signal breakdown

r4cpppfd
Stars3,83442,886
Last commit2y ago1mo ago
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Open issues60182
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage0%19%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsHealthy signals

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