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nuta/kerla vs rtk-ai/rtk

rtk-ai/rtk shows stronger signals overall

As of June 2026, rtk shows healthier maintenance signals than kerla. rtk rates Healthy overall while kerla rates Mixed. kerla last saw a commit 4 months ago with 7+ active contributors, while rtk last saw a commit 1 month ago with 18+ active contributors. kerla is Other-licensed while rtk is Apache-2.0-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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nuta/kerla

Mixed

Mixed signals — read the receipts

ConcernsDependency

non-standard license (Other)

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 79% of recent commits
  • Non-standard license (Other) — review terms
  • Last commit 2mo ago
  • 7 active contributors
  • Other licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency ConcernsMixed if: clarify license terms

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

rtk-ai/rtk

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 63% of recent commits
  • Last commit today
  • 18 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

kerlartk
Stars3,46443,729
Last commit4mo ago1mo ago
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Open issues27829
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage15%21%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsHealthy signals

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