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ogham/exa vs sunface/rust-course

Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health

As of September 2026, exa and rust-course both show mixed maintenance signals. exa last saw a commit 1 year ago with 27+ active contributors, while rust-course last saw a commit 4 months ago with 24+ active contributors. rust-course has no known critical CVEs, while exa has 2.

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ogham/exa

Mixed

Stale — last commit 2y ago

MixedDependency

last commit was 2y ago; 2 high-severity CVEs in dependencies…

HealthyFork & modify

No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

ConcernsDeploy as-is

2 high-severity CVEs in dependencies; last commit was 2y ago…

  • Stale — last commit 2y ago
  • No tests detected in the complete Git tree
  • Scorecard: marked unmaintained (0/10)
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • 2 moderate-severity advisories on direct dependencies
  • 2 high-severity advisories in transitive deps
  • 27+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 41% of recent commits)
  • MIT licensed
  • CI configured

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency Mixed to Healthy if: 1 commit in the last 365 days; resolve the high-severity advisories
  • Deploy as-is Concerns to Mixed if: resolve the high-severity advisories

Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against dependency CVEs from deps.dev and OpenSSF Scorecard

sunface/rust-course

Mixed

Evidence incomplete — review before adopting

MixedDependency

license evidence incomplete; dependency CVE scan unavailable

MixedFork & modify

license evidence incomplete

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

license evidence incomplete; dependency CVE scan unavailable

  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 50% of recent commits
  • Could not verify license from the available repository evidence
  • Last commit 1w ago
  • 24+ active contributors
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

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

Signal-by-signal breakdown

exarust-course
Stars24,44430,350
Last commit1y ago4mo ago
LicenseMITUnknown
Open issues21373
Has testsNo
Has CI
Test coverage0%44%
Dependency CVEs0 critical · 2 high · 31 moderate · 0 lowNo CVEs
Architecture gradeC
Cycles8
Bottom-lineMixed signalsMixed signals

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