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openethereum/parity-ethereum vs sharkdp/fd

sharkdp/fd shows stronger signals overall

As of June 2026, fd shows healthier maintenance signals than parity-ethereum. fd rates Healthy overall while parity-ethereum rates Mixed. parity-ethereum last saw a commit 5 years ago with 35+ active contributors, while fd last saw a commit 1 month ago with 17+ active contributors. parity-ethereum 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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openethereum/parity-ethereum

Mixed

Stale — last commit 6y ago

ConcernsDependency

non-standard license (Other); last commit was 6y 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.

HealthyDeploy as-is

No critical CVEs, sane security posture — runnable as-is.

  • Stale — last commit 6y ago
  • Non-standard license (Other) — review terms
  • 35+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 15% of recent commits)
  • 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

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

parity-ethereumfd
Stars6,84042,886
Last commit5y ago1mo ago
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Open issues161182
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage26%19%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsHealthy signals

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