postgresml/pgcat vs rwf2/rocket
postgresml/pgcat shows stronger signals overall
As of June 2026, pgcat shows healthier maintenance signals than rocket. pgcat rates Healthy overall while rocket rates Mixed. pgcat last saw a commit 1 year ago with 37+ active contributors, while rocket last saw a commit 6 months ago with 26+ active contributors. pgcat is MIT-licensed while rocket is Other-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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postgresml/pgcat →
Healthy across all four use cases
Permissive license, no critical CVEs, actively maintained — safe to depend on.
Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
No critical CVEs, sane security posture — runnable as-is.
- ⚠Stale — last commit 1y ago
- ✓37+ active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 22% of recent commits)
- ✓MIT licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
rwf2/rocket →
Slowing — last commit 4mo ago
non-standard license (Other)
Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
No critical CVEs, sane security posture — runnable as-is.
- ⚠Slowing — last commit 4mo ago
- ⚠Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 65% of recent commits
- ⚠Non-standard license (Other) — review terms
- ✓Last commit 4mo ago
- ✓26+ active contributors
- ✓Other licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
What would improve this?
- →Use as dependency Concerns → Mixed if: clarify license terms
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| pgcat | rocket | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 3,918 | 25,734 |
| Last commit | 1y ago | 6mo ago |
| License | MIT | Other |
| Open issues | 199 | 80 |
| Has tests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 100% | 82% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Healthy signals | Mixed signals |
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