ralfbiedert/cheats.rs vs sharkdp/fd
sharkdp/fd shows stronger signals overall
As of June 2026, fd shows healthier maintenance signals than cheats.rs. fd rates Healthy overall while cheats.rs rates Mixed. cheats.rs last saw a commit 1 month ago with 8+ active contributors, while fd last saw a commit 1 month ago with 17+ active contributors. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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ralfbiedert/cheats.rs →
Missing license — unclear to depend on
no license — legally unclear; no tests detected…
no license — can't legally use code; no tests detected…
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
no license — can't legally use code; no CI workflows detected
- ⚠Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 88% of recent commits
- ⚠No license — legally unclear to depend on
- ⚠No CI workflows detected
- ⚠No test directory detected
- ✓Last commit 3d ago
- ✓8 active contributors
What would improve this?
- →Use as dependency Concerns → Mixed if: publish a permissive license (MIT, Apache-2.0, etc.)
- →Fork & modify Concerns → Mixed if: add a LICENSE file
- →Deploy as-is Concerns → Mixed if: add a LICENSE file
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
sharkdp/fd →
Healthy across the board
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.
- ⚠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
| cheats.rs | fd | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 4,524 | 42,886 |
| Last commit | 1mo ago | 1mo ago |
| License | — | Apache-2.0 |
| Open issues | 3 | 182 |
| Has tests | — | ✓ |
| Has CI | — | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 0% | 19% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Mixed signals | Healthy signals |
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