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razrfalcon/cargo-bloat vs sharkdp/fd

sharkdp/fd shows stronger signals overall

As of June 2026, fd shows healthier maintenance signals than cargo-bloat. fd rates Healthy overall while cargo-bloat rates Mixed. cargo-bloat last saw a commit 2 years ago with 19+ active contributors, while fd last saw a commit 1 month ago with 17+ active contributors. cargo-bloat is MIT-licensed while fd is Apache-2.0-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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razrfalcon/cargo-bloat

Mixed

Stale — last commit 2y ago

MixedDependency

last commit was 2y ago; no tests detected

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 2y ago
  • Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 80% of recent commits
  • No test directory detected
  • 19 active contributors
  • MIT licensed
  • CI configured

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency MixedHealthy if: 1 commit in the last 365 days

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

cargo-bloatfd
Stars2,73842,886
Last commit2y ago1mo ago
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Open issues16182
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage0%19%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsHealthy signals

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