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redox-os/orbtk vs sharkdp/fd

sharkdp/fd shows stronger signals overall

As of June 2026, fd shows healthier maintenance signals than orbtk. fd rates Healthy overall while orbtk rates Mixed. orbtk last saw a commit 3 years ago with 6+ active contributors, while fd last saw a commit 1 month ago with 17+ active contributors. orbtk 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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redox-os/orbtk

Mixed

Stale — last commit 4y ago

MixedDependency

last commit was 4y 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.

MixedDeploy as-is

last commit was 4y ago; Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 0/10…

  • Stale — last commit 4y ago
  • Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 81% of recent commits
  • No test directory detected
  • Scorecard: marked unmaintained (0/10)
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • 6 active contributors
  • MIT licensed
  • CI configured

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency MixedHealthy if: 1 commit in the last 365 days
  • Deploy as-is MixedHealthy if: 1 commit in the last 180 days; bring "Branch-Protection" to ≥3/10 (see scorecard report)

Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against OpenSSF Scorecard

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

orbtkfd
Stars3,78342,886
Last commit3y ago1mo ago
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Open issues87182
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage0%19%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsHealthy signals

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