rtk-ai/rtk vs rust-lang/rls
rtk-ai/rtk shows stronger signals overall
As of June 2026, rtk shows healthier maintenance signals than rls. rtk rates Healthy overall while rls rates Mixed. rtk last saw a commit 1 month ago with 18+ active contributors, while rls last saw a commit 3 years ago with 28+ active contributors. rtk is Apache-2.0-licensed while rls is Other-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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rtk-ai/rtk →
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 63% of recent commits
- ✓Last commit today
- ✓18 active contributors
- ✓Apache-2.0 licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
rust-lang/rls →
Stale — last commit 4y ago
non-standard license (Other); last commit was 4y ago
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 4y ago
- ⚠Non-standard license (Other) — review terms
- ✓28+ active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 40% of recent commits)
- ✓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
| rtk | rls | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 43,729 | 3,498 |
| Last commit | 1mo ago | 3y ago |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Other |
| Open issues | 829 | 293 |
| Has tests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 21% | 100% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Healthy signals | Mixed signals |
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