sharkdp/fd vs stalwartlabs/stalwart
sharkdp/fd shows stronger signals overall
As of June 2026, fd shows healthier maintenance signals than stalwart. fd rates Healthy overall while stalwart rates Mixed. fd last saw a commit 1 month ago with 17+ active contributors, while stalwart last saw a commit 1 month ago with 1+ active contributor. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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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
stalwartlabs/stalwart →
Missing license — unclear to depend on
no license — legally unclear; single-maintainer (no co-maintainers visible)
no license — can't legally use code
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
no license — can't legally use code
- ⚠Solo or near-solo (1 contributor active in recent commits)
- ⚠No license — legally unclear to depend on
- ✓Last commit today
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
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
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| fd | stalwart | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 42,886 | 12,669 |
| Last commit | 1mo ago | 1mo ago |
| License | Apache-2.0 | — |
| Open issues | 182 | 148 |
| Has tests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 19% | 1% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Healthy signals | Mixed signals |
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