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sharkdp/fd vs whitecat18/rust-for-malware-development

sharkdp/fd shows stronger signals overall

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

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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

whitecat18/rust-for-malware-development

Mixed

Solo project — review before adopting

MixedDependency

single-maintainer (no co-maintainers visible); no CI workflows 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.

  • Solo or near-solo (1 contributor active in recent commits)
  • No CI workflows detected
  • Last commit 3d ago
  • MIT licensed
  • Tests present

What would improve this?

  • Use as dependency MixedHealthy if: onboard a second core maintainer

Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests

Signal-by-signal breakdown

fdrust-for-malware-development
Stars42,8863,483
Last commit1mo ago1mo ago
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Open issues1820
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage19%10%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineHealthy signalsMixed signals

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