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⚔️ ARCHITECTURAL SHOWDOWN5-Pillar Quality Index v1

postgrestvshledger

Empirical side-by-side telemetry and architectural trade-off audit. Evaluated deterministically from git commit cadence, release recency, test automation, and security posture.

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Competitor 1
postgrest
VS
Competitor 2
hledger
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👑 HIGHEST COMPOSITE SCORE
PostgREST
PostgREST/
postgrest
5-PILLAR QUALITY
62/100
Grade B
64% confidence
27.7k stars
🔀 1.2k forks
💻 Haskell
📜 MIT License
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5-Pillar Dual Radar Face-Off
postgrest
hledger
⚡ Maintenance👥 Adoption🏛️ Architecture📖 Documentation🛡️ Security
hledgerorg
hledgerorg/
hledger
5-PILLAR QUALITY
55/100
Grade B
88% confidence
4.7k stars
🔀 415 forks
💻 Haskell
📜 GNU General Public License v3.0
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Granular Telemetry Audit

5-Pillar Differential Matrix

Side-by-side points breakdown across the 5 canonical dimensions of open-source repository health.

Maintenance & Release Velocity(Max 25 pts)
★ hledger +4.8 pts advantage
postgrest11.1 / 25
hledger15.9 / 25
postgrest: Managed issue backlog: 404 open issues relative to adoption scale
hledger: Active development: pushed within the last 0 days
👥Community & Ecosystem Adoption(Max 25 pts)
★ postgrest +2.4 pts advantage
postgrest20.6 / 25
hledger18.2 / 25
postgrest: Established ecosystem adoption: 27,678 stars
hledger: Proven community traction: 4,707 stars
🏛️Architecture & Code Integrity(Max 20 pts)
⚖️ Even Match
postgrest11 / 20
hledger11 / 20
postgrest: Type-safe language ecosystem: Haskell
hledger: Type-safe language ecosystem: Haskell
📖Documentation & Developer Experience(Max 15 pts)
★ postgrest +9 pts advantage
postgrest11.5 / 15
hledger2.5 / 15
postgrest: Clear installation guide with runnable package manager commands
hledger: Defined project description
🛡️Security, Risk & Sustainability(Max 15 pts)
★ postgrest +0.5 pts advantage
postgrest8 / 15
hledger7.5 / 15
postgrest: Commercially permissive open-source license (MIT License)
hledger: Zero known critical CVEs reported in dependency footprint
Engineering Decision Guide

Which Should You Choose: postgrest or hledger?

✓ Choose postgrest If:

  • Your stack requires Haskell standard tooling and runtime conventions.
  • Your team values global market mindshare and larger talent pool.
  • You prioritize its MIT License licensing terms for proprietary enterprise distribution.
  • You need verified maintenance cadence (11.1/25 pts in velocity).

✓ Choose hledger If:

  • Your application architecture is built around Haskell.
  • You prefer its modular footprint and release update cadence (15.9/25 pts).
  • You want to take advantage of its documentation ecosystem (2.5/15 pts).
  • Your team is seeking active issue resolution with low maintainer stagnation.
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