⚔️ 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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👑 HIGHEST COMPOSITE SCORE

PostgREST/
postgrest
5-PILLAR QUALITY
62/100
Grade B
64% confidence
⭐ 27.7k stars
🔀 1.2k forks
💻 Haskell
📜 MIT License
5-Pillar Dual Radar Face-Off
postgrest
hledger

plaintextaccounting/
hledger
5-PILLAR QUALITY
56/100
Grade B
64% confidence
⭐ 4.7k stars
🔀 413 forks
💻 Haskell
📜 GNU General Public License v3.0
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)
★ postgrest +3.7 pts advantage
postgrest11.1 / 25
hledger7.4 / 25
postgrest: Managed issue backlog: 404 open issues relative to adoption scale
hledger: Empirical telemetry signals observed.
👥Community & Ecosystem Adoption(Max 25 pts)
★ postgrest +1.9 pts advantage
postgrest20.6 / 25
hledger18.7 / 25
postgrest: Established ecosystem adoption: 27,678 stars
hledger: Proven community traction: 4,701 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)
⚖️ Even Match
postgrest11.5 / 15
hledger11.5 / 15
postgrest: Clear installation guide with runnable package manager commands
hledger: Clear installation guide with runnable package manager commands
🛡️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: Standard copyleft open-source license (GNU General Public License v3.0)
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 (7.4/25 pts).
- You want to take advantage of its documentation ecosystem (11.5/15 pts).
- Your team is seeking active issue resolution with low maintainer stagnation.
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