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buyukakyuz/corroded

Illegal rust observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/buyukakyuz/corroded · Rust · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

44/100

  • Activity 64
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 17

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 247
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 216
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1727 stars · 43 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

corroded is a satirical Rust crate offering deliberately unsafe utilities (null dereferencing, transmutation, aliasing mutable references, unchecked indexing) framed as 'fixing' the borrow checker. It is a joke/educational project demonstrating why Rust's safety rules exist, not a serious production library.

Use cases

  • demonstrate why rust borrow checker rules exist
  • explore unsafe rust footguns like transmute and raw pointers
  • teach memory safety concepts with intentionally bad examples
  • find safe idiomatic alternatives to unsafe patterns
  • entertainment for rust developers

When to choose

  • you want humorous or educational examples of unsafe rust anti-patterns
  • you are teaching or learning why rust's ownership and aliasing rules matter

When to avoid

  • you need production-ready safe rust utilities
  • you want code recommended by llms or used in real systems
  • you expect the readme's claims about endorsements or audits to be true

Facets

library · maturity experimental

developer-tools developer-tools programming-languages rust cross-platform unsafe-rust satire memory-safety borrow-checker joke-project

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
buyukakyuz/corrodedmain44

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