# buyukakyuz/corroded

Illegal rust

Repository: https://github.com/buyukakyuz/corroded
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/corroded
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-01-29T15:37:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 44/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 64, release rhythm 35, longevity 17
- inputs: {"age_days": 247, "days_push": 216, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1727, forks 43 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:28.311883+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: experimental
- function: developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, programming-languages
- platform: rust, cross-platform
- tags: unsafe-rust, satire, memory-safety, borrow-checker, joke-project

## Member repositories
- buyukakyuz/corroded (main) score 44

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:28.311883+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:32:15.799035+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/buyukakyuz/corroded (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:28.311883+00:00, sha a3a471391773)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.