# giacomo-b/rust-stakeholder

Generate impressive-looking terminal output to look busy when stakeholders walk by

Repository: https://github.com/giacomo-b/rust-stakeholder
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rust-stakeholder
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: blazingly-fast, meme, rust
Last push: 2025-03-17T16:32:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 25/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 11, release rhythm 35, longevity 38
- inputs: {"age_days": 536, "days_push": 534, "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 2590, forks 57 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:02.899853+00:00)

## What it is
A satirical Rust CLI tool that generates impressive-looking but meaningless terminal output, such as fake progress bars, network activity, and alerts, to make the user appear busy. It is explicitly a joke project poking fun at impostor syndrome and workplace dynamics in tech.

## Use cases
- look busy when stakeholders walk by
- generate fake impressive terminal output
- prank coworkers with fake coding activity
- simulate fake progress bars and network activity
- joke gift for developers about impostor syndrome
- decorate an idle terminal with technical-looking jargon

## When to choose
- you want a humorous gag or novelty terminal toy
- you need a lightweight, fast Rust CLI for entertainment or demos
- you want to poke fun at tech workplace culture

## When to avoid
- you need tools that produce real, useful output or diagnostics
- you actually intend to deceive employers or stakeholders
- you need a serious terminal dashboard or monitoring tool

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: cli, terminal-ui, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, entertainment
- platform: cli, cross-platform, windows, rust
- tags: satire, meme, fake-terminal-output, impostor-syndrome, joke-project, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- giacomo-b/rust-stakeholder (main) score 25

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:02.899853+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 2026-08-30T02:22:20.014037+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/giacomo-b/rust-stakeholder (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:02.899853+00:00, sha 352e8e2bb14b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.