FrectonzBloat
63/500Where it landed on the scale
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Summary
murder_tool is a small open-source terminal utility for killing processes, posted once in June 2024 and untouched since. The repo is live, but the dossier shows no releases, no install path, no docs and no pricing. It looks like a hobby project: useful to its author, with no business case.
Bloat · Not much here works or looks likely to last, yet.
Breakdown
Five measures, 100 points each. Open the receipts under any of them to see the posts and pages behind the points.
Viability
Is there a real problem, someone who would pay, and a market this builder can actually reach?
It's a developer convenience tool with a real but tiny need, since process-killing TUIs already exist. It has no pricing, no payments and no sign anyone pays or would.
12/100
Rubric 0–20No clear problem or user. A toy, a practice clone, or a solution looking for a problem.
Receipts (2)
The repo description is just 'Kill processes with a TUI', a narrow utility with no commercial framing.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/frectonz/murder_tool (opens in a new tab)
The only post is a bare repo link with no pitch, users or pricing.
“https://github.com/frectonz/murder_tool/”
Post · @thefrectonz · 8 Jun 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Moat
What stops someone copying it?
A signal-sending TUI is something a developer could rebuild in a weekend. Nothing here compounds, such as data, distribution or local depth.
8/100
Rubric 0–20A thin wrapper or a clone that anyone here could rebuild in a weekend.
Receipts (2)
MIT-licensed with no releases, so anyone can copy it freely and there's no proprietary asset.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/frectonz/murder_tool (opens in a new tab)
The description shows a thin utility and nothing unique to this market.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/frectonz/murder_tool (opens in a new tab)
Momentum
Did the updates keep coming?
It was shipped on a single day in June 2024 and hasn't been touched in about 851 days, so there's no sustained momentum.
0/100
- Sustained shipping0/60
Worked on across 0 days.
- Consistency0/40
Updates in 1 of 1 month.
- Quiet
No update for 851 days, so scaled to 20%.
Receipts (1)
Earliest post about it.
“https://github.com/frectonz/murder_tool/”
Post · @thefrectonz · 8 Jun 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Infrastructure
Does a real, working product exist?
A public repo exists, but there are no releases, install path or docs to show a working product, so it reads as an early demo.
41/100
- It's live20/20
https://github.com/frectonz/murder_tool/ responded when checked.
- HTTPS5/5
Hosted on a platform (store, GitHub or Telegram), so HTTPS is the platform's.
- Real product15/35
The repo exists and responds, but the dossier shows no releases, no readme beyond a one-line description and no way to install it, so a working product isn't established. I'm scoring it as demo-level code.
- Own home0/10
No home found.
- Maintained0/15
Last sign of shipping 2024-06-07.
- Operations1/15
It's only a GitHub repository, with no backend, docs site, API, status page or second platform.
Receipts (4)
https://github.com/frectonz/murder_tool/ responded when checked.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/frectonz/murder_tool (opens in a new tab)
Zero releases and only a one-line description of the tool.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/frectonz/murder_tool (opens in a new tab)
Pushed within a day of creation, with no recorded commit days, so it looks like a first-pass project.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/frectonz/murder_tool (opens in a new tab)
No homepage is set and there are no releases.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/frectonz/murder_tool (opens in a new tab)
Sustainability
Is it being set up to last?
There's no distribution channel, no payments, no pricing and no support contact, and the author hasn't committed to it since the first week. Nothing here suggests it can sustain itself.
2/100
- Distribution0/30
No working way to get it was found.
- Payments0/15
No payment provider found.
- Pricing0/10
No pricing found on the site.
- Revenue0/5
Nothing in the posts or repo mentions customers or revenue.
- Privacy policy0/7
No privacy policy found.
- Terms0/5
No terms of service found.
- Support0/8
No support contact found.
- Commitment2/20
It was published openly, but there's one post, no roadmap, no community channel and no activity for over two years.
Receipts (3)
The post is just a link with no mention of money or users.
“https://github.com/frectonz/murder_tool/”
Post · @thefrectonz · 8 Jun 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Last push was 2024-06-08, a day after creation.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/frectonz/murder_tool (opens in a new tab)
Single post with no follow-up.
“https://github.com/frectonz/murder_tool/”
Post · @thefrectonz · 8 Jun 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)