Whohas
Shares rank 50 of 86 privilege escalation tools by recommenders
Recommended as a simple, useful command-line tool for finding packages across distros; critics say it is abandoned, last released 11 years ago, with hardcoded repository URLs.
Recommended as a simple, useful command-line tool for finding packages across distros; critics say it is abandoned, last released 11 years ago, with hardcoded repository URLs.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 78%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Good idea worth trying
“The idea and concept is cool! Imo worth it to keep an eye on it and play with it.”
Comment from 1 May 2026 in “Whohas – Command-line utility for cross-distro, cross-repository package search” “Abandoned, but forkable (since FOSS), and a decent idea.”
Comment from 1 May 2026 in “Whohas – Command-line utility for cross-distro, cross-repository package search”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Abandoned, last released years ago
“Abandoned, but forkable (since FOSS), and a decent idea.”
Comment from 1 May 2026 in “Whohas – Command-line utility for cross-distro, cross-repository package search” “the last release was 11 years ago and that the repository domains are hardcoded in the one-file script”
Comment from 1 May 2026 in “Whohas – Command-line utility for cross-distro, cross-repository package search” “The last commit was four years ago.”
Comment from 1 May 2026 in “Whohas – Command-line utility for cross-distro, cross-repository package search” Repository URLs hardcoded 11 years ago
“the urls it has were hardcoded 11 years ago”
Comment from 1 May 2026 in “Whohas – Command-line utility for cross-distro, cross-repository package search” “the last release was 11 years ago and that the repository domains are hardcoded in the one-file script”
Comment from 1 May 2026 in “Whohas – Command-line utility for cross-distro, cross-repository package search”
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8 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the URLs are tightly bound to the parsing logic, which is the right place to put them IMO”
“exactly the kind of boring CLI tool that earns its keep”
“The last commit was four years ago.”
“the urls it has were hardcoded 11 years ago”
“The idea and concept is cool! Imo worth it to keep an eye on it and play with it.”
“Abandoned, but forkable (since FOSS), and a decent idea.”
“the last release was 11 years ago and that the repository domains are hardcoded in the one-file script”
“it stores one row per distinct path, not per (user, group) pair”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.