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Shynet vs silx
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Shynet and silx — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Shynet vs silx: at a glance
What is Shynet?
Shynet went silent for two and a half years and a security audit is what woke it up.
Shynet's most recent release closes two externally reported vulnerabilities: a wildcard ALLOWED_HOSTS default enabling password reset poisoning, and stored XSS in two template filters, both credited to an outside security firm. It arrived after a gap of roughly two and a half years, and the release before it was a temporary dependency install workaround. The dashboard features people associate with the project — the annotated world map, the map-versus-table toggle — all date from 2021.
What is silx?
silx settles into maintenance a release after its PySide6 migration
silx is in the quiet phase after a generational release. 3.1.1 is a single fix to FitWidget loading a fit function from file. The release before it, 3.1.0, was the first real feature work since the migration - asinh axis scaling, twilight colormaps, and dark-theme icons - and 3.0.1 was similarly small. The 3.0.0 cut that reset the Qt binding and Python floor still defines what the line is doing.
Shynet vs silx: editorial side-by-side
Shynet
0.0ANALYTICS
Shynet went silent for two and a half years and a security audit is what woke it up.
◆ Current state
Shynet's most recent release closes two externally reported vulnerabilities: a wildcard ALLOWED_HOSTS default enabling password reset poisoning, and stored XSS in two template filters, both credited to an outside security firm. It arrived after a gap of roughly two and a half years, and the release before it was a temporary dependency install workaround. The dashboard features people associate with the project — the annotated world map, the map-versus-table toggle — all date from 2021.
◆ Where it's heading
The arc is a project that had real community momentum and then stopped. In 2021 releases were arriving monthly and were, by the maintainer's own note, driven entirely by contributors; by 2023 the content was dependabot bumps and build workarounds; after that, nothing until a security report forced a response. Nothing in the recent entry suggests development resumed more broadly — it is a targeted fix release, not a return to cadence.
◆ Prediction
These entries give no basis for expecting feature work to resume; the realistic expectation is that the next release, whenever it comes, is again driven by an external security report or a dependency that stops installing.
silx
5.0ANALYTICS
silx settles into maintenance a release after its PySide6 migration
◆ Current state
silx is in the quiet phase after a generational release. 3.1.1 is a single fix to FitWidget loading a fit function from file. The release before it, 3.1.0, was the first real feature work since the migration - asinh axis scaling, twilight colormaps, and dark-theme icons - and 3.0.1 was similarly small. The 3.0.0 cut that reset the Qt binding and Python floor still defines what the line is doing.
◆ Where it's heading
The cadence has slowed markedly since April, and the content has shifted from structural change to plotting and colormap refinement. That is the expected shape after a binding migration: downstream beamline code needs a stable target, so the project trades feature velocity for a quiet surface. The gap between 3.0.1 in May and 3.1.0 in August is the clearest signal of the deliberate slowdown.
◆ Prediction
Expect further point releases servicing the plotting and fitting widgets rather than another structural change, with feature work continuing to arrive in the 3.1.x minors rather than patches.
Alternatives to Shynet and silx
Other Analytics products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Shynet or silx.
Omni
Omni ships weekly, and almost every week the headline item is an AI feature.
Plotly
Plotly is turning its cloud into a metered compute platform with an enterprise on-ramp.
aniread
aniread stops asking you to know which tracker wrote the file
Rho
Rho's release machinery finally produced a stable build — and it shipped no new product.
Usermaven
Usermaven closed the loop: data comes in from anywhere, and now it goes back out.
Recent activity from Shynet and silx
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 6h agosilxFitWidget fix for loading a fit function from file
- 9d agosilx3.1.0: asinh axis scaling, twilight colormaps, dark-theme icons
- 3mo agosilx3.0.1: silx view fails to disable HDF5 file locking
- 3mo agosilx3.0.0: PySide6 becomes the default Qt binding, Python 3.10 required ⚡
- 3mo agosilx3.0.0rc1: release candidate for the PySide6 migration
- 5mo agoShynetSecurity and dependency updates
- 1y agosilx2.2.2: plot axes limits, OpenGL axes and libhdf5 1.14 fixes
- 3y agoShynetFix Cython/crypto build issues
- 3y agoShynetStability and performance improvements
- 4y agoShynetBug fixes and reliability improvements
- 5y agoShynetDashboard improvements, bug fixes, and upstream security improvements
- 5y agoShynetDeploy using GitHub actions
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Shynet and silx?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. silx is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Shynet better than silx?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. silx is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Analytics products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Shynet?
Top Shynet alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Shynet alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/shynet for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to silx?
Top silx alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "silx alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/silx for the full list with editorial commentary on each.