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The sketch factor on this software is over 9000. I would never run it
Shhhh you're scaring the Americans
I mean you're not wrong 😅
It's open source?
It is well established, if niche, software. I think your sketchometer needs calibration.
I'll take it in for a tune up :P
Why do you say that? The website is a little ugly in parts (the colored text bulleted list near the bottom) but it doesn't look "sketch" at all.
And if you can get past some poorly designed home page for a project, they publish the source with supposedly 101 contributors.