Instant Filter vs. Module Filter (duplication?)

I believe the big difference is this module should be easily reusable for other purposes besides the modules page.

Are there plans to implement any of the other featuers of Moduel Filter, such as filtering by module status (e.g. enabled, disabled, etc.)? If so, I'll start using this instead as I think a reusable framework is a better solution than a one-off. Thanks!

Yep, it would be great if this module focused on reusability and turned into an API or something. Let separate modules like Module filter implement it in various places, perhaps with suitable customizations (like the checkbox status filters in the module's page).

...proper component too

hook for adding custom rules: #1249772: Allow instantfilter to invoke additional filter rules

I wrote this hook specific with the checkbox status filters in mind. In fact, I have a working implementation that does the moduleFilter checkboxes with the proposed hook.

... And posted it over at the module filter issue queue:
http://drupal.org/node/1023252#comment-4868162

Posted a new version in the topic mentioned in #6.

Also added a new part to collapse the operations links in a single cell, as is part of the outline of: #857090: D8 Modules' page: Add links to module help, project page + merge operations links to one cell..