ggml-org/llama.cpp vs google/re2
ggml-org/llama.cpp shows stronger signals overall
As of September 2026, llama.cpp shows healthier maintenance signals than re2. llama.cpp rates Healthy overall while re2 rates Mixed. llama.cpp was committed to 2 days ago with 50+ active contributors, while re2 last saw a commit 7 months ago with 6+ active contributors. llama.cpp is MIT-licensed while re2 is BSD-3-Clause-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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ggml-org/llama.cpp
Strong maintenance signals
No blocking maintenance, license, or known-CVE signals were found; still verify the package version and fit.
No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 0/10; 1 cyclic import chain detected
- ⚠Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
- ⚠1 moderate-severity advisory on direct dependencies
- ✓Last commit today
- ✓50+ active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 9% of recent commits)
- ✓MIT licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
What would improve this?
- •Deploy as-is Mixed to Healthy if: bring "Branch-Protection" to ≥3/10 (see scorecard report)
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against dependency CVEs from deps.dev and OpenSSF Scorecard
google/re2
Slowing — last commit 4mo ago
dependency CVE scan unavailable
No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
dependency CVE scan unavailable
- ⚠Slowing — last commit 4mo ago
- ✓Last commit 4mo ago
- ✓6 active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 49% of recent commits)
- ✓BSD-3-Clause licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| llama.cpp | re2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 128,131 | 9,660 |
| Last commit | 2d ago | 7mo ago |
| License | MIT | BSD-3-Clause |
| Open issues | 2,469 | 42 |
| Has tests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 16% | 100% |
| Dependency CVEs | 0 critical · 0 high · 1 moderate · 0 low | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | A | — |
| Cycles | 1 | — |
| Bottom-line | Healthy signals | Mixed signals |
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