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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

Healthy

Strong maintenance signals

HealthyDependency

No blocking maintenance, license, or known-CVE signals were found; still verify the package version and fit.

HealthyFork & modify

No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

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

Mixed

Slowing — last commit 4mo ago

MixedDependency

dependency CVE scan unavailable

HealthyFork & modify

No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

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.cppre2
Stars128,1319,660
Last commit2d ago7mo ago
LicenseMITBSD-3-Clause
Open issues2,46942
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage16%100%
Dependency CVEs0 critical · 0 high · 1 moderate · 0 lowNo CVEs
Architecture gradeA
Cycles1
Bottom-lineHealthy signalsMixed signals

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