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ggml-org/llama.cpp vs microsoft/winget-cli

Both showing Healthy signals — pick on fit, not health

As of September 2026, llama.cpp and winget-cli both show healthy maintenance signals. llama.cpp was committed to today with 59+ active contributors, while winget-cli was committed to 3 weeks ago with 16+ active contributors. Both use the MIT license. 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
  • 59+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 12% 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

microsoft/winget-cli

Healthy

Strong maintenance signals

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

Scorecard "Token-Permissions" is 0/10; dependency CVE scan unavailable

  • Last commit 2d ago
  • 16 active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 25% of recent commits)
  • MIT licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against OpenSSF Scorecard

Signal-by-signal breakdown

llama.cppwinget-cli
Stars128,48826,338
Last committoday25d ago
LicenseMITMIT
Open issues2,4811,301
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage16%4%
Dependency CVEs0 critical · 0 high · 1 moderate · 0 lowNo CVEs
Architecture gradeAC
Cycles10
Bottom-lineHealthy signalsHealthy signals

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