ggml-org/llama.cpp vs vllm-project/vllm
Both showing Healthy signals — pick on fit, not health
As of September 2026, llama.cpp and vllm both show healthy maintenance signals. llama.cpp was committed to today with 59+ active contributors, while vllm was committed to 3 weeks ago with 70+ active contributors. llama.cpp is MIT-licensed while vllm is Apache-2.0-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
- ✓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
vllm-project/vllm
Strong maintenance signals
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
- ✓Last commit today
- ✓70+ active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 6% of recent commits)
- ✓Apache-2.0 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.cpp | vllm | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 128,488 | 89,726 |
| Last commit | today | 25d ago |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Open issues | 2,481 | 6,917 |
| Has tests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 16% | 68% |
| Dependency CVEs | 0 critical · 0 high · 1 moderate · 0 low | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | A | — |
| Cycles | 1 | — |
| Bottom-line | Healthy signals | Healthy signals |
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