ggml-org/whisper.cpp vs snapchat/keydb
ggml-org/whisper.cpp shows stronger signals overall
As of September 2026, whisper.cpp shows healthier maintenance signals than keydb. whisper.cpp rates Healthy overall while keydb rates Mixed. whisper.cpp was committed to 1 day ago with 53+ active contributors, while keydb last saw a commit 2 years ago with 19+ active contributors. whisper.cpp is MIT-licensed while keydb is BSD-3-Clause-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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ggml-org/whisper.cpp
Healthy across all four use cases
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.
No blocking repository-level signals were found; deployment review is still required.
- ✓Last commit 1d ago
- ✓53+ active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 10% 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 dependency CVEs from deps.dev and OpenSSF Scorecard
snapchat/keydb
Stale — last commit 2y ago
last commit was 2y 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.
last commit was 2y ago; dependency CVE scan unavailable
- ⚠Stale — last commit 2y ago
- ✓19 active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 43% 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
| whisper.cpp | keydb | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 53,692 | 12,474 |
| Last commit | 1d ago | 2y ago |
| License | MIT | BSD-3-Clause |
| Open issues | 348 | 268 |
| Has tests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 11% | 100% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Healthy signals | Mixed signals |
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