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  • ggml-org/llama.cpp

    Stars

    128,419

    First recorded star in 2023.

  • vllm-project/vllm

    Stars

    91,909

    First recorded star in 2023.

Star history overlay
93k STARS3 YR 6 MOggml-org/llama.cpp93kvllm-project/vllm59k

ggml-org/llama.cpp: 93,021 stars on September 16, 2026. vllm-project/vllm: 58,953 stars on September 16, 2026.

Star history for ggml-org/llama.cpp
DateStars
March 10, 2023255
March 25, 202312611
April 10, 202319801
April 25, 202322717
May 11, 202324698
May 27, 202326389
June 11, 202328760
June 27, 202330529
July 12, 202332214
July 28, 202334477
August 16, 202336065
August 31, 202337553
September 16, 202338702
October 2, 202339613
October 17, 202340550
November 2, 202341538
November 17, 202342513
December 3, 202343733
December 19, 202345120
January 3, 202446294
January 19, 202447618
February 4, 202448768
February 19, 202449649
March 6, 202451146
March 21, 202452275
April 6, 202453534
April 22, 202455326
May 7, 202456795
May 23, 202458009
June 7, 202459161
June 26, 202460287
July 12, 202461192
July 27, 202462331
August 12, 202463270
August 28, 202464160
September 12, 202464890
September 28, 202465749
October 13, 202466472
October 29, 202467397
November 14, 202468265
November 29, 202468966
December 15, 202469788
December 31, 202470600
January 15, 202571404
January 31, 202573218
February 15, 202575125
March 3, 202576517
March 19, 202577676
April 3, 202578469
April 19, 202579285
May 8, 202580350
May 23, 202581713
June 8, 202582254
June 23, 202582708
July 9, 202583182
July 25, 202583668
August 9, 202584324
August 25, 202584953
September 9, 202585463
September 25, 202585902
October 16, 202586242
October 31, 202586522
November 16, 202587174
December 2, 202587505
December 17, 202587852
January 2, 202688293
January 17, 202688654
February 2, 202689093
February 18, 202689470
March 5, 202689905
March 24, 202690438
April 9, 202691064
April 24, 202691655
May 10, 202692091
May 25, 202692398
June 10, 202692570
June 27, 202692647
July 26, 202692681
August 29, 202692706
September 16, 202693021
Star history for vllm-project/vllm
DateStars
June 20, 2023231
July 4, 20232998
July 18, 20233591
August 1, 20234308
August 16, 20235067
August 30, 20235647
September 13, 20236338
September 27, 20237159
October 12, 20237937
October 26, 20238490
November 12, 20239109
November 26, 20239742
December 11, 202310510
December 25, 202311631
January 8, 202412303
January 22, 202413076
February 6, 202413792
February 20, 202414290
March 5, 202414936
March 20, 202415640
April 3, 202416378
April 17, 202417134
May 1, 202417997
May 16, 202418774
May 30, 202419409
June 13, 202420134
June 27, 202420897
July 12, 202421925
July 26, 202422804
August 9, 202423598
August 26, 202424532
September 10, 202425325
September 24, 202426344
October 8, 202427042
October 22, 202427915
November 6, 202428698
November 20, 202429482
December 4, 202430208
December 19, 202431020
January 2, 202531880
January 16, 202532666
January 30, 202534306
February 14, 202536404
February 28, 202538242
March 14, 202539799
March 29, 202541289
April 12, 202542627
April 26, 202543842
May 10, 202544951
May 25, 202545859
June 11, 202546691
June 25, 202547528
July 9, 202548230
July 24, 202548979
August 7, 202549778
August 21, 202550646
September 4, 202551364
September 19, 202552069
October 3, 202552553
October 21, 202552904
November 4, 202553493
November 19, 202554074
December 3, 202554475
December 17, 202554916
January 1, 202655381
January 15, 202655788
January 29, 202656248
February 12, 202656646
February 27, 202656990
March 13, 202657387
March 30, 202657706
April 13, 202658053
April 28, 202658356
May 12, 202658503
May 26, 202658604
June 10, 202658659
June 26, 202658710
July 19, 202658747
August 30, 202658764
September 16, 202658953
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Repository health compared

Live analysis · unavailable data stays labelled

Popularity is only one axis. Compare technical scale, maintenance cadence, ownership resilience and change pressure against the same completed analysis that sits behind each report.

Reach

Popularity and real-world adoption

Signalggml-org/llama.cppvllm-project/vllm
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 128,41991,909
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +421+275
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Not availableNot available
Largest package audienceLargest resolved registry total; sources are shown explicitly.No resolved packageNo resolved package
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.3.5 years3.6 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalggml-org/llama.cppvllm-project/vllm
Dominant languageLargest share of analyzed code lines at current HEAD.Not availableNot available
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.Not availableNot available
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.Not availableNot available

Maintenance

Commit volume and recent operating cadence

Signalggml-org/llama.cppvllm-project/vllm
Repository commitsFull repository commit total reported by the analysis.Not availableNot available
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.Not availableNot available

Ownership

How broadly maintenance responsibility is distributed

Signalggml-org/llama.cppvllm-project/vllm
Bus factorFewest analyzed contributors carrying at least half the commits.Not availableNot available
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.Not availableNot available

Change signals

Debt markers and fix pressure in frequently changed files

Signalggml-org/llama.cppvllm-project/vllm
Fix-labelled share · frequently changed filesFix-labelled commits divided by commits across the analyzed high-frequency file set.Not availableNot available
Recent TODO/FIXME movementLatest cumulative marker count and its change over the trailing 90 days.Not availableNot available

Both curves are drawn on shared axes. They are not drawn from a shared source: each series names its own below.

One axis, two sources

The overlay puts both repositories on one axis. It does not put them on one source: since July 2026 a stargazer-list series stops on a fixed date, while a series rebuilt from public archive events keeps receiving points. Each column below states its own reading.

How the star series for ggml-org/llama.cpp and vllm-project/vllm were read
Fieldggml-org/llama.cppvllm-project/vllm
SourceHistorical star dataHistorical star data
CoverageCovers through September 16, 2026Covers through September 16, 2026
StateStill updatingStill updating

No row states how much of a history is missing. An archive series records star actions and not unstars, so it can exceed a repository's own star total, and a figure for the difference would be wrong exactly where it looks most precise.

Notes on this comparison

  • Which has more GitHub stars, ggml-org/llama.cpp or vllm-project/vllm?

    GitHub reports 128,419 stars for ggml-org/llama.cpp and 91,909 for vllm-project/vllm.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. ggml-org/llama.cpp — Historical star data · Covers through September 16, 2026 · Still updating. vllm-project/vllm — Historical star data · Covers through September 16, 2026 · Still updating. Since July 2026 GitHub serves a repository's stargazer list only to its own admins and collaborators, so one series can stop on a fixed date while the other keeps flowing from public archive events.

  • How is this comparison computed?

    Star totals come from public repository metadata. The two curves are each repository's stored star series drawn on shared axes, from whichever source is named above. Repository-health figures are computed independently from each project's commit history.