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  • ggml-org/llama.cpp

    Stars

    134,989

    First recorded star in 2023.

  • vllm-project/vllm

    Stars

    96,915

    First recorded star in 2023.

Star history overlay
135k STARS3 YR 8 MOggml-org/llama.cpp135kvllm-project/vllm97k

ggml-org/llama.cpp: 134,940 stars on November 14, 2026. vllm-project/vllm: 96,890 stars on November 13, 2026.

Star history for ggml-org/llama.cpp
DateStars
March 10, 2023612
March 26, 202312558
April 12, 202319647
April 29, 202322210
May 16, 202324394
June 2, 202325837
June 19, 202328523
July 5, 202330281
July 22, 202332069
August 8, 202333899
August 28, 202335627
September 14, 202336933
October 1, 202337828
October 18, 202338817
November 4, 202339781
November 21, 202340833
December 8, 202342162
December 24, 202343560
January 10, 202444843
January 27, 202445915
February 13, 202446943
March 1, 202448380
March 18, 202449528
April 4, 202450780
April 20, 202452273
May 7, 202454011
May 24, 202455183
June 10, 202456374
June 27, 202457317
July 14, 202458145
August 3, 202459504
August 20, 202460391
September 6, 202461194
September 22, 202461952
October 9, 202462741
October 26, 202463620
November 12, 202464507
November 29, 202465303
December 16, 202466143
January 2, 202566937
January 18, 202567761
February 4, 202569843
February 21, 202571762
March 10, 202573056
March 27, 202574172
April 13, 202575004
April 30, 202576051
May 16, 202577406
June 2, 202578389
June 19, 202579167
July 9, 202580043
July 26, 202580823
August 12, 202582038
August 29, 202583123
September 15, 202583964
October 2, 202584667
October 18, 202585547
November 4, 202586546
November 21, 202587889
December 8, 202588756
December 25, 202589864
January 11, 202690770
January 28, 202691940
February 13, 202693084
March 2, 202694489
March 19, 202696819
April 5, 202699900
April 22, 2026104104
May 9, 2026107571
May 26, 2026111594
June 15, 2026115224
July 2, 2026117669
July 19, 2026119700
August 4, 2026121580
August 21, 2026124070
September 7, 2026126541
September 24, 2026128652
October 11, 2026130461
October 28, 2026132471
November 14, 2026134940
Star history for vllm-project/vllm
DateStars
May 22, 20231
July 3, 20232914
July 19, 20233579
August 3, 20234349
August 19, 20235138
September 3, 20235743
September 19, 20236703
October 5, 20237521
October 20, 20238191
November 5, 20238783
November 24, 20239623
December 9, 202310258
December 25, 202311644
January 9, 202412396
January 25, 202413257
February 9, 202413922
February 25, 202414551
March 12, 202415316
March 27, 202416106
April 12, 202416964
April 27, 202417883
May 13, 202418747
May 29, 202419521
June 13, 202420287
June 29, 202421120
July 14, 202422145
July 30, 202423169
August 15, 202424054
August 30, 202424888
September 15, 202425964
October 3, 202426976
October 19, 202427932
November 4, 202428775
November 19, 202429643
December 5, 202430525
December 20, 202431362
January 5, 202532309
January 21, 202533468
February 5, 202535524
February 21, 202537878
March 8, 202539806
March 24, 202541543
April 8, 202542830
April 24, 202544669
May 10, 202545957
May 25, 202546969
June 10, 202548229
June 25, 202549660
July 11, 202550942
July 27, 202552244
August 14, 202554164
August 30, 202555615
September 14, 202556926
September 30, 202558165
October 16, 202559230
October 31, 202560524
November 16, 202562136
December 1, 202563330
December 17, 202564617
January 2, 202665680
January 17, 202666721
February 2, 202668342
February 17, 202669572
March 5, 202671156
March 21, 202672922
April 5, 202674539
April 21, 202676781
May 6, 202678441
May 22, 202680003
June 6, 202681417
June 25, 202683742
July 11, 202685422
July 26, 202686739
August 11, 202688362
August 27, 202689890
September 11, 202691217
September 27, 202692524
October 12, 202693493
October 28, 202695724
November 13, 202696890
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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: 134,98996,915
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +12,075+8,261
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Reading…Reading…
Largest package audienceLargest resolved registry total; sources are shown explicitly.Reading…Reading…
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.3.7 years3.8 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalggml-org/llama.cppvllm-project/vllm
Dominant languageLargest share of analyzed code lines at current HEAD.Reading…Reading…
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.Reading…Reading…
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.Reading…Reading…

Maintenance

Commit volume and recent operating cadence

Signalggml-org/llama.cppvllm-project/vllm
Repository commitsFull repository commit total reported by the analysis.Reading…Reading…
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.Reading…Reading…

Ownership

How broadly maintenance responsibility is distributed

Signalggml-org/llama.cppvllm-project/vllm
Bus factorFewest analyzed contributors carrying at least half the commits.Reading…Reading…
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.Reading…Reading…

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.Reading…Reading…
Recent TODO/FIXME movementLatest cumulative marker count and its change over the trailing 90 days.Reading…Reading…

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 always put them on one source: a series not yet read again from GitHub's star history can stop on the date GitHub closed its stargazer list, or be rebuilt from public archive events. 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
SourceGitHub star historyGitHub star history
CoverageCovers through November 14, 2026Covers through November 14, 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 134,989 stars for ggml-org/llama.cpp and 96,915 for vllm-project/vllm.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. ggml-org/llama.cpp — GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026 · Still updating. vllm-project/vllm — GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026 · Still updating. A series read from GitHub's star history runs to its latest read. One read before that existed can stop on the date GitHub closed its stargazer list in July 2026, or come from public archive events, until gitdebt reads it again.

  • 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.