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  • ggml-org/llama.cpp

    Stars

    128,291

    First recorded star in 2023.

  • vllm-project/vllm

    Stars

    91,819

    First recorded star in 2023.

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

ggml-org/llama.cpp: 93,006 stars on September 15, 2026. vllm-project/vllm: 58,943 stars on September 15, 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 1, 202339576
October 17, 202340550
November 2, 202341538
November 17, 202342513
December 3, 202343733
December 18, 202345022
January 3, 202446294
January 19, 202447618
February 3, 202448690
February 19, 202449649
March 5, 202451090
March 21, 202452275
April 6, 202453534
April 21, 202455151
May 7, 202456795
May 22, 202457932
June 7, 202459161
June 26, 202460287
July 11, 202461129
July 27, 202462331
August 12, 202463270
August 27, 202464107
September 12, 202464890
September 27, 202465708
October 13, 202466472
October 29, 202467397
November 13, 202468214
November 29, 202468966
December 14, 202469737
December 30, 202470539
January 15, 202571404
January 30, 202573046
February 15, 202575125
March 2, 202576451
March 18, 202577605
April 3, 202578469
April 18, 202579230
May 7, 202580300
May 23, 202581713
June 7, 202582231
June 23, 202582708
July 8, 202583151
July 24, 202583636
August 9, 202584324
August 24, 202584925
September 9, 202585463
September 24, 202585870
October 15, 202586214
October 31, 202586522
November 15, 202587144
December 1, 202587483
December 16, 202587834
January 1, 202688275
January 17, 202688654
February 1, 202689070
February 17, 202689442
March 4, 202689871
March 23, 202690418
April 8, 202691020
April 23, 202691621
May 9, 202692058
May 24, 202692379
June 9, 202692562
June 26, 202692640
July 24, 202692680
August 27, 202692704
September 15, 202693006
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 10, 202310280
December 25, 202311631
January 8, 202412303
January 22, 202413076
February 6, 202413792
February 20, 202414290
March 5, 202414936
March 19, 202415584
April 3, 202416378
April 17, 202417134
May 1, 202417997
May 15, 202418720
May 30, 202419409
June 13, 202420134
June 27, 202420897
July 11, 202421875
July 26, 202422804
August 9, 202423598
August 26, 202424532
September 9, 202425246
September 24, 202426344
October 8, 202427042
October 22, 202427915
November 5, 202428644
November 20, 202429482
December 4, 202430208
December 18, 202430960
January 1, 202531819
January 16, 202532666
January 30, 202534306
February 13, 202536245
February 27, 202538095
March 14, 202539799
March 28, 202541234
April 11, 202542437
April 25, 202543798
May 10, 202544951
May 24, 202545831
June 10, 202546632
June 24, 202547476
July 9, 202548230
July 23, 202548929
August 6, 202549670
August 20, 202550590
September 4, 202551364
September 18, 202552014
October 2, 202552527
October 20, 202552867
November 4, 202553493
November 18, 202554050
December 2, 202554453
December 16, 202554885
December 31, 202555365
January 14, 202655764
January 28, 202656215
February 12, 202656646
February 26, 202656962
March 12, 202657367
March 29, 202657698
April 12, 202658030
April 27, 202658348
May 11, 202658499
May 25, 202658600
June 9, 202658657
June 25, 202658705
July 18, 202658746
August 29, 202658763
September 15, 202658943
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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: 128,29191,819
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +408+270
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 15, 2026Covers through September 15, 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 128,291 stars for ggml-org/llama.cpp and 91,819 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 15, 2026 · Still updating. vllm-project/vllm — Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 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.