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Rankings use public ecosystem signals. Treat them as a starting point, then confirm license, setup, safety, and fit with the upstream project.
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Cactus vs Graphrag

Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.

Cactus

Quantization, kernels, runtime and inference engine for mobiles, wearables, smart home and robots.

Best matched with other inference tools.

5.9K
Stars
+118
Weekly
72/100
Health
Graphrag

A modular graph-based Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system

Best matched with other inference tools.

34.8K
Stars
+1.8K
Weekly
71/100
Health

Quick Take

Adoption

Graphrag has the larger GitHub footprint with 34.8K stars.

Momentum

Graphrag is currently growing faster at +1.8K stars this week.

Maintenance

Cactus has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 72/100. This is not a security or fit verdict.

Side-by-side evidence

Use these signals to narrow your choice, then confirm setup, license, and fit upstream.

SignalCactusGraphrag
Evidence statusBasic listing· 2026-10-04 09:18 UTCBasic listing· 2026-10-04 09:17 UTC
GitHub stars5.9K34.8K
Weekly growth+118+1.8K
Health scoreHealthy72/100Healthy71/100
Contributors5151
Commits per week15.01.1
Open issues9357
LanguageC++Python
LicenseNOASSERTIONMIT
Last commit2026-08-23 17:45 UTC2026-07-20 07:29 UTC
Last releasev2.1.0v3.1.1

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