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Instill Core vs Marimo

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

Instill Core

🔮 Instill Core is a full-stack AI infrastructure tool for data, model and pipeline orchestration, designed to streamline every aspect of building versatile AI-first applications

Best matched with other platform tools.

2.3K
Stars
0
Weekly
34/100
Health
Marimo

A reactive notebook for Python — run reproducible experiments, query with SQL, execute as a script, deploy as an app, and version with git. Stored as pure Python. All in a modern, AI-native editor.

Best matched with other platform tools.

21.9K
Stars
+1.0K
Weekly
87/100
Health

Quick Take

Adoption

Marimo has the larger GitHub footprint with 21.9K stars.

Momentum

Marimo is currently growing faster at +1.0K stars this week.

Maintenance

Marimo has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 87/100. 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.

SignalInstill CoreMarimo
Evidence statusBasic listing· 2026-10-04 09:18 UTCBasic listing· 2026-10-04 09:18 UTC
GitHub stars2.3K21.9K
Weekly growth0+1.0K
Health scoreCaution34/100Strong87/100
Contributors36323
Commits per week1.637.8
Open issues39600
LanguagePythonPython
LicenseNOASSERTIONApache-2.0
Last commit2026-05-06 20:02 UTC2026-07-22 17:07 UTC
Last releasev0.58.10.23.14

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