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ollama has the larger GitHub footprint with 176.7K stars.
caveman is currently growing faster at +33.7K stars this week.
ollama has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 90/100. This is not a security or fit verdict.
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| Signal | ollama | caveman |
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| Evidence status | Recently verified· 22h ago | Recently verified· 22h ago |
| GitHub stars | 176.7K | 92.1K |
| Weekly growth | +450 | +33.7K |
| Health score | Strong90/100 |
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| Contributors | 600 | 34 |
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| Commits per week | 24.5 | 8.5 |
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| Open issues | 3.2K | 411 |
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| Language | Go | JavaScript |
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| License | MIT | MIT |
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| Last commit | 1d ago | 20d ago |
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| Last release | v0.23.2 | v1.9.1 |
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