{"adoption": {"forks": 659, "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:55.062486+00:00", "stars": 7031}, "canonical_url": "https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gemmacpp", "card": {"archived": false, "artifact_type": "library", "description": "lightweight, standalone C++ inference engine for Google's Gemma models.", "domain": ["large-language-models", "artificial-intelligence", "machine-learning"], "enriched": true, "function": ["llm-inference", "machine-learning", "deep-learning"], "health_score": 92, "homepage": null, "language": "C++", "license": "Apache-2.0", "license_family": "permissive", "maturity": "active", "member_repos": ["google/gemma.cpp"], "name": "google/gemma.cpp", "platform": ["cpp", "windows"], "pushed_at": "2026-08-26T18:54:38+00:00", "repo": "google/gemma.cpp", "stars": 7031, "tags": ["gemma", "cpu-inference", "simd", "on-device-llm", "minimalist", "research", "linux", "macos", "cpu"], "topics": [], "urls": [], "use_cases": ["run gemma models locally on cpu", "embed an llm inference engine in a c++ project", "experiment with llm model internals and low-level computation", "research on quantized weight compression and mixed-precision gemm", "run a small language model without python dependencies", "modify an llm runtime for algorithm research"], "what_it_is": "A lightweight, standalone C++ inference engine for Google's Gemma foundation models (Gemma 2/3, PaliGemma 2), with a small ~2K LoC core and portable SIMD via Google Highway. It is designed for experimentation and research rather than production deployment.", "when_to_avoid": ["you need production-grade edge or server LLM deployment - use JAX, PyTorch, or Transformers instead", "you need GPU acceleration or broad multi-model support - use llama.cpp or vLLM", "you want a turnkey chat application rather than an inference library"], "when_to_choose": ["you want a minimal, hackable C++ codebase for LLM research", "you need CPU-only inference of Gemma models with minimal dependencies", "you want to embed Gemma inference directly into another C++ application", "you want to experiment with SIMD, quantization, or backward passes on transformer models"]}, "data_as_of": "2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00", "members": [{"path": "/products/gemmacpp", "repo": "google/gemma.cpp", "role": "main", "score": 72}], "provenance": {"archived": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:55.062486+00:00", "source": "github"}, "artifact_type": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T17:40:35.160085+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "66ffd8778b1d6609cc63ce0cb97a6083e21526b0495587ab18596bca1f2a3a44", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:55.062486+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/google/gemma.cpp"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "description": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:55.062486+00:00", "source": "github"}, "domain": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T17:40:35.160085+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "66ffd8778b1d6609cc63ce0cb97a6083e21526b0495587ab18596bca1f2a3a44", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:55.062486+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/google/gemma.cpp"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "enriched": {"inputs": [], "kind": "computed", "method": "enrichment_status"}, "function": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T17:40:35.160085+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "66ffd8778b1d6609cc63ce0cb97a6083e21526b0495587ab18596bca1f2a3a44", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:55.062486+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/google/gemma.cpp"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "health_score": {"inputs": ["days_since_push", "days_since_release", "archived"], "kind": "computed", "method": "health_v1"}, "homepage": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:55.062486+00:00", "source": "github"}, "language": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:55.062486+00:00", "source": "github"}, "license": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:55.062486+00:00", "source": "github"}, "license_family": {"inputs": ["license"], "kind": "computed", "method": "license_family"}, "maturity": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T17:40:35.160085+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "66ffd8778b1d6609cc63ce0cb97a6083e21526b0495587ab18596bca1f2a3a44", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:55.062486+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/google/gemma.cpp"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "member_repos": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:55.062486+00:00", "source": "github"}, "name": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:55.062486+00:00", "source": "github"}, "platform": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T17:40:35.160085+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "66ffd8778b1d6609cc63ce0cb97a6083e21526b0495587ab18596bca1f2a3a44", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:55.062486+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/google/gemma.cpp"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "pushed_at": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:55.062486+00:00", "source": "github"}, "repo": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:55.062486+00:00", "source": "github"}, "stars": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:55.062486+00:00", "source": "github"}, "tags": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T17:40:35.160085+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "66ffd8778b1d6609cc63ce0cb97a6083e21526b0495587ab18596bca1f2a3a44", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:55.062486+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/google/gemma.cpp"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "topics": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:55.062486+00:00", "source": "github"}, "urls": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:55.062486+00:00", "source": "github"}, "use_cases": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T17:40:35.160085+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "66ffd8778b1d6609cc63ce0cb97a6083e21526b0495587ab18596bca1f2a3a44", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:55.062486+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/google/gemma.cpp"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "what_it_is": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T17:40:35.160085+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "66ffd8778b1d6609cc63ce0cb97a6083e21526b0495587ab18596bca1f2a3a44", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:55.062486+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/google/gemma.cpp"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "when_to_avoid": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T17:40:35.160085+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "66ffd8778b1d6609cc63ce0cb97a6083e21526b0495587ab18596bca1f2a3a44", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:55.062486+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/google/gemma.cpp"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "when_to_choose": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T17:40:35.160085+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "66ffd8778b1d6609cc63ce0cb97a6083e21526b0495587ab18596bca1f2a3a44", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:55.062486+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/google/gemma.cpp"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}}, "score": {"components": {"activity": 99, "longevity": 66, "rhythm": 40}, "computed_at": "2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00", "flags": [], "formula": "round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)", "inputs": {"age_days": 932, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 526, "gap_med": 11, "n_releases_24m": 2}, "score": 72, "version": 2}, "staleness": {"enrichment_outdated": false, "low_confidence": false, "scrape_days": 9, "stale_scrape": false}}