Python · Apache-2.0
cactus-compute/needle
Automation foundation model for tiny devices: 2-bit, 8-29 MB, tool calls, ASR, structured extraction and embeddings on phones, wearables, smart homes, robots, cars and microcontrollers.
★ 14.5k
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1k forks · 5 open issues
+14/day
Growth · measured
Stars counted between two of our own snapshots roughly a week apart. The repository page gives the exact span.
49.3
Momentum / 100
see the breakdown below
8mo ago
Created
last push 5d ago
Star history
How this score was built
| Component | Weight | Earned | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Velocity | 55 | 22.5 | +14/day, log-scaled against a 750/day ceiling |
| Acceleration | 15 | 0.0 | last week ran 0.55× the monthly pace |
| Freshness | 15 | 14.8 | last push 5d ago; decays to zero at 180 days |
| Scale | 15 | 12.1 | 14.5k stars, log-scaled against 150k — stops a 3-star repo topping the board |
| Momentum | 100 | 49.3 | sum of the above |
Detail
| Topics | cactusedge-aifoundation-modelfunction-callingllmon-device-aitinymltool-calling |
| Matched on | Agent Skills & MCP (function-calling) LLM & Inference (llm) |
| Short window | +98 stars over 7 days = 14.0/day |
| Long window | +666 stars over 26 days = 25.6/day |
| Lifetime average | 56.96 stars/day over 254 days |
| First seen here | 2026-10-11 |
| Last read | 2d ago |