--- title: "cceval vs apps" type: "comparison" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/amazon-science-cceval-vs-hendrycks-apps" tools: ["amazon-science-cceval", "hendrycks-apps"] --- # cceval vs apps *GraphCanon updated Aug 5, 2026* ## Verdict Pick cceval if cceval is designed for assessing cross-file code completion capabilities in multilingual environments across different setups and retrieval methods; pick apps if aPPS offers a benchmark to evaluate the competence of large language models on coding challenges using its datasets. [cceval](https://crosscodeeval.github.io/) reports 182 GitHub stars, 28 forks, and 5 open issues, last pushed Aug 15, 2025. [apps](https://github.com/hendrycks/apps) has 534 stars, 70 forks, and 4 open issues, last pushed Jun 19, 2024. Figures are from public GitHub metadata via [cceval's repository](https://github.com/amazon-science/cceval) and [apps's repository](https://github.com/hendrycks/apps). | | [cceval](/tools/amazon-science-cceval.md) | [apps](/tools/hendrycks-apps.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Tagline | CrossCodeEval Benchmark for Cross-File Code Completion | APPS: Automated Programming Progress Standard | | Stars | 182 | 534 | | Forks | 28 | 70 | | Open issues | 5 | 4 | | Language | Python | Python | | Adopt for | cceval is designed for assessing cross-file code completion capabilities in multilingual environments across different setups and retrieval methods. | APPS offers a benchmark to evaluate the competence of large language models on coding challenges using its datasets. | | Persona | - | - | | Runtime | - | - | | License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | | Categories | Evaluation & Observability | Data & Retrieval, Evaluation & Observability | ## Trust and health _Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._ | | [cceval](/tools/amazon-science-cceval.md) | [apps](/tools/hendrycks-apps.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Maintenance | Slowing (36%) | Dormant (18%) | | Days since push | 354d | 777d | | Open issues (now) | 5 | 4 | | Owner type | Organization | User | | Full report | [trust report](/tools/amazon-science-cceval/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/hendrycks-apps/trust.md) | ## Decision facts: cceval - **Adopt for:** cceval is designed for assessing cross-file code completion capabilities in multilingual environments across different setups and retrieval methods. ## Decision facts: apps - **Adopt for:** APPS offers a benchmark to evaluate the competence of large language models on coding challenges using its datasets. ## Choose when ### Choose cceval if… - License: cceval is Apache-2.0, apps is MIT. - Tags unique to cceval: benchmark, code-completion, cross-file, evaluation-tool. - You need to evaluate the performance of cross-file code completion systems that can handle multiple programming languages simultaneously ### Choose apps if… - License: apps is MIT, cceval is Apache-2.0. - Tags unique to apps: code generation, program-synthesis. - Also covers Data & Retrieval. - When you need benchmarking datasets specifically tailored for assessing the performance of your AI in solving programming tasks ## When NOT to use cceval - Your evaluation needs are focused solely on single-file or intralingual code completion benchmarks - You require real-time data access or live updates; cceval provides pre-packaged datasets that need to be manually obtained and uncompressed ## When NOT to use apps - If you solely require general datasets without a focus on coding challenges - When your use case does not involve using Python-based tools for developing machine learning applications that include program synthesis and code generation ## Common questions ### What is the difference between cceval and apps? cceval: CrossCodeEval Benchmark for Cross-File Code Completion. apps: APPS: Automated Programming Progress Standard. See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories. ### When should I choose cceval over apps? Choose cceval over apps when License: cceval is Apache-2.0, apps is MIT; Tags unique to cceval: benchmark, code-completion, cross-file, evaluation-tool; You need to evaluate the performance of cross-file code completion systems that can handle multiple programming languages simultaneously. ### When should I choose apps over cceval? Choose apps over cceval when License: apps is MIT, cceval is Apache-2.0; Tags unique to apps: code generation, program-synthesis; Also covers Data & Retrieval; When you need benchmarking datasets specifically tailored for assessing the performance of your AI in solving programming tasks. ### When should I avoid cceval? Your evaluation needs are focused solely on single-file or intralingual code completion benchmarks You require real-time data access or live updates; cceval provides pre-packaged datasets that need to be manually obtained and uncompressed ### When should I avoid apps? If you solely require general datasets without a focus on coding challenges When your use case does not involve using Python-based tools for developing machine learning applications that include program synthesis and code generation ### Is cceval or apps more popular on GitHub? apps has more GitHub stars (534 vs 182). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints. ### Are cceval and apps open source? Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub (cceval: Apache-2.0, apps: MIT). ### Where can I find alternatives to cceval or apps? GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at [cceval alternatives](/tools/amazon-science-cceval/alternatives) and [apps alternatives](/tools/hendrycks-apps/alternatives) ([cceval markdown twin](/tools/amazon-science-cceval/alternatives.md), [apps markdown twin](/tools/hendrycks-apps/alternatives.md)), ranked by typed relationship edges rather than popularity votes. ### Is there a machine-readable version of this comparison? Yes. The markdown twin at [this comparison](/compare/amazon-science-cceval-vs-hendrycks-apps.md) mirrors this page for agents and LLM crawlers, with the same stats table and FAQ answers. ### Which is better maintained, cceval or apps? cceval: Slowing. apps: Dormant. Compare maintenance labels, days since push, and release cadence in the trust section below - stars alone do not measure maintenance. ### Where are the full trust reports for cceval and apps? GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: [cceval trust report](/tools/amazon-science-cceval/trust); [apps trust report](/tools/hendrycks-apps/trust). --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=amazon-science-cceval`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=amazon-science-cceval) - LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt) - Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt) _GraphCanon - The knowledge graph for AI development. https://www.graphcanon.com/_