--- title: "lever vs ChatGLM-6B" type: "comparison" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/niansong1996-lever-vs-zai-org-chatglm-6b" tools: ["niansong1996-lever", "zai-org-chatglm-6b"] --- # lever vs ChatGLM-6B *GraphCanon updated Jul 11, 2026* ## Verdict Pick lever when license: lever is MIT, ChatGLM-6B is Apache-2.0; pick ChatGLM-6B when license: ChatGLM-6B is Apache-2.0, lever is MIT. [lever](https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.08468) reports 90 GitHub stars, 8 forks, and 2 open issues, last pushed Jul 5, 2023. [ChatGLM-6B](https://github.com/zai-org/ChatGLM-6B) has 41k stars, 5.1k forks, and 609 open issues, last pushed Jun 27, 2024. Figures are from public GitHub metadata via [lever's repository](https://github.com/niansong1996/lever) and [ChatGLM-6B's repository](https://github.com/zai-org/ChatGLM-6B). | | [lever](/tools/niansong1996-lever.md) | [ChatGLM-6B](/tools/zai-org-chatglm-6b.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Tagline | Code for paper "LEVER: Learning to Verifiy Language-to-Code Generation with Execution" (ICML'23) | ChatGLM-6B: An Open Bilingual Dialogue Language Model | 开源双语对话语言模型 | | Stars | 90 | 41,035 | | Forks | 8 | 5,132 | | Open issues | 2 | 609 | | Language | Python | Python | | Adopt for | - | - | | Persona | - | - | | Runtime | - | - | | License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | | Categories | Data & Retrieval | Data & Retrieval, LLM Frameworks, Vector Databases | ## Trust and health _Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._ | | [lever](/tools/niansong1996-lever.md) | [ChatGLM-6B](/tools/zai-org-chatglm-6b.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Days since push | 1102d | 744d | | Open issues (now) | 2 | 609 | | Owner type | User | Organization | | Security scan | No criticals | 75 low (75 low) | | Full report | [trust report](/tools/niansong1996-lever/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/zai-org-chatglm-6b/trust.md) | ## Shared compatibility - **Python**: [lever](/tools/niansong1996-lever.md) - Python runtime; [ChatGLM-6B](/tools/zai-org-chatglm-6b.md) - Python runtime ## Choose when ### Choose lever if… - License: lever is MIT, ChatGLM-6B is Apache-2.0. - Leaner open-issue backlog (2). ### Choose ChatGLM-6B if… - License: ChatGLM-6B is Apache-2.0, lever is MIT. - Also covers LLM Frameworks, Vector Databases. - More GitHub stars (41k vs 90) - visibility, not fit. ## When NOT to use lever - Last GitHub push was 1103 days ago (dormant maintenance, Jul 5, 2023). Validate activity before betting a new project on lever. - Data & Retrieval: Skip a heavy ingestion framework when your corpus is small and static; a script plus the embedding API is enough. ## When NOT to use ChatGLM-6B - Last GitHub push was 745 days ago (dormant maintenance, Jun 27, 2024). Validate activity before betting a new project on ChatGLM-6B. - Data & Retrieval: Skip a heavy ingestion framework when your corpus is small and static; a script plus the embedding API is enough. - LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. - Vector Databases: Don't reach for a dedicated vector DB under ~100k vectors; pgvector on your existing Postgres is simpler to operate. ## Common questions ### What is the difference between lever and ChatGLM-6B? lever: Code for paper "LEVER: Learning to Verifiy Language-to-Code Generation with Execution" (ICML'23). ChatGLM-6B: ChatGLM-6B: An Open Bilingual Dialogue Language Model | 开源双语对话语言模型. See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories. ### When should I choose lever over ChatGLM-6B? Choose lever over ChatGLM-6B when License: lever is MIT, ChatGLM-6B is Apache-2.0; Leaner open-issue backlog (2). ### When should I choose ChatGLM-6B over lever? Choose ChatGLM-6B over lever when License: ChatGLM-6B is Apache-2.0, lever is MIT; Also covers LLM Frameworks, Vector Databases; More GitHub stars (41k vs 90) - visibility, not fit. ### When should I avoid lever? Last GitHub push was 1103 days ago (dormant maintenance, Jul 5, 2023). Validate activity before betting a new project on lever. Data & Retrieval: Skip a heavy ingestion framework when your corpus is small and static; a script plus the embedding API is enough. ### When should I avoid ChatGLM-6B? Last GitHub push was 745 days ago (dormant maintenance, Jun 27, 2024). Validate activity before betting a new project on ChatGLM-6B. Data & Retrieval: Skip a heavy ingestion framework when your corpus is small and static; a script plus the embedding API is enough. LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. Vector Databases: Don't reach for a dedicated vector DB under ~100k vectors; pgvector on your existing Postgres is simpler to operate. ### Is lever or ChatGLM-6B more popular on GitHub? ChatGLM-6B has more GitHub stars (41,035 vs 90). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints. ### Are lever and ChatGLM-6B open source? Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub (lever: MIT, ChatGLM-6B: Apache-2.0). ### Where can I find alternatives to lever or ChatGLM-6B? GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at [lever alternatives](/tools/niansong1996-lever/alternatives) and [ChatGLM-6B alternatives](/tools/zai-org-chatglm-6b/alternatives) ([lever markdown twin](/tools/niansong1996-lever/alternatives.md), [ChatGLM-6B markdown twin](/tools/zai-org-chatglm-6b/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/niansong1996-lever-vs-zai-org-chatglm-6b.md) mirrors this page for agents and LLM crawlers, with the same stats table and FAQ answers. ### Which is better maintained, lever or ChatGLM-6B? lever: Dormant. ChatGLM-6B: 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 lever and ChatGLM-6B? GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: [lever trust report](/tools/niansong1996-lever/trust); [ChatGLM-6B trust report](/tools/zai-org-chatglm-6b/trust). --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=niansong1996-lever`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=niansong1996-lever) - 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/_