Comparison
Ask-Anything vs hold
Verdict
Pick Ask-Anything if ask-Anything is an end-to-end video chatbot framework leveraging LLMs like ChatGPT, miniGPT4, StableLM for enhanced video understanding; pick hold if hOLD for monocular video analysis of hand-object interactions without prior object models.
Markdown twin · Ask-Anything alternatives · hold alternatives
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Trust & integrity
| Signal | Ask-Anything | hold |
|---|---|---|
| Maintenance | Steady (31d since push) As of 1w · github_public_v1 | Slowing (143d since push) As of 3w · github_public_v1 |
| Provenance | Not a fork · Organization account As of 1w · github_public_v1 | Not a fork · Personal account As of 3w · github_public_v1 |
| OSV dependency advisories | No lockfile (source not queried) As of 1mo · osv@v1 | Published findings As of 1mo · osv@v1 |
| deps.dev advisories | Not queried deps.dev@v1 | Not queried deps.dev@v1 |
| OpenSSF Scorecard | Not queried openssf-scorecard@v1 | Not queried openssf-scorecard@v1 |
Tagline
- Ask-Anything
- ChatGPT with enhanced video understanding capabilities
- hold
- Method for joint reconstruction of articulated hands and objects from monocular videos
Stars
- Ask-Anything
- 3.3k
- hold
- 489
Forks
- Ask-Anything
- 268
- hold
- 16
Open issues
- Ask-Anything
- 75
- hold
- 9
Language
- Ask-Anything
- Python
- hold
- Python
Adopt for
- Ask-Anything
- Ask-Anything is an end-to-end video chatbot framework leveraging LLMs like ChatGPT, miniGPT4, StableLM for enhanced video understanding.
- hold
- HOLD for monocular video analysis of hand-object interactions without prior object models.
Persona
- Ask-Anything
- -
- hold
- -
Runtime
- Ask-Anything
- -
- hold
- -
License
- Ask-Anything
- MIT
- hold
- MIT
Last pushed
- Ask-Anything
- Jul 17, 2026
- hold
- Mar 10, 2026
Categories
- Ask-Anything
- Computer Vision, Inference & Serving
- hold
- Computer Vision
Trust and health
Maintenance
- Ask-Anything
- Steady (60%)
- hold
- Slowing (36%)
Days since push
- Ask-Anything
- 31d
- hold
- 143d
Open issues (now)
- Ask-Anything
- 75
- hold
- 9
Stars delta
- Ask-Anything
- +1 (30d)
- hold
- Unknown
Open issues delta
- Ask-Anything
- -1 (30d)
- hold
- Unknown
Owner type
- Ask-Anything
- Organization
- hold
- User
OSV dependency advisories
- Ask-Anything
- No lockfile (source not queried)
- hold
- Published findings
Full report
- Ask-Anything
- Trust report
- hold
- Trust report
Choose Ask-Anything if…
- Tags unique to Ask-Anything: chatbot, langchain, large language models, video-understanding.
- Also covers Inference & Serving.
- When you need advanced video and image processing with large language models for captioning and QA tasks
When NOT to use Ask-Anything
- Avoid if only text-based interactions are needed, as Ask-Anything focuses on video understanding
- Not suitable for real-time applications requiring ultra-fast inference without compromising on accuracy
Choose hold if…
- Tags unique to hold: 3d-reconstruction, ai, artificial-intelligence, augmented-reality.
- When no prior knowledge of object shapes is available but joint 3D reconstruction of hands manipulating objects from single-view videos is needed
- Leaner open-issue backlog (9).
When NOT to use hold
- If there are pre-scanned object models that could enhance accuracy beyond self-reconstruction capabilities
- In scenarios where the computational resources for preprocessing and training on custom datasets are insufficient
Explore
Sources
Every stat on this page traces to a dated GitHub sync, license file, enrichment field, or trust scan.
- GitHub stars (OpenGVLab/Ask-Anything) · observed Aug 18, 2026
- GitHub forks (OpenGVLab/Ask-Anything) · observed Aug 18, 2026
- Last push (OpenGVLab/Ask-Anything) · observed Jul 17, 2026
- License file (MIT) · observed Aug 18, 2026
- Decision facts (enrichment) · observed Jul 12, 2026
- Trust scan (lockfile / OSV) · observed Jul 11, 2026
- GitHub stars (zc-alexfan/hold) · observed Aug 1, 2026
- GitHub forks (zc-alexfan/hold) · observed Aug 1, 2026
- Last push (zc-alexfan/hold) · observed Mar 10, 2026
- License file (MIT) · observed Aug 1, 2026
- Decision facts (enrichment) · observed Jul 17, 2026
- Trust scan (lockfile / OSV) · observed Jul 11, 2026
GitHub stars on cards: Ask-Anything 3.3k · hold 489 (synced Aug 18, 2026).
Common questions
- What is the difference between Ask-Anything and hold?
- Ask-Anything: ChatGPT with enhanced video understanding capabilities. hold: Method for joint reconstruction of articulated hands and objects from monocular videos. See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories.
- When should I choose Ask-Anything over hold?
- Choose Ask-Anything over hold when Tags unique to Ask-Anything: chatbot, langchain, large language models, video-understanding; Also covers Inference & Serving; When you need advanced video and image processing with large language models for captioning and QA tasks.
- When should I choose hold over Ask-Anything?
- Choose hold over Ask-Anything when Tags unique to hold: 3d-reconstruction, ai, artificial-intelligence, augmented-reality; When no prior knowledge of object shapes is available but joint 3D reconstruction of hands manipulating objects from single-view videos is needed; Leaner open-issue backlog (9).
- When should I avoid Ask-Anything?
- Avoid if only text-based interactions are needed, as Ask-Anything focuses on video understanding Not suitable for real-time applications requiring ultra-fast inference without compromising on accuracy
- When should I avoid hold?
- If there are pre-scanned object models that could enhance accuracy beyond self-reconstruction capabilities In scenarios where the computational resources for preprocessing and training on custom datasets are insufficient
- Is Ask-Anything or hold more popular on GitHub?
- Ask-Anything has more GitHub stars (3,345 vs 489). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints.
- Are Ask-Anything and hold open source?
- Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub (Ask-Anything: MIT, hold: MIT).
- Where can I find alternatives to Ask-Anything or hold?
- GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at Ask-Anything alternatives and hold alternatives (Ask-Anything markdown twin, hold markdown twin), 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 mirrors this page for agents and LLM crawlers, with the same stats table and FAQ answers.
- Which is better maintained, Ask-Anything or hold?
- Ask-Anything: Steady. hold: Slowing. 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 Ask-Anything and hold?
- GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: Ask-Anything trust report; hold trust report.