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title: "slurm vs awesome"
type: "comparison"
canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/schedmd-slurm-vs-sindresorhus-awesome"
tools: ["schedmd-slurm", "sindresorhus-awesome"]
---

# slurm vs awesome

*GraphCanon updated Jul 12, 2026*

## Verdict

Pick slurm when license: slurm is Other, awesome is CC0-1.0; pick awesome when license: awesome is CC0-1.0, slurm is Other.

[slurm](https://slurm.schedmd.com/) reports 4.1k GitHub stars, 865 forks, and 13 open issues, last pushed Jul 10, 2026. [awesome](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) has 484k stars, 36k forks, and 92 open issues, last pushed Jun 30, 2026. Figures are from public GitHub metadata via [slurm's repository](https://github.com/SchedMD/slurm) and [awesome's repository](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome).

| | [slurm](/tools/schedmd-slurm.md) | [awesome](/tools/sindresorhus-awesome.md) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tagline | Slurm: A Highly Scalable Workload Manager | 😎 Curated list of awesome topics including hardware resources |
| Stars | 4,124 | 484,026 |
| Forks | 865 | 35,799 |
| Open issues | 13 | 92 |
| Language | C | - |
| Adopt for | - | - |
| Persona | - | - |
| Runtime | - | - |
| License | Other | CC0-1.0 |
| Categories | Evaluation & Observability, Developer Tools | LLM Frameworks |

## Trust and health

_Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._

| | [slurm](/tools/schedmd-slurm.md) | [awesome](/tools/sindresorhus-awesome.md) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Maintenance | Very active (96%) | Active (82%) |
| Days since push | 1d | 11d |
| Open issues (now) | 13 | 92 |
| Owner type | Organization | User |
| Full report | [trust report](/tools/schedmd-slurm/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/sindresorhus-awesome/trust.md) |

## Choose when

### Choose slurm if…

- License: slurm is Other, awesome is CC0-1.0.
- Tags unique to slurm: slurm-workload-manager, slurm-job-scheduler, c++, slurm.
- Also covers Evaluation & Observability, Developer Tools.

### Choose awesome if…

- License: awesome is CC0-1.0, slurm is Other.
- Tags unique to awesome: resources, awesome-list.
- Also covers LLM Frameworks.

## When NOT to use slurm

- Evaluation & Observability: Defer heavyweight eval infra only until you have real traffic - never skip it once users depend on answers.
- Developer Tools: A gateway is overkill when you're pinned to a single provider and model.

## When NOT to use awesome

- LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves.

## Common questions

### What is the difference between slurm and awesome?

slurm: Slurm: A Highly Scalable Workload Manager. awesome: 😎 Curated list of awesome topics including hardware resources. See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories.

### When should I choose slurm over awesome?

Choose slurm over awesome when License: slurm is Other, awesome is CC0-1.0; Tags unique to slurm: slurm-workload-manager, slurm-job-scheduler, c++, slurm; Also covers Evaluation & Observability, Developer Tools.

### When should I choose awesome over slurm?

Choose awesome over slurm when License: awesome is CC0-1.0, slurm is Other; Tags unique to awesome: resources, awesome-list; Also covers LLM Frameworks.

### When should I avoid slurm?

Evaluation & Observability: Defer heavyweight eval infra only until you have real traffic - never skip it once users depend on answers. Developer Tools: A gateway is overkill when you're pinned to a single provider and model.

### When should I avoid awesome?

LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves.

### Is slurm or awesome more popular on GitHub?

awesome has more GitHub stars (484,026 vs 4,124). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints.

### Are slurm and awesome open source?

Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub (slurm: Other, awesome: CC0-1.0).

### Where can I find alternatives to slurm or awesome?

GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at [slurm alternatives](/tools/schedmd-slurm/alternatives) and [awesome alternatives](/tools/sindresorhus-awesome/alternatives) ([slurm markdown twin](/tools/schedmd-slurm/alternatives.md), [awesome markdown twin](/tools/sindresorhus-awesome/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/schedmd-slurm-vs-sindresorhus-awesome.md) mirrors this page for agents and LLM crawlers, with the same stats table and FAQ answers.

### Which is better maintained, slurm or awesome?

slurm: Very active. awesome: Active. 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 slurm and awesome?

GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: [slurm trust report](/tools/schedmd-slurm/trust); [awesome trust report](/tools/sindresorhus-awesome/trust).

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**Machine-readable endpoints**

- JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=schedmd-slurm`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=schedmd-slurm)
- LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt)
- Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt)

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