---
title: "cactus"
type: "tool"
slug: "cactus-compute-cactus"
canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/tools/cactus-compute-cactus"
github_url: "https://github.com/cactus-compute/cactus"
homepage_url: "https://cactuscompute.com"
stars: 5401
forks: 437
primary_language: "C++"
license: "Other"
archived: false
categories: ["speech-audio", "inference-serving"]
tags: ["android", "arm", "ai", "llamacpp", "edge", "framework", "ios", "edge-ai"]
updated_at: "2026-07-12T06:36:57.864389+00:00"
---

# cactus

> Low-latency AI engine for mobile devices & wearables

Cactus is an AI framework optimized for low-latency operations on mobile and wearable devices. It supports a variety of tasks from speech recognition to general AI inference, particularly geared towards edge computing scenarios where quick response times are critical.

## Facts

- Repository: https://github.com/cactus-compute/cactus
- Homepage: https://cactuscompute.com
- Stars: 5,401 · Forks: 437 · Open issues: 73 · Watchers: 40
- Primary language: C++
- License: Other
- Last pushed: 2026-07-11T10:53:18+00:00

## Trust & health

_Signals computed from public GitHub metadata. Not a security guarantee._

- Maintenance: Very active (computed 2026-07-11T11:42:43.536Z)
- Security scan: No lockfile (0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium, 0 low) · last scan 2026-07-11T11:42:44.049Z
- Full report: [trust report](/tools/cactus-compute-cactus/trust.md) · [JSON](https://www.graphcanon.com/api/graphcanon/tools/cactus-compute-cactus/trust)

## Categories

- [Speech & Audio](/categories/speech-audio.md)
- [Inference & Serving](/categories/inference-serving.md)

## Tags

android, arm, ai, llamacpp, edge, framework, ios, edge-ai

## Category neighbours (exploratory)

_Same-category tools for discovery only - not curated alternatives. Cap shown at six._

- [ollama](/tools/ollama-ollama.md) - Get up and running with various large language models using Ollama. (★ 175,936) [Very active]
- [transformers](/tools/huggingface-transformers.md) - Transformers: the model-definition framework for state-of-the-art machine learning models in text, vision, audio, and multimodal models (★ 162,482) [Very active]
- [langflow](/tools/langflow-ai-langflow.md) - Langflow is a powerful tool for building and deploying AI-powered agents and workflows. (★ 151,697) [Very active]
- [open-webui](/tools/open-webui-open-webui.md) - User-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...) (★ 145,029) [Very active]
- [llama.cpp](/tools/ggml-org-llama-cpp.md) - LLM inference in C/C++ (★ 120,002) [Very active]
- [whisper](/tools/openai-whisper.md) - Robust Speech Recognition via Large-Scale Weak Supervision (★ 104,745) [Steady]

_+ 2 more not listed._

## Adoption goal

Cactus - Low-latency AI engine optimized for mobile and wearable devices.

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**Machine-readable endpoints**

- JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/tools/cactus-compute-cactus`](/api/graphcanon/tools/cactus-compute-cactus)
- LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt)
- Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt)

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