China's breakthrough open-source AI model rivaling GPT-4 at a fraction of the cost. DeepSeek-R1 went viral for its exceptional reasoning and coding capabilities.
Best For
Teams & solo builders
Key Pros & Cons
Strengths
- 10.8% fork-to-star ratio — strong developer contribution signal
Market Momentum
68
-1
24h
+3
7d
-7
30d
14-day heat score history
Creator Buzz100
Search Interest39
Community Activity41
Growth Momentum45
Score ForecastConfidence: low
0
7-day est.
0
14-day est.
Trend slope: -4.00 pts/day
What This Score Means
DeepSeek has reached peak visibility in AI Models / APIs and is beginning to pull back — now is a good time to evaluate whether the team is sustaining investment.
Abandonment & Maintenance Risk
Low Risk
Trend phasePeak
30-day score change-7 pts
Listed on HookFlow3mo old
Discontinued flag✓ No
Commit cadenceStale
Last commit1.9y ago
Risk Factors
- No major abandonment signals detected
- Negative score trajectory (-4.00 pts/day)
- GitHub repo is stale — last commit 1.9y ago
GitHub Repository Health
F
Stale
Stars
5,023
Forks
544
Open Issues
88
Watchers
43
Last commit1.9y ago
7-day star growth+2 stars
Fork / Star ratio10.8%
Snapshot dateAug 4, 2026
Data Lock-In Index
100
/ 100 (lower = more open)
○ Webhooks Out○ Bulk Export○ Open Formats
vs. Category Peers (AI Models / APIs)
Tool
A.R.C.
Heat
7d Δ
Lock-In
DeepSeek (this)
Cost-efficient long context
—
68
+3
100
Gemini▲ Rising
B
78
+10
66
Poe▲ Rising
—
66
+21
67
Hugging Face▲ Rising
B
64
+6
0
Claude▲ Declining
Frontier reasoning & code
A
62
-2
67
ChatGPT▲ Declining
Flagship multimodal API
A
39
-12
67
Lock-In: 0 = fully open, 100 = maximum data lock-in. A.R.C. = Architecture · Reliability · Context score (A–F).
Snapshot Disclaimer: All scores, rankings, and metrics in this report reflect data as of August 4, 2026. Heat scores, community activity, and market momentum are recalculated daily — figures shown here represent a point-in-time snapshot and may differ from current values on HookFlow.ai.
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